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Table of Contents1. Revenue and cost controlling.................................................................................................101.1. Overhead Cost Controlling..................................................................................................101.1.1. Cost Element...................................................................................................................101.1.1.1. Primary Cost Element...................................................................................................101.1.1.2. Secondary Cost Element..............................................................................................101.1.1.3. Cost Element Group.....................................................................................................101.1.2. Cost Center......................................................................................................................101.1.2.1. Cost Center...................................................................................................................101.1.2.2. Standard Hierarchy for Cost Centers............................................................................11

1.1.2.3. Cost Center Group........................................................................................................111.1.3. Activity Type....................................................................................................................111.1.3.1. Activity Type.................................................................................................................111.1.3.2. Activity Type Group.......................................................................................................111.1.4. Statistical Key Figures.....................................................................................................111.1.4.1. Statistical Key Figures..................................................................................................111.1.4.2. Statistical Key Figure Group.........................................................................................121.1.5. Business Process............................................................................................................121.1.5.1. Business Process.........................................................................................................121.1.5.2. Standard Hierarchy for Business Processes.................................................................121.1.5.3. Business Process Group..............................................................................................121.1.6. Internal Order...................................................................................................................121.2. Product Cost Controlling....................................................................................13

1.2.1. Procurement Alternative..................................................................................................131.2.2. Cost Component..............................................................................................................131.2.3. Product Cost Collectors...................................................................................................141.2.4. Material Ledger Data.......................................................................................................141.3. Profitability Analysis............................................................................................................141.3.1. Characteristics................................................................................................................141.3.1.1. Characteristic Definition................................................................................................141.3.1.2. Characteristic Values....................................................................................................141.3.1.3. Characteristic Derivation...............................................................................................141.3.2. Value Fields.....................................................................................................................151.3.2.1. Definition of Value Fields..............................................................................................151.3.3. Condition Types...............................................................................................................151.3.3.1. Definition of Condition Types........................................................................................152. Enterprise Controlling............................................................................................................162.1. Consolidation.....................................................................................................162.1.1. Consolidation Chart of Acounts / FS Item Hierarchy........................................................162.1.2. Breakdown Categories.....................................................................................................172.1.3. Custom Characteristics....................................................................................................172.1.4. Subitem Category............................................................................................................172.1.5. Subitem...........................................................................................................................182.1.6. Sets (Namespace)...........................................................................................................18B. Business processes......................................................................................................................181. Revenue and cost controlling.................................................................................................18



1.1. Profit and Cost Planning.....................................................................................................181.1.1. Sales Planning.................................................................................................................181.1.1.1. Create Planning Proposal (with Sales Planning)..........................................................181.1.1.2. Manual Sales Planning.................................................................................................191.1.1.3. Transfer of Planned Sales Quantities...........................................................................191.1.2. Cost and Activity Planning...............................................................................................191.1.2.1. Copy Plan from Previous Year to Cost Center Planning...............................................19

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Blueprint Questions - Controlling1.1.2.2. Copy Actual Data to Cost Center Plan..........................................................................191.1.2.3. Redefinition of Plan Version..........................................................................................191.1.2.4. Planning Revaluation....................................................................................................201.1.2.5. Budget Planning............................................................................................................201.1.2.6. Order Budgeting............................................................................................................201.1.2.7. Activity Type Planning...................................................................................................201.1.2.8. Definition of Activity Type for Cost Center....................................................................201.1.2.9. Transfer of Statistical Key Figures from LIS (Plan).......................................................201.1.2.10. Transfer of Depreciation/Interest (Activity-Independent).............................................211.1.2.11. Transfer of Depreciation/Interest (Activity-Dependent)...............................................21

1.1.2.12. Transfer of Personnel Costs.......................................................................................211.1.2.13. Transfer of Scheduled Activity PP -> CO-ABC...........................................................211.1.2.14. Transfer of Scheduled Activity from PP to CO-OM-CCA............................................211.1.2.15. Primary Cost Planning (Full Costs).............................................................................211.1.2.16. Primary Cost Planning (Prop./Fixed)...........................................................................221.1.2.17. Secondary Cost Planning (Full Costs)........................................................................221.1.2.18. Secondary Cost Planning (Prop./Fixed)......................................................................221.1.2.19. Cost Element Planning (Order with Integrated Planning)............................................221.1.2.20. Cost Element Planning (Order)...................................................................................221.1.2.21. Overall Planning (Order).............................................................................................221.1.2.22. Unit Costing (Order)....................................................................................................231.1.2.23. Periodic Reposting of Plan Data.................................................................................231.1.2.24. Cost Accrual - Plan.....................................................................................................231.1.2.25. Process Cost Planning................................................................................................23

1.1.2.26. Overhead Calculation (Cost Center)...........................................................................231.1.2.27. Overhead Calculation (Business Process)..................................................................231.1.2.28. Overhead Calculation (Overhead Cost Order)............................................................301.1.2.29. Plan Cost Distribution.................................................................................................301.1.2.30. Settlement of Overhead Cost Orders (Planning Data)................................................311.1.2.31. Plan Cost Assessment................................................................................................311.1.2.32. Plan Reconciliation.....................................................................................................311.1.2.33. Splitting 311.1.2.34. Planned Price Calculation...........................................................................................321.1.3. Standard Cost Estimate...................................................................................................321.1.3.1. Preparation for Costing.................................................................................................321.1.3.2. Standard Cost Estimate with Quantity Structure...........................................................331.1.3.3. Standard Cost Estimate Without Quantity Structure.....................................................34

1.1.3.4. Standard Cost Estimate for Co-Products......................................................................341.1.3.5. Price Release with Standard Cost Estimate.................................................................351.1.4. Profit Center Planning......................................................................................................351.1.4.1. Copy Plan from Previous Year to Profit Center Planning..............................................351.1.4.2. Copy Actual Costs to Profit Center Planning................................................................351.1.4.3. Excel Upload -> Profit Center Planning........................................................................351.1.4.4. Redefinition of Plan Version (Profit Center Planning)...................................................361.1.4.5. Plan Integration of Profit Centers..................................................................................361.1.4.6. Manual Profit Center Planning......................................................................................36



1.1.4.7. Plan Profit Center Distribution.......................................................................................361.1.4.8. Plan Profit Center Assessment.....................................................................................361.1.5. Profit Planning.................................................................................................................371.1.5.1. Valuation of Sales Planning..........................................................................................371.1.5.2. Creation of Planning Proposal (Without Sales Planning)..............................................371.1.5.3. Manual Profit Planning..................................................................................................371.1.5.4. Planned Allocation of Process Costs to Profitability Analysis.......................................381.1.5.5. Planned Allocation Cost Center Costs to Profitability Analysis.....................................381.1.5.6. Settlement of Overhead Cost Orders (Planning Data)..................................................381.1.5.7. Project Settlement.........................................................................................................38


Blueprint Questions - Controlling1.2. Actual Cost/Revenue Allocation.........................................................................391.2.1. Overhead Allocation.........................................................................................................391.2.1.1. Direct Activity Assignment Using Time Sheet Processing............................................391.2.1.2. Time Sheet Permit........................................................................................................391.2.1.3. Transfer Time Sheet Data to CO..................................................................................391.2.1.4. Time Sheet Report........................................................................................................401.2.1.5. Direct Activity Allocation (Controlling)...........................................................................40

1.2.1.6. Transfer of Primary Costs to Cost Center/Order...........................................................401.2.1.7. Manual Funds Reservation...........................................................................................411.2.1.8. Manual Funds Reduction..............................................................................................411.2.1.9. Manual Cost Allocation.................................................................................................411.2.2. Product Cost Allocation....................................................................................................411.2.2.1. Simultaneous Costing...................................................................................................411.2.3. Profit Center Allocation....................................................................................................411.2.3.1. Document Entry in the Profit Center Invoice.................................................................411.2.3.2. Actual Transfer of Additional Balance Sheet Items to EC-PCA....................................411.2.3.3. Manual Entry of Statistical Key Figures........................................................................421.2.4. Cost and Revenue Allocation to Profitability Analysis......................................................421.2.4.1. Transfer and Valuation of Incoming Sales Orders........................................................421.2.4.2. Transfer and Valuation of Billing Documents (Direct Sale)...........................................421.2.4.3. Transfer and Valuation of Billing Documents (Third-Party Transaction).......................43

1.2.4.4. Transfer and Valuation of Billing Documents (Intercompany Processing)....................431.2.4.5. Transfer and Valuation of Billing Documents (Complaints Processing)........................441.2.4.6. Transfer of Customer Agreements to Profitability Analysis...........................................441.2.4.7. Direct Posting of Special Direct Costs and Revenues..................................................441.2.4.8. Automatic Additional Transfer into Profitability Analysis...............................................441.3. Period-End Closing (Controlling)........................................................................................451.3.1. Period-End Closing in Overhead Cost Controlling...........................................................451.3.1.1. Actual Periodic Reposting.............................................................................................451.3.1.2. Accrual Calculation in Cost Center Accounting (Target = Actual Method)....................451.3.1.3. Accrual Calculation in Cost Center Accounting (Percentage Method)..........................451.3.1.4. Actual Cost Distribution.................................................................................................461.3.1.5. Entry of Sender Activities..............................................................................................461.3.1.6. Target=Actual Activity Allocation...................................................................................46

1.3.1.7. Template Allocation (Overhead Cost Order).................................................................461.3.1.8. Overhead Calculation (Overhead Cost Order)..............................................................461.3.1.9. Settlement of Overhead Orders (Actual Data)..............................................................471.3.1.10. Settlement of Accrual Orders......................................................................................471.3.1.11. Actual Cost Assessment.............................................................................................471.3.1.12. Overhead Calculation (Business Process)..................................................................481.3.1.13. Variance Calculation for Overhead.............................................................................541.3.1.14. Predistribution of Fixed Costs.....................................................................................541.3.1.15. Splitting 55



1.3.1.16. Actual Price Calculation..............................................................................................551.3.1.17. Revaluation at Actual Prices.......................................................................................551.3.1.18. Reconciliation Financial Accounting/Controlling.........................................................551.3.1.19. Business Process Analysis.........................................................................................551.3.1.20. Cost Center Analysis..................................................................................................561.3.1.21. Analysis of Overhead Orders......................................................................................561.3.2. Period-End Closing for Product Cost Controlling.............................................................561.3.2.1. Template Allocation (Manufacturing Order)..................................................................561.3.2.2. Template Allocation (Product Cost Collector)...............................................................561.3.2.3. Template Allocation (Cost Object)................................................................................571.3.2.4. Template Allocation (Sales Order)................................................................................571.3.2.5. Revaluation at Actual Prices.........................................................................................571.3.2.6. Actual Cost Distribution - Product Costs.......................................................................57


Blueprint Questions - Controlling1.3.2.7. Overhead Calculation (Sales Order).............................................................................571.3.2.8. Overhead Calculation (Manufacturing Order)...............................................................581.3.2.9. Overhead Calculation (Product Cost Collector)............................................................581.3.2.10. Overhead Calculation (Cost Object)...........................................................................58

1.3.2.11. Distribution of Order Costs to Order Items..................................................................581.3.2.12. WIP Calculation Based On Actual Costs....................................................................591.3.2.13. WIP Calculation Based on Target Costs.....................................................................591.3.2.14. Variance Calculation Cumulated.................................................................................591.3.2.15. Periodic Variance Calculation.....................................................................................601.3.2.16. Settlement of Manufacturing Order to Sales Order.....................................................601.3.2.17. Settlement of Manufacturing Order to Inventory.........................................................601.3.2.18. Settlement of Product Cost Collector..........................................................................611.3.2.19. Settlement of Cost Object Hierarchy...........................................................................611.3.2.20. Results Analysis for Sales Orders...............................................................................611.3.2.21. Sales Order Settlement...............................................................................................611.3.2.22. Price Update in Actual Costing...................................................................................611.3.2.23. Data Collection for Product Drilldown.........................................................................621.3.2.24. Product Cost Analysis in Product Cost by Order.........................................................62

1.3.2.25. Product Cost Analysis in Product Cost by Period.......................................................621.3.2.26. Product Cost Analysis for Co-Products.......................................................................621.3.3. Period-End Closing for Profit Center Accounting.............................................................631.3.3.1. Actual Profit Center Distribution....................................................................................631.3.3.2. Actual Profit Center Assessment..................................................................................631.3.4. Period-End Closing for Profitability Analysis....................................................................631.3.4.1. Settlement of Sales Orders...........................................................................................631.3.4.2. Settlement of Production Variances..............................................................................641.3.4.3. Settlement of Overhead Orders (Actual Data)..............................................................641.3.4.4. Project Settlement.........................................................................................................641.3.4.5. Actual Allocation of Process Costs to Profitability Analysis...........................................641.3.4.6. Actual Allocation of Cost Center Costs to Profitability Analysis....................................651.3.4.7. Actual Top-Down Distribution.......................................................................................65

1.3.4.8. Analysis of Results and Contribution Margins...............................................................652. Enterprise Controlling............................................................................................................662.1. Operational business planning............................................................................................662.1.1. Sales Planning.................................................................................................................662.1.1.1. Create Planning Proposal (with Sales Planning)..........................................................662.1.1.2. Manual Sales Planning.................................................................................................662.1.1.3. Transfer of Planned Sales Quantities...........................................................................662.1.2. Master planning...............................................................................................................672.1.2.1. Forecast 67



2.1.2.2. Standard SOP...............................................................................................................682.1.2.3. Transfer of Results to Demand Management...............................................................682.1.2.4. Demand management..................................................................................................692.1.2.5. Planning Scenario Processing......................................................................................692.1.2.6. Master Production Scheduling - Total Planning............................................................702.1.2.7. Master Production Scheduling - Evaluation..................................................................712.1.2.8. Overall Material Requirements Planning.......................................................................722.1.2.9. Material requirements planning - evaluation.................................................................732.1.3. Cost and Activity Planning...............................................................................................732.1.3.1. Copy Plan from Previous Year to Cost Center Planning...............................................732.1.3.2. Copy Actual Data to Cost Center Plan..........................................................................742.1.3.3. Redefinition of Plan Version..........................................................................................742.1.3.4. Planning Revaluation....................................................................................................742.1.3.5. Budget Planning............................................................................................................742.1.3.6. Order Budgeting............................................................................................................742.1.3.7. Activity Type Planning...................................................................................................74


Blueprint Questions - Controlling2.1.3.8. Definition of Activity Type for Cost Center....................................................................75

2.1.3.9. Transfer of Statistical Key Figures from LIS (Plan).......................................................752.1.3.10. Transfer of Depreciation/Interest (Activity-Independent).............................................752.1.3.11. Transfer of Depreciation/Interest (Activity-Dependent)...............................................752.1.3.12. Transfer of Personnel Costs.......................................................................................752.1.3.13. Transfer of Scheduled Activity PP -> CO-ABC...........................................................752.1.3.14. Transfer of Scheduled Activity from PP to CO-OM-CCA............................................762.1.3.15. Primary Cost Planning (Full Costs).............................................................................762.1.3.16. Primary Cost Planning (Prop./Fixed)...........................................................................762.1.3.17. Secondary Cost Planning (Full Costs)........................................................................762.1.3.18. Secondary Cost Planning (Prop./Fixed)......................................................................762.1.3.19. Cost Element Planning (Order with Integrated Planning)............................................762.1.3.20. Cost Element Planning (Order)...................................................................................772.1.3.21. Overall Planning (Order).............................................................................................772.1.3.22. Unit Costing (Order)....................................................................................................77

2.1.3.23. Periodic Reposting of Plan Data.................................................................................772.1.3.24. Imputed Costs - Plan..................................................................................................772.1.3.25. Process Cost Planning................................................................................................772.1.3.26. Overhead Calculation (Cost Center)...........................................................................782.1.3.27. Overhead Calculation [Overhead Order].....................................................................782.1.3.28. Plan Cost Distribution.................................................................................................782.1.3.29. Settlement of Overhead Cost Orders (Planning Data)................................................782.1.3.30. Plan Cost Assessment................................................................................................792.1.3.31. Plan Reconciliation.....................................................................................................792.1.3.32. Splitting 792.1.3.33. Planned Price Calculation...........................................................................................802.1.4. Standard cost estimate....................................................................................................802.1.4.1. Preparation for Costing.................................................................................................80

2.1.4.2. Standard Cost Estimate with Quantity Structure...........................................................812.1.4.3. Standard Cost Estimate Without Quantity Structure.....................................................822.1.4.4. Standard Cost Estimate for Co-Products......................................................................832.1.4.5. Price Release with Standard Cost Estimate.................................................................832.1.5. Profit Center Planning......................................................................................................832.1.5.1. Copy Plan from Previous Year to Profit Center Planning..............................................832.1.5.2. Copy Actual Costs to Profit Center Planning................................................................832.1.5.3. Excel Upload -> Profit Center Planning........................................................................842.1.5.4. Redefinition of Plan Version (Profit Center Planning)...................................................84



2.1.5.5. Plan Integration of Profit Centers..................................................................................842.1.5.6. Manual Profit Center Planning......................................................................................842.1.5.7. Plan Profit Center Distribution.......................................................................................842.1.5.8. Plan Profit Center Assessment.....................................................................................852.1.6. Profit Planning.................................................................................................................852.1.6.1. Valuation of Sales Planning..........................................................................................852.1.6.2. Creation of Planning Proposal (Without Sales Planning)..............................................852.1.6.3. Manual Profit Planning..................................................................................................852.1.6.4. Planned Allocation of Process Costs to Profitability Analysis.......................................862.1.6.5. Planned Allocation Cost Center Costs to Profitability Analysis.....................................862.1.6.6. Settlement of Overhead Cost Orders (Planning Data)..................................................862.1.6.7. Project Settlement.........................................................................................................872.1.6.8. Analysis of Results And Contribution Margins..............................................................872.2. Strategic Business Planning..............................................................................872.2.1. Data modeling..................................................................................................................892.2.2. Basic settings...................................................................................................................902.2.2.1. Foreign currencies........................................................................................................902.2.2.2. File names....................................................................................................................902.2.3. Data basis........................................................................................................................90


Blueprint Questions - Controlling2.2.3.1. Characteristics..............................................................................................................902.2.3.2. Basic key figures...........................................................................................................912.2.3.3. Aspect 912.2.3.4. Calculated Key Figures.................................................................................................922.2.3.5. Comment tables............................................................................................................922.2.3.6. Fixed Characteristics....................................................................................................922.2.3.7. Summarization levels....................................................................................................932.2.3.8. Currency Translation Types for Data Transfer and Planning Layouts...........................932.2.3.9. Derivation.....................................................................................................................932.2.3.10. Validation....................................................................................................................932.2.3.11. Data slices..................................................................................................................932.2.4. Data transfer....................................................................................................................94

2.2.4.1. External Systems..........................................................................................................942.2.4.2. Transaction data...........................................................................................................942.2.4.3. Master data...................................................................................................................942.2.4.4. Comments....................................................................................................................942.2.4.5. Master Data Hierarchy..................................................................................................952.2.4.6. Transfer procedure.......................................................................................................952.2.4.7. File 952.2.4.8. Control Report Portfolio................................................................................................952.2.5. Business Planning...........................................................................................................952.2.5.1. Create planning layout..................................................................................................952.2.5.2. Maintain planner profiles...............................................................................................952.2.5.3. Create Distribution Key.................................................................................................962.2.5.4. Change Revaluation Factor..........................................................................................96

2.2.5.5. Maintain forecast profiles..............................................................................................962.2.5.6. Maintain weighting group..............................................................................................962.2.5.7. Object-Dependent Parameters.....................................................................................962.2.5.8. Maintain calculation formulas for basic key figures.......................................................962.2.6. Information System..........................................................................................................972.2.6.1. Maintain Report Selection.............................................................................................972.2.6.2. Print in MS Word for Windows......................................................................................972.2.7. Tools 972.2.7.1. Conversion to Release 4.0............................................................................................97



2.2.7.2. Authorization management...........................................................................................972.2.7.3. Data basis.....................................................................................................................982.2.7.4. Data transfer.................................................................................................................982.2.7.5. Data 982.2.7.6. Transport 982.2.8. Task Functions on Information System............................................................................992.2.8.1. Reports 992.2.8.2. Forms 992.2.8.3. Variables 992.2.8.4. Report data...................................................................................................................992.2.8.5. Report portfolio.............................................................................................................992.2.9. Task Functions on Tools..................................................................................................992.2.9.1. Data (Tools)..................................................................................................................992.2.9.2. Information System.......................................................................................................1002.3. Consolidation.....................................................................................................................1002.3.1. Preparatory Work: General..............................................................................................1042.3.1.1. Creating Dimensions.....................................................................................................1042.3.1.2. Creating Versions.........................................................................................................1042.3.1.3. Check Currencies.........................................................................................................1042.3.1.4. Definition of Ledgers.....................................................................................................104

2.3.1.5. Definition of Consolidation Units...................................................................................1052.3.1.6. Definition of Consolidation Groups................................................................................105


Blueprint Questions - Controlling2.3.1.7. Definition of Cons Chart of Accounts / Cons Chart of Accounts Hierarchy...................1062.3.1.8. Definition of Breakdown Categories..............................................................................1072.3.1.9. Definition of Custom Characteristics.............................................................................1072.3.1.10. Definition of Subitem Categories.................................................................................1072.3.1.11. Definition of Subitems.................................................................................................1082.3.2. Preparatory Work: Integration..........................................................................................1082.3.3. Preparatory Work: Production..........................................................................................1082.3.3.1. Administration of Authorizations...................................................................................1082.3.3.2. Setting up Translation...................................................................................................108

2.3.4. Processes of the Data Monitor.........................................................................................1092.3.4.1. Non-integrated Financial Data Transfer by Online Entry...............................................1092.3.5. Processes of the Consolidation Monitor...........................................................................1092.3.5.1. Preparation of Consolidation Group Changes..............................................................1092.3.5.2. Interunit Elimination by Elimination of IU Payables and Receivables............................1102.3.5.3. Interunit Elimination by Elimination of IC Revenue and Expense.................................1102.3.5.4. Consolidation of investments........................................................................................1102.3.6. Information System..........................................................................................................1112.4. Executive Information System (EIS)...................................................................................1112.4.1. Data modeling..................................................................................................................1132.4.2. Basic settings...................................................................................................................1132.4.2.1. Foreign currencies........................................................................................................1132.4.2.2. File names....................................................................................................................114

2.4.3. Data basis........................................................................................................................1142.4.3.1. Characteristics..............................................................................................................1142.4.3.2. Basic key figures...........................................................................................................1152.4.3.3. Aspect 1152.4.3.4. Calculated Key Figures.................................................................................................1152.4.3.5. Comment tables............................................................................................................1162.4.3.6. Fixed Characteristics....................................................................................................1162.4.3.7. Summarization levels....................................................................................................1162.4.3.8. Currency Translation Types for Data Transfer and Planning Layouts...........................116



2.4.3.9. Data Entry Layout.........................................................................................................1172.4.3.10. Derivation....................................................................................................................1172.4.3.11. Validation....................................................................................................................1172.4.3.12. Data slices..................................................................................................................1172.4.4. Data transfer....................................................................................................................1172.4.4.1. External Systems..........................................................................................................1172.4.4.2. Transaction data...........................................................................................................1182.4.4.3. Master data...................................................................................................................1182.4.4.4. Comments....................................................................................................................1182.4.4.5. Master Data Hierarchy..................................................................................................1182.4.4.6. Transfer procedure.......................................................................................................1182.4.4.7. File 1192.4.4.8. Control Report Portfolio................................................................................................1192.4.5. Information System (EC-EIS)...........................................................................................1192.4.5.1. Maintain Report Selection.............................................................................................1192.4.5.2. Print in MS Word for Windows......................................................................................1192.4.6. Tools 1192.4.6.1. Conversion to Release 4.0............................................................................................1192.4.6.2. Authorization management (EIS)..................................................................................1192.4.6.3. Data basis.....................................................................................................................120

2.4.6.4. Data transfer.................................................................................................................1202.4.6.5. Data 1212.4.6.6. Transport 1212.4.7. Task Functions on Information System............................................................................1212.4.7.1. Reports (EIS)................................................................................................................121


Blueprint Questions - Controlling2.4.7.2. Forms (EIS)..................................................................................................................1212.4.7.3. Variables (EIS)..............................................................................................................1212.4.7.4. Report Data (EIS).........................................................................................................1212.4.7.5. Report Portfolio (EIS)....................................................................................................1212.4.8. Task Functions on Tools..................................................................................................1222.4.8.1. Data (Tools)..................................................................................................................122

2.4.8.2. Information System.......................................................................................................122


Blueprint Questions - Controlling

1. Revenue and cost controlling1.1. Overhead Cost Controlling1.1.1. Cost Element1.1.1.1. Primary Cost ElementQuestions:Q: 1) Define primary cost elements based on the definition of the chart of account. A:Q: 2) Reserve a number range in the chart of accounts for the definition of CO-specific

accounts/primary cost elements: which additional primary cost elements do you need (suchas for accruals)? A:1.1.1.2. Secondary Cost ElementQuestions:Q: 1) Define secondary cost elements for planning, allocation and reporting purposes. A:1.1.1.3. Cost Element GroupQuestions:Q: 1) Define cost element groups for planning, allocation, and reporting purposes.



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1.1.2. Cost Center1.1.2.1. Cost CenterQuestions:Q: 1) Define cost centers as the lowest level in your organizational structure at which youhold one person responsible for the expenses incurred (check whether you have covered the

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Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:1.1.2.2. Standard Hierarchy for Cost CentersQuestions:Q: 1) Take your corporate organizational structure and build a hierarchy according to levelsof responsibilities, with cost centers as the lowest level. A:1.1.2.3. Cost Center GroupQuestions:Q: 1) Besides the standard hierarchy, do you need other alternative structure (groups) ofcost centers (for planning, allocation, and reporting purposes)?

A:1.1.3. Activity Type1.1.3.1. Activity TypeQuestions:Q: 1) Define the type of activity performed by each cost center. Do this by defining one ormore measurable activity type(s) for each cost center. A:Q: 2) Since activity types are posted as secondary cost elements, have you specified thesecondary cost elements to which you want to assign the activity type (one-to-one, or onecost element for more than one activity type)? A:1.1.3.2. Activity Type GroupQuestions:

Q: 1) Group your activity types into different categories or similar attributes for planning,allocation and reporting purposes. A:

1.1.4. Statistical Key Figures1.1.4.1. Statistical Key FiguresQuestions:Q: 1) Which statistical key figures do you want to use for allocations and reporting (such astelephone units, headcount, and so on)? A:


Blueprint Questions - Controlling1.1.4.2. Statistical Key Figure GroupQuestions:

Q: 1) Define groups of statistical key figures (such as the group for all headcount statisticalfigures). A:

1.1.5. Business Process1.1.5.1. Business ProcessQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to define business processes across different areas of your organizationand plan, enter, and allocate overhead costs on the basis of these? A: [ ]Yes



[ ]NoComments:Q: 2) Define your business processes (such as sales-order processing). A:Comments:1.1.5.2. Standard Hierarchy for Business ProcessesQuestions:Q: 1) Define the standard hierarchie of processes for planning, allocating and reportingbusiness process costs. A:1.1.5.3. Business Process GroupQuestions:Q: 1) Do you group your business processes alternatively by categories or similar attributesso that you can plan, allocate and report on aggregated levels? A:

1.1.6. Internal OrderQuestions:Q: 1) What business criteria do you use to classify your internal orders (for example,overhead orders, accrual orders, investment orders, statistical orders, and so on)?

Hanuman Chakravarthy12Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:Q: 2) What are the types of orders that will be used in the controlling area (such asinvestments, marketing, etc.)? A:Q: 3) Should some of the orders be used for information purposes only - that is, should thereal posting be on the cost center? A:

1.2. Product Cost Controlling1.2.1. Procurement AlternativeQuestions:Q: 1) Are you working with multiple supply sources (different vendors) or multiple production

methods (in-house production and subcontracting) for the same material? A:

1.2.2. Cost ComponentQuestions:Q: 1) Define the structure of your product cost components (40 cost components max)! A:Q: 2) Which cost components should be part of the product`s standard price? A:Q: 3) Define the calculation method for each cost component. A:Q: 4) Do you require an alternative structure that breaks down the activity and processcosts in accordance with their original costs (such as wages, salaries, energy, depreciation)? A:

Q: 5) Which cost components should be part of the product's cost of goods manufactured inProfitability Analysis? A:


Blueprint Questions - Controlling1.2.3. Product Cost CollectorsQuestions:Q: 1) If you are working with period-based controlling, do you want to have one costcollector for each production method or for each material?



A:

1.2.4. Material Ledger DataQuestions:Q: 1) Do you intend to value the material with more than one currency or valuationapproach? What are those currencies/approaches? A:

Q: 2) Do you want to make subsequent allocations of variances (from purchasing,production) for raw materials and materal produced in-house? A:Q: 3) Do you want to differentiate between procurement alternatives and manufacturingprocesses for your actual costs? A:

1.3. Profitability Analysis1.3.1. Characteristics1.3.1.1. Characteristic DefinitionQuestions:Q: 1) List the dimensions (characteristics) that you want to create contribution marginaccounting for, according to your reporting requirements. A:

1.3.1.2. Characteristic ValuesQuestions:Q: 1) For the characteristics defined in the previous question, specify values (such as,regions: North, west, east, south) A:1.3.1.3. Characteristic DerivationQuestions:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 1) List the terms (characteristics) that do not have master data, and state how they aredependent on other criteria. A:Q: 2) List the terms (characteristics) that are dependent on each other in a hierarchy.

A:1.3.2. Value Fields1.3.2.1. Definition of Value FieldsQuestions:Q: 1) Define the report rows (value fields) that you wish to analyse. A:Q: 2) Are you interested only in the revenues and costs that are directly related to productsales? A:Q: 3) Do you also wish to see other product-related overhead costs? A:Q: 4) Do you also wish to see other income or expenditures that are not related to yourregular business activity (e.g. product production or sales)?

A:Q: 5) Decide which value fields can be posted as reconcilable with FI (true), and which areto be filled with accrual valuations. A:

1.3.3. Condition Types1.3.3.1. Definition of Condition TypesQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want information on accrued values for your result information, that are notdefined as conditions in SD, or do you require user-defined condition types in CO-PA for



planning purposes? A:



2. Enterprise Controlling

2.1. Consolidation2.1.1. Consolidation Chart of Acounts / FS Item HierarchyQuestions:Q: 1) Which requirements do you have for the creation and/or structure of your cons chartof accounts (US GAAP, IAS, HGB)? A:Q: 2) Should retained earnings be disclosed in the balance sheet or in the incomestatement? A:Comments:Q: 3) Should income statements be created using cost-of-sales accounting or periodaccounting? A:

Comments:Q: 4) Do you summarize your operational accounts to group accounts (financial statementitems)? A:Comments:Q: 5) If yes, do you summarize at the subsidiary level or at the corporate group level? A:Comments:Q: 6) Do you require further freely definable classifications for your FS items? A:Comments:Q: 7) Do you use an integration scenario? If so, you can transfer the FS items from a G/Lchart of accounts or a financial statement version.

A:Comments:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 8) Define your selected items for posting financial statement imbalances and for postingdeferred taxes, for both retained earnings carried forward as well as the balancingadjustment. A:Comments:

2.1.2. Breakdown CategoriesQuestions:Q: 1) How many breakdown categories can be derived from your reporting system? Whichdifferent details would you like to see withing a consolidation chart of accounts?

A:Q: 2) Do you want to differentiate elimination differences between currency-related andother differences? A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:

2.1.3. Custom CharacteristicsQuestions:Q: 1) Do you need further custom characteristics, in addition to the standard



subassignments? A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:Q: 2) If yes how many and which characteristics? A:Comments:

2.1.4. Subitem CategoryQuestions:Q: 1) Which standard subassignments would you like to use? What requirements do youhave for group reporting later on, for example, asset history sheets, equity aging reports,segment reports, etc. ?


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:

2.1.5. SubitemQuestions:Q: 1) How do you want to define the subitems? A:

Q: 2) Which default values do you want to define for the characteristic value of subitems? A:

2.1.6. Sets (Namespace)Questions:Q: 1) Define suitable name spaces for the sets you use. A:

B. Business processes1. Revenue and cost controlling1.1. Profit and Cost Planning1.1.1. Sales Planning

1.1.1.1. Create Planning Proposal (with Sales Planning)Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to structure your sales planning based on reference data? If so, what isthe source and form of this data? A:Q: 2) How do you want to adapt the reference dates to be used as a planning proposal? A:Q: 3) Do you use forecasting techniques in your planning process? If so, describe them. A:


Blueprint Questions - Controlling1.1.1.2. Manual Sales PlanningQuestions:

Q: 1) Which level of the hierarchy do you want to use for planning (for example, product,product group, customer, sales organization)? A:1.1.1.3. Transfer of Planned Sales QuantitiesQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to transfer plan sales quantities from CO-PA to LIS? A:Q: 2) Do you want to transfer planned sales quantities from CO-PA to Production Planning? A:



1.1.2. Cost and Activity Planning1.1.2.1. Copy Plan from Previous Year to Cost Center PlanningQuestions:Q: 1) Describe your planning process. How do you plan cost centers? A:Q: 2) Do you want to create your cost center/activity plan based on the planned values of

the previous year? (If so, what is the source of this data and in what form is it stored? A:1.1.2.2. Copy Actual Data to Cost Center PlanQuestions:Q: 1) Describe your planning process. How do you plan cost centers? A:Q: 2) Do you want to create your cost center/activity plan based on the actual values of theprevious year? (If so, what is the source of this data and in what form is it stored? A:1.1.2.3. Redefinition of Plan VersionQuestions:



Q: 1) Describe your planning process. How do you plan cost centers? A:Q: 2) Do you want to represent different planning scenarios in parallel? A:1.1.2.4. Planning RevaluationQuestions:Q: 1) Do you carry out revaluation (increases or decreases for certain cost elements incertain cost centers)? A:1.1.2.5. Budget PlanningQuestions:Q: 1) Does your organization use the type of budgeting described in the documentationfield? A:1.1.2.6. Order BudgetingQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to plan and control the budget of the order using availability checks? A:1.1.2.7. Activity Type PlanningQuestions:Q: 1) Comment on activity type planning A:1.1.2.8. Definition of Activity Type for Cost CenterQuestions:Q: 1) Comment on defining activity types by cost center A:1.1.2.9. Transfer of Statistical Key Figures from LIS (Plan)

Questions:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 1) Are statistical key figures kept in the logistics modules, which you want to use as abasis for allocations and reporting purposes? A:1.1.2.10. Transfer of Depreciation/Interest (Activity-Independent)Questions:Q: 1) If you are also implementing SAP R/3 Asset Management (FI-AA), do you wish to



transfer the results of the Asset Management depreciation simulation calculation as part ofyour planning in Controlling (CO) for depreciation expenses? A:1.1.2.11. Transfer of Depreciation/Interest (Activity-Dependent)Questions:Q: 1) If you are also implementing SAP R/3 Asset Management (FI-AA), do you wish totransfer the results of the Asset Management depreciation simulation calculation as part ofyour planning in Controlling (CO) for depreciation expenses? A:1.1.2.12. Transfer of Personnel CostsQuestions:Q: 1) If you are also implementing SAP R/3 Human Resources, do you want to transfer theresults of personnel cost planningto Controlling (CO) as part of your planning for personnelexpenses? A:1.1.2.13. Transfer of Scheduled Activity PP -> CO-ABCQuestions:Q: 1) If you are implementing SAP R/3 manufacturing modules, do you want to transferactivity requirements from sales & operations planning (SOP), long-term planning, or MRP toControlling (CO-ABC) as scheduled activities?

A:1.1.2.14. Transfer of Scheduled Activity from PP to CO-OM-CCAQuestions:Q: 1) If you implementing the SAP R/3 production modules, do you want to transfer theactivity requirements from sales and operations planning (SOP), long-term planning, or MRPto Controlling (CO-CCA) as the scheduled production activities? A:1.1.2.15. Primary Cost Planning (Full Costs)


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQuestions:Q: 1) Which procedure do you use for manual planning of primary costs, when you havecosts that are not transferred from other modules, such as HR or FI-AA?

A:1.1.2.16. Primary Cost Planning (Prop./Fixed)Questions:Q: 1) Which procedure do you use for manual planning of primary costs, when you havecosts that are not transferred from other modules, such as HR or FI-AA? A:1.1.2.17. Secondary Cost Planning (Full Costs)Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to represent activity relationships between cost centers in your planning? A:1.1.2.18. Secondary Cost Planning (Prop./Fixed)Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to represent activity relationships between cost centers in your planning?

A:1.1.2.19. Cost Element Planning (Order with Integrated Planning)Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to use integrated internal orders in cost center planning (such as repairorders, marketing orders) and settle them to cost centers after planning at the cost elementlevel? A:1.1.2.20. Cost Element Planning (Order)Questions:



Q: 1) Do you want to plan costs at the cost element level on overhead cost orders? A:1.1.2.21. Overall Planning (Order)Questions:



Q: 1) Do you want to plan overall costs (values only, independent of cost elements) onoverhead cost orders? A:1.1.2.22. Unit Costing (Order)Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to enter planning data in your planning for overhead cost orders, as wellas the cost element information? A:1.1.2.23. Periodic Reposting of Plan DataQuestions:Q: 1) Do you periodically move costs from a project/cost center (such as telephone costs) toother projects/cost centers? A:

Q: 2) Did you define the basis for these allocations (such as, percentage, statistical keyfigures, for example telephone units consumed, and so on)? A:1.1.2.24. Cost Accrual - PlanQuestions:Q: 1) Describe how accruals are planned for actual data. A:1.1.2.25. Process Cost PlanningQuestions:Q: 1) State how you want to transfer the plan values from Cost Center Accounting to yourbusiness processes. A:1.1.2.26. Overhead Calculation (Cost Center)Questions:

Q: 1) Do you plan to allocate a certain type of costs/expenses to cost centers automaticallyusing overhead rates? A:1.1.2.27. Overhead Calculation (Business Process)


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQuestions:Q: 1) What costs is the cost estimate based on when you compute overhead for internalorders? A:Q: 2) Specify the overhead rates. A:Q: 3) Will you perform automatic recovery of overheads on specific types ofcosts/expenses? A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:Q: 4) List the different groups of costs/expenses (for example, applying a fixed percentagerate for recovery of overhead to material issues). A:Comments:Q: 5) For each assignment type, do you distribute overhead as a fixed percentage or based



on the actual total costs? A:Comments:Q: 6) Describe in detail how each of these assignments is performed today in yourorganization. A:Comments:Q: 7) What postings do the assignments create? A:Comments:Q: 8) Describe in detail how each of these allocations is performed today in yourorganization.


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:Comments:Q: 9) Do you assign overhead expenses to projects? A:Comments:

Q: 10) For each allocation category, do you distribute overhead as a fixed percentage orbased on the actual total costs? A:Comments:Q: 11) If you use fixed percentages for assignments, how do you handle remainingvariances? A:Comments:Q: 12) For each of these assignments, what causes the overhead (for example, direct laborexpense, labor hours, total WBS expense, others)? A:Comments:Q: 13) What postings do the assignments create? A:

Comments:Q: 14) Define overhead rates. A:Comments:Q: 15) Will you perform automatic recovery of overheads on specific types ofcosts/expenses? A: [ ]Yes[ ]No


Blueprint Questions - ControllingComments:Q: 16) Do you want to define a percentage for the overhead rate in the cost object? A:Comments:Q: 17) Do you want to define automatic allocation using overhead rates for a certain type ofcosts/expenses on orders? A:Comments:Q: 18) Do you want to add a percentage for overhead to the production cost collector? A:Comments:Q: 19) Define overhead rates.



A:Comments:Q: 20) Do you perform automatic overhead allocation for specific types of costs/expenses? A:Comments:Q: 21) Do you want to define automatic allocation using overhead rates for a certain type ofcosts/expenses on orders? A:Comments:Q: 22) List the different groups of costs/expenses (for example, applying a fixed percentagerate for recovery of overhead to material issues). A:Comments:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 23) Do you plan to allocate a certain type of costs/expenses to cost centersautomatically using overhead rates? A:Comments:

Q: 24) What costs are the overhead rates based on? A:Comments:Q: 25) Are there any overhead expenses that are not calculated with reference to theproduction order but are to be assigned directly to the sales order? A:Comments:Q: 26) How often do you calculate your planned overhead? A:Comments:Q: 27) Who is responsible for reconciling the run? (This person will be responsible forrunning/monitoring planned overhead.) A:Comments:

Q: 28) Do you calculate overhead for all objects at once or individually for each object.(Detailed calculation can affect system performance.) A:Comments:Q: 29) Do you have a specific plan version when you calculate overhead? A:Comments:Q: 30) Is overhead calculated for your projects? A:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingComments:Q: 31) Is the planned overhead the same as the actual overhead? A:Comments:Q: 32) Describe how you calculate overhead for (1) direct costs (2) indirect costs (3) fixedcosts (4) variable costs). A:Comments:Q: 33) Do you include sales and marketing and general and administrative costs in youroverhead calculation? A:



Comments:Q: 34) Do you reconcile planned and actual overhead? A:Comments:Q: 35) Do you process actual overhead on a project by project basis or overall? A:Comments:Q: 36) Do you have project-type-specific overhead calculations? A:Comments:Q: 37) Do you have different overhead costs for each business unit? A:Comments:Q: 38) Do you calculate overhead on materials/labor?


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:Comments:Q: 39) At what level of detail do you plan for overhead?

A:Comments:Q: 40) Do you calculate percentage overhead? A:Comments:Q: 41) Is the calculation dependent on time periods? A:Comments:Q: 42) What is the basis for the overhead costs? A:Comments:Q: 43) Is the basis for overhead planned costs the same as the basis for actual overheadcosts? A:

Comments:Q: 44) What is the formula/schema for applying overhead costs? A:Comments:Q: 45) How often do you calculate overhead costs? A:Comments:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 46) To which accounts/cost elements are the overhead costs posted? A:Comments:Q: 47) Does the basis for the overhead costs change during the lifecycle of the project? A:Comments:Q: 48) Who is responsible for overhead costs? (This person is responsible for running theoverhead calculation.) A:Comments:Q: 49) Do you evaluate interest charges throughout the project hierarchy? A:Comments:



1.1.2.28. Overhead Calculation (Overhead Cost Order)Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to define automatic allocation using overhead rates for a certain type ofcosts/expenses on orders? A:Q: 2) List the different groups of costs/expenses (for example, applying a fixed percentagerate for recovery of overhead to material issues). A:Q: 3) What costs are the overhead rates based on? A:1.1.2.29. Plan Cost DistributionQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to distribute costs from a cost center or a cost center group to COobjects (cost center, orders, WBS element), and keep the orginal cost element from thesender in the receiver object?


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:Q: 2) Did you define the basis for these allocations (such as, percentage, statistical key

figures, for example telephone units consumed, and so on)? A:1.1.2.30. Settlement of Overhead Cost Orders (Planning Data)Questions:Q: 1) Do you collect costs/expenses on an internal order that you want represented on acost center? A:Q: 2) If so, do you want to be able to see the costs of the cost center (settlement under theoriginal cost element)? A:Q: 3) Or do you want to summarize/aggregate the costs on the cost center (using one ormore secondary settlement cost elements)? A:1.1.2.31. Plan Cost Assessment

Questions:Q: 1) Do you allocation costs from one cost cente / group from cost centers to other COobjects (cost centers, orders, WBS elements) by summarizing the original cost elements fromthe sender cost center(s) into one secondary assessement cost element? A:Q: 2) Did you define the basis for these allocations (such as, percentage, statistical keyfigures, for example telephone units consumed, and so on)? A:1.1.2.32. Plan ReconciliationQuestions:Q: 1) Do you need to reconcile the demand for scheduled labour hours (activity types) withthe available capacity? A:

1.1.2.33. SplittingHanuman Chakravarthy31

Blueprint Questions - ControllingQuestions:Q: 1) Do you have cases/situations where a cost element in cost center planning is relatedto more than one activity (activity type)? If so, see to it that the activity-independent plannedcosts are split to the activity types before you calculate the prices. A:Q: 2) Define rules for the split.



A:1.1.2.34. Planned Price CalculationQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to calculate the planned price automatically or iteratively by dividing theplanned costs for a cost center/activity type by the planned activity quantities (or capacities)? A:Q: 2) Do you want to calculate planned prices automatically/iteratively for Activity-BasedCosting by dividing the costs planned for the business process by the planned processquantity? A:Q: 3) Do you want to display partial cost rates (primary cost split) for the planned prices thatwere calculated automatically/iteratively? A:

1.1.3. Standard Cost EstimateQuestions:Q: 1) What types of costing do you want to use (adjusted standard, monthly, inventory, andso on)? A:1.1.3.1. Preparation for CostingQuestions:Q: 1) Did you check if all the source data from other modules is available for calculating theproduction costs? A:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 2) Which prices will you use for materials, internal activities, external activities, andsubcontracting? A:Q: 3) How do you want to allocate overhead in costing: using overhead rates or activitybasedcosting, or both? A:1.1.3.2. Standard Cost Estimate with Quantity StructureQuestions:Q: 1) Do you plan your product costs using bills of material (BOM), routings, ordependencies? A:Q: 2) Do you plan the costs for externally procured materials using purchasing info records? A:Q: 3) Do you subcontract any of your manufacturing activities? A:Q: 4) Do you plan products that use materials belonging to another plant? A:Q: 5) Do you want to analyze CGM broken down according to the organizational unitsinvolved in the value-added process? A:Q: 6) Do you plan product costs centrally or independently by plant?

A:Q: 7) Do you need to plan costs in multiple currencies? A:Q: 8) Do you want to break down your cost of goods manufactured into primary costs? A:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 9) If you are using mixed costing, what proportions of the individual procurementalternatives/manufacturing processes should be used as a basis for costing?



A:1.1.3.3. Standard Cost Estimate Without Quantity StructureQuestions:Q: 1) Since you are calculating your product costs without access to SAP quantity structuredata, where are you getting the quantity information required for costing? A:Q: 2) Do you subcontract any of your manufacturing activities? A:Q: 3) Do you plan products that use materials belonging to another plant? A:Q: 4) Do you want to analyze CGM broken down according to the organizational unitsinvolved in the value-added process? A:Q: 5) Do you plan product costs centrally or independently by plant? A:Q: 6) Do you need to plan costs in multiple currencies? A:Q: 7) Do you want to break down your cost of goods manufactured into primary costs? A:1.1.3.4. Standard Cost Estimate for Co-Products

Questions:Q: 1) Do you have production processes that ever yield multiple products? A:Q: 2) What rules are used to apportion the costs to the co-products?


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:1.1.3.5. Price Release with Standard Cost EstimateQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to update your standard product costs as the standard prices in MM (withstock revaluation)? A:Q: 2) Do you want to update your product costs calculate using other cost estimates as

planned prices, commercial prices, and so on in MM (without stock revaluation)? A:

1.1.4. Profit Center Planning1.1.4.1. Copy Plan from Previous Year to Profit Center PlanningQuestions:Q: 1) Describe your planning processor. How do you plan the Profit Center? A:Q: 2) Do you want to base your Profit Center Planning on the previous year's plan values? Ifyes, what is the source of this data and in what form is it available? A:1.1.4.2. Copy Actual Costs to Profit Center PlanningQuestions:Q: 1) Describe your planning processor. How do you plan the Profit Center?

A:Q: 2) Do you want to base your Profit Center Planning on the previous year's actual values?If yes, what is the source of this data and in what form is it available? A:1.1.4.3. Excel Upload -> Profit Center PlanningQuestions:Q: 1) Describe your planning processor. How do you plan the Profit Center? A:




Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 2) Is your plan data available on an external medium? A:1.1.4.4. Redefinition of Plan Version (Profit Center Planning)Questions:Q: 1) Describe your planning processor. How do you plan the Profit Center?

A:Q: 2) Do you want to represent different planning scenarios in parallel? A:Q: 3) Which plan versions should be transferred (integrated) from other applications? A:1.1.4.5. Plan Integration of Profit CentersQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to transfer plan data to PCA from other applications? From whichapplication(s)? A:Comments:1.1.4.6. Manual Profit Center PlanningQuestions:Q: 1) Describe your process for manual profit center planning. A:1.1.4.7. Plan Profit Center DistributionQuestions:Q: 1) Do you carry out distributions from one profit center to another profit center (whichpossibly belongs to another company code) within the same controlling area? A:1.1.4.8. Plan Profit Center AssessmentQuestions:Q: 1) Do you assess values from one profit center to another within a controlling area whenthe profit centers are not assigned to the same company code?



1.1.5. Profit Planning1.1.5.1. Valuation of Sales PlanningQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to use cost of goods manufactured for valuation of your sales quantities? A:Q: 2) Do you want to calculate revenues and sales deductions using price determination inSD, or conditions in CO-PA? A:Q: 3) Do you want to valuate your sales quantities using average values (rates) from thepast? A:1.1.5.2. Creation of Planning Proposal (Without Sales Planning)Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to structure your sales planning based on reference data? If so, what isthe source and form of this data? A:Q: 2) How do you want to adapt the reference dates to be used as a planning proposal? A:Q: 3) Do you use forecasting techniques in your planning process? If so, describe them. A:1.1.5.3. Manual Profit PlanningQuestions:



Q: 1) Which level of the hierarchy do you want to use for planning (for example, product,product group, customer, sales organization)? A:Q: 2) How do you want the planning screens to look?



A:1.1.5.4. Planned Allocation of Process Costs to Profitability AnalysisQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to transfer the plan process costs to profitability analysis?ales, and development costs)? A:Q: 2) Which level do you want to plan these costs on (using the step-by-step principles ofanalysis of fixed-cost allocation)? A:Q: 3) Which allocation methods do you require for transferring the planned process costs toprofitability analysis? A:1.1.5.5. Planned Allocation Cost Center Costs to Profitability Analysis

Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to transfer the planned cost center costs to profitability analysis? A:Q: 2) Which level do you want to plan these costs on (using the step-by-step principles ofanalysis of fixed-cost allocation)? A:Q: 3) Which allocation methods do you reqiure for transferring planned cost center costs toprofitability analysis? A:1.1.5.6. Settlement of Overhead Cost Orders (Planning Data)Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to transfer the order planning to profitability analysis? A:1.1.5.7. Project Settlement

Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to transfer the projects to profitability analysis?



1.2. Actual Cost/Revenue Allocation1.2.1. Overhead Allocation1.2.1.1. Direct Activity Assignment Using Time Sheet ProcessingQuestions:Q: 1) Do you base direct activity allocation to CO objects on this data? A:Q: 2) How do employees record their working time (time, detail, medium/system)?

A:1.2.1.2. Time Sheet PermitQuestions:Q: 1) Explain the permit procedure for working time or recording of activity allocation foryour employees. A:Q: 2) How many employees does the person responsible for approval manage? A:1.2.1.3. Transfer Time Sheet Data to CO



Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to transfer recorded activity allocations to Controlling using the timesheet? A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:Q: 2) How often does this transfer take place (daily, weekly and so on)? A:Comments:Q: 3) Which time sheet-based reports do you require (for example, employee utilization,employee hours by cost center)?


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:Comments:1.2.1.4. Time Sheet ReportQuestions:Q: 1) Do you need to see days that have not timesheet entries? A:

Q: 2) Do you need an evaluation, do see the days on which personnel enter more than adefined number of hours? A:Q: 3) Do you have to see the employee name in the documents for the receivingcomponent? A:Q: 4) Do different roles need to see different timesheet information? (If yes, create reportvariants.) A:1.2.1.5. Direct Activity Allocation (Controlling)Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to allocate costs manually from a sender cost center to a receiver(internal order, cost center, and so on) by valuating the added quantity with a price? A: [ ]Yes

[ ]NoComments:Q: 2) Describe your direct activity allocation processes. A:Comments:1.2.1.6. Transfer of Primary Costs to Cost Center/OrderQuestions:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 1) Create a matrix that contains the primary cost elements derived from the chart ofaccounts in the rows, and assign these to the possible account assignment objects (costcenter, order). A:1.2.1.7. Manual Funds ReservationQuestions:Q: 1) For your organization, do you want to display manual funds reservation (manualcommitments) for expected expenses, where you cannot yet foresee how they are incurred? A:1.2.1.8. Manual Funds ReductionQuestions:Q: 1) When you use manual funds reservation, describe the reduction process for themanual commitment.



A:1.2.1.9. Manual Cost AllocationQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to allocate certain (primary and/or secondary) cost elements manually,without using the usual tools for distribution, assessment, or activity allocation? A:

1.2.2. Product Cost Allocation1.2.2.1. Simultaneous CostingQuestions:Q: 1) Comment on simultaneous costing A:

1.2.3. Profit Center Allocation1.2.3.1. Document Entry in the Profit Center InvoiceQuestions:Q: 1) In Profit Center Accounting, do you want to enter other data which is not transferredby the integration of EC-PCA? A:1.2.3.2. Actual Transfer of Additional Balance Sheet Items to EC-PCAQuestions:

Hanuman Chakravarthy41Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 1) Besides the balance sheet items transferred at period end, (see period end closingProfit Center Accounting) do you wish to transfer other B/S items transaction-based? If yes,which ones? A:1.2.3.3. Manual Entry of Statistical Key FiguresQuestions:Q: 1) In Profit Center Accounting, do you want to enter other statistical key figures whichare not transferred by the integration of EC-PCA? A:

1.2.4. Cost and Revenue Allocation to Profitability Analysis1.2.4.1. Transfer and Valuation of Incoming Sales Orders

Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to transfer the sales order receipt to profitability analysis? Which perioddo you want to show the sales order result in? A:Q: 2) Which report rows (value fields) are to be assigned to the sales order conditions? A:Q: 3) Which values are to be used in valuation in addition to the conditions in SD? A:Q: 4) Do you want the update to Profitability Analysis of both the sales deductions and thecost component split for cost of goods manufactured to be transaction-based? A:1.2.4.2. Transfer and Valuation of Billing Documents (Direct Sale)Questions:

Q: 1) Which report rows (value fields) should the conditions in the billing documents beassigned to? A:Q: 2) Which values are to be used in valuation in addition to the conditions in SD? A:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 3) Do you want the update to Profitability Analysis of both the sales deductions and thecost component split for cost of goods manufactured to be transaction-based?



A:Q: 4) Do you want to compare the accrued values in CO-PA against the actual values? A:1.2.4.3. Transfer and Valuation of Billing Documents (Third-PartyTransaction)Questions:Q: 1) Which report rows (value fields) should the conditions in the billing documents beassigned to? A:Q: 2) Which values are to be used in valuation in addition to the conditions in SD? A:Q: 3) Do you want the update to Profitability Analysis of both the sales deductions and thecost component split for cost of goods manufactured to be transaction-based? A:Q: 4) Do you want to compare the accrued values in CO-PA against the actual values? A:Q: 5) Comments A:1.2.4.4. Transfer and Valuation of Billing Documents (IntercompanyProcessing)

Questions:Q: 1) Which report rows (value fields) should the conditions in the billing documents beassigned to? A:Q: 2) Which values are to be used in valuation in addition to the conditions in SD?


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:1.2.4.5. Transfer and Valuation of Billing Documents (ComplaintsProcessing)Questions:Q: 1) How should credit memos, returns, and free deliveries be shown in Profitability Analysis?

A:Q: 2) Which report rows (value fields) should the conditions in the billing documents beassigned to? A:Q: 3) Which values are to be used in valuation in addition to the conditions in SD? A:1.2.4.6. Transfer of Customer Agreements to Profitability AnalysisQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to transfer customer arrangements to Profitability Analysis as passivebudget checks? A:1.2.4.7. Direct Posting of Special Direct Costs and RevenuesQuestions:

Q: 1) Do all your revenue and sales deduction postings come in from the Sales andDistribution component, or are there additional postings to those categories that originate inthe General Ledger? A:Q: 2) At which level (characteristics) do you want to post those entries to Profitability Analysis? Which cost elements should be transferred to which value fields? A:1.2.4.8. Automatic Additional Transfer into Profitability AnalysisQuestions:



Q: 1) Do all your revenue and sales deduction postings come in from the Sales andDistribution component, or are there additional postings to those categories that originate inthe General Ledger?



Q: 2) At which level (characteristics) do you want to post those entries to Profitability Analysis? Which cost elements should be transferred to which value fields? A:Q: 3) Create a matrix that contains the primary cost and revenue elements derived from thechart of accounts in the rows, and assign these to the possible account assignment objects(combinations of characteristics in CO-PA). A:Q: 4) Decide which automatic postings from FI or MM should be transferred into Profitability Analysis automatically. A:

1.3. Period-End Closing (Controlling)1.3.1. Period-End Closing in Overhead Cost Controlling1.3.1.1. Actual Periodic Reposting

Questions:Q: 1) Do you periodically move costs from a project/cost center (such as telephone costs) toother projects/cost centers? A:Q: 2) Did you define the basis for these allocations (such as, percentage, statistical keyfigures, for example telephone units consumed, and so on)? A:1.3.1.2. Accrual Calculation in Cost Center Accounting (Target = ActualMethod)Questions:Q: 1) Describe how accruals are planned for actual data. A:1.3.1.3. Accrual Calculation in Cost Center Accounting (Percentage

Method)Questions:Q: 1) Describe how accruals are planned for actual data.


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:1.3.1.4. Actual Cost DistributionQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to distribute costs from a cost center or a cost center group to COobjects (cost center, orders, WBS element), and keep the orginal cost element from thesender in the receiver object? A:Q: 2) Did you define the basis for these allocations (such as, percentage, statistical key

figures, for example telephone units consumed, and so on)? A:1.3.1.5. Entry of Sender ActivitiesQuestions:Q: 1) When you use indirect activity allocation (manual entry), are you able to measure andpost the activities on the sender cost center that are to be allocated? A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:



1.3.1.6. Target=Actual Activity AllocationQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to have the system automatically calculate the actual activity input ofprimary cost centers (receivers) from secondary cost centers (senders) on the basis of theoperating level and the planned activity input of the receiver cost center? A:1.3.1.7. Template Allocation (Overhead Cost Order)Questions:Q: 1) Do you have process costs that you want to allocate to overhead cost orders? A:Q: 2) Which factors influence the amount of costs to be allocated? A:1.3.1.8. Overhead Calculation (Overhead Cost Order)Questions:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 1) Do you want to define automatic allocation using overhead rates for a certain type ofcosts/expenses on orders? A:

Q: 2) List the different groups of costs/expenses (for example, applying a fixed percentagerate for recovery of overhead to material issues). A:Q: 3) What costs are the overhead rates based on? A:1.3.1.9. Settlement of Overhead Orders (Actual Data)Questions:Q: 1) Which order types should be settled? A:Q: 2) To which receivers, at which rates (percentage, amount, or equivalence number) andunder which cost elements (original cost element or settlement cost element) shouldsettlement be made? A:1.3.1.10. Settlement of Accrual Orders

Questions:Q: 1) Which order types should be settled? A:Q: 2) To which receivers, at which rates (percentage, amount, or equivalence number) andunder which cost elements (original cost element or settlement cost element) shouldsettlement be made? A:1.3.1.11. Actual Cost AssessmentQuestions:Q: 1) Do you allocation costs from one cost cente / group from cost centers to other COobjects (cost centers, orders, WBS elements) by summarizing the original cost elements fromthe sender cost center(s) into one secondary assessement cost element? A:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 2) Did you define the basis for these allocations (such as, percentage, statistical keyfigures, for example telephone units consumed, and so on)? A:1.3.1.12. Overhead Calculation (Business Process)Questions:Q: 1) What costs is the cost estimate based on when you compute overhead for internalorders?



A:Q: 2) Specify the overhead rates. A:Q: 3) Will you perform automatic recovery of overheads on specific types ofcosts/expenses? A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:Q: 4) List the different groups of costs/expenses (for example, applying a fixed percentagerate for recovery of overhead to material issues). A:Comments:Q: 5) For each assignment type, do you distribute overhead as a fixed percentage or basedon the actual total costs? A:Comments:Q: 6) Describe in detail how each of these assignments is performed today in yourorganization. A:Comments:

Q: 7) What postings do the assignments create?Hanuman Chakravarthy48

Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:Comments:Q: 8) Describe in detail how each of these allocations is performed today in yourorganization. A:Comments:Q: 9) Do you assign overhead expenses to projects? A:Comments:Q: 10) For each allocation category, do you distribute overhead as a fixed percentage or

based on the actual total costs? A:Comments:Q: 11) If you use fixed percentages for assignments, how do you handle remainingvariances? A:Comments:Q: 12) For each of these assignments, what causes the overhead (for example, direct laborexpense, labor hours, total WBS expense, others)? A:Comments:Q: 13) What postings do the assignments create? A:

Comments:Q: 14) Define overhead rates. A:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingComments:Q: 15) Will you perform automatic recovery of overheads on specific types ofcosts/expenses? A: [ ]Yes



[ ]NoComments:Q: 16) Do you want to define a percentage for the overhead rate in the cost object? A:Comments:Q: 17) Do you want to define automatic allocation using overhead rates for a certain type ofcosts/expenses on orders? A:Comments:Q: 18) Do you want to add a percentage for overhead to the production cost collector? A:Comments:Q: 19) Define overhead rates. A:Comments:Q: 20) Do you perform automatic overhead allocation for specific types of costs/expenses? A:Comments:Q: 21) Do you want to define automatic allocation using overhead rates for a certain type ofcosts/expenses on orders?

A:Comments:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 22) List the different groups of costs/expenses (for example, applying a fixed percentagerate for recovery of overhead to material issues). A:Comments:Q: 23) Do you plan to allocate a certain type of costs/expenses to cost centersautomatically using overhead rates? A:Comments:Q: 24) What costs are the overhead rates based on?

A:Comments:Q: 25) Are there any overhead expenses that are not calculated with reference to theproduction order but are to be assigned directly to the sales order? A:Comments:Q: 26) How often do you calculate your planned overhead? A:Comments:Q: 27) Who is responsible for reconciling the run? (This person will be responsible forrunning/monitoring planned overhead.) A:Comments:

Q: 28) Do you calculate overhead for all objects at once or individually for each object.(Detailed calculation can affect system performance.) A:Comments:Q: 29) Do you have a specific plan version when you calculate overhead?


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:Comments:



Q: 30) Is overhead calculated for your projects? A:Comments:Q: 31) Is the planned overhead the same as the actual overhead? A:Comments:Q: 32) Describe how you calculate overhead for (1) direct costs (2) indirect costs (3) fixedcosts (4) variable costs). A:Comments:Q: 33) Do you include sales and marketing and general and administrative costs in youroverhead calculation? A:Comments:Q: 34) Do you reconcile planned and actual overhead? A:Comments:Q: 35) Do you process actual overhead on a project by project basis or overall? A:Comments:

Q: 36) Do you have project-type-specific overhead calculations? A:Comments:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 37) Do you have different overhead costs for each business unit? A:Comments:Q: 38) Do you calculate overhead on materials/labor? A:Comments:Q: 39) At what level of detail do you plan for overhead? A:

Comments:Q: 40) Do you calculate percentage overhead? A:Comments:Q: 41) Is the calculation dependent on time periods? A:Comments:Q: 42) What is the basis for the overhead costs? A:Comments:Q: 43) Is the basis for overhead planned costs the same as the basis for actual overheadcosts? A:

Comments:Q: 44) What is the formula/schema for applying overhead costs? A:Comments:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 45) How often do you calculate overhead costs? A:Comments:



Q: 46) To which accounts/cost elements are the overhead costs posted? A:Comments:Q: 47) Does the basis for the overhead costs change during the lifecycle of the project? A:Comments:Q: 48) Who is responsible for overhead costs? (This person is responsible for running theoverhead calculation.) A:Comments:Q: 49) Do you evaluate interest charges throughout the project hierarchy? A:Comments:1.3.1.13. Variance Calculation for OverheadQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to display cost center variances by variance category? A:Q: 2) Do you want to allocate cost center variances subsequently to other cost centers/costobjects (using subsequent valaution with actual prices) or post them to Profitability Analysis? A:

1.3.1.14. Predistribution of Fixed CostsQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to predistribute fixed costs independent of the receiving cost center’s actual usage of resources?


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:1.3.1.15. SplittingQuestions:Q: 1) Comment on splitting A:Q: 2) Did you define the basis for these allocations (such as, percentage, statistical keyfigures, for example telephone units consumed, and so on)?

A:1.3.1.16. Actual Price CalculationQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to calculate actual prices for Cost Center Accounting and / or Activity-Based Costing on an automatic or iterative basis? A:Q: 2) Do you want to represent actual prices as periodic, average, or aggregated prices? A:Q: 3) Do you want to set actual prices manually? A:1.3.1.17. Revaluation at Actual PricesQuestions:Q: 1) How do you want to organize subsequent valuation? (see documentation)

A:1.3.1.18. Reconciliation Financial Accounting/ControllingQuestions:Q: 1) Do you intend to allocate costs from one cost center/order of a company code toanother cost center/order of another company code and represent this as an intercompanytransaction in FI? A:1.3.1.19. Business Process Analysis




Blueprint Questions - ControllingQuestions:Q: 1) Provide the consultant with your most critical business process reports. A:1.3.1.20. Cost Center AnalysisQuestions:

Q: 1) Provide the consultant with your most critical cost center reports. A:1.3.1.21. Analysis of Overhead OrdersQuestions:Q: 1) Describe the critical factors for order analysis, such as plan/budget vs. actual analysis,order group analysis, or detailed line item analysis. A:

1.3.2. Period-End Closing for Product Cost Controlling1.3.2.1. Template Allocation (Manufacturing Order)Questions:Q: 1) Do you have process costs that you want to allocate to a production order? A: [ ]Yes[ ]No

Comments:Q: 2) Which factors influence the amount of costs to be allocated? A:Comments:1.3.2.2. Template Allocation (Product Cost Collector)Questions:Q: 1) Do you have process costs that you want to allocate to a product cost collector? A:Q: 2) Which factors influence the amount of costs to be allocated? A:


Blueprint Questions - Controlling1.3.2.3. Template Allocation (Cost Object)

Questions:Q: 1) Do you have process costs that you want to allocate to a cost object? A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:Q: 2) Which factors influence the amount of costs to be allocated? A:Comments:1.3.2.4. Template Allocation (Sales Order)Questions:Q: 1) Do you have process costs that you want to allocate to a sales order? A:Q: 2) Which factors influence the amount of costs to be allocated? A:1.3.2.5. Revaluation at Actual PricesQuestions:Q: 1) How do you want to organize subsequent valuation? (see documentation) A:1.3.2.6. Actual Cost Distribution - Product CostsQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to use the calculated target order costs as the basis for the distributionwithin the cost object hierarchy? A:



1.3.2.7. Overhead Calculation (Sales Order)Questions:Q: 1) Are there any overhead expenses that are not calculated with reference to theproduction order but are to be assigned directly to the sales order? A:


Blueprint Questions - Controlling1.3.2.8. Overhead Calculation (Manufacturing Order)Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to define automatic allocation using overhead rates for a certain type ofcosts/expenses on orders? A:Q: 2) List the different groups of costs/expenses (for example, applying a fixed percentagerate for recovery of overhead to material issues). A:Q: 3) What costs are the overhead rates based on? A:1.3.2.9. Overhead Calculation (Product Cost Collector)Questions:

Q: 1) Do you want to define automatic allocation using overhead rates for a certain type ofcosts/expenses on orders? A:Q: 2) List the different groups of costs/expenses (for example, applying a fixed percentagerate for recovery of overhead to material issues). A:Q: 3) What costs are the overhead rates based on? A:1.3.2.10. Overhead Calculation (Cost Object)Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to define a percentage for the overhead rate in the cost object? A:Q: 2) What costs are the overhead rates based on? A:

1.3.2.11. Distribution of Order Costs to Order Items


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQuestions:Q: 1) Do you have production processes that ever yield multiple products? A:Q: 2) What rules are used to apportion the costs to the co-products? A:1.3.2.12. WIP Calculation Based On Actual CostsQuestions:Q: 1) How do you calculate WIP? A:Comments:Q: 2) Determine the level of detail and the cost breakdown that you want for your WIP. A:Comments:1.3.2.13. WIP Calculation Based on Target CostsQuestions:Q: 1) How do you want to calculate the target costs for the subsequent WIP calculation? A:1.3.2.14. Variance Calculation CumulatedQuestions:



Q: 1) Do you want to display the production variances by variance category? A:Comments:Q: 2) Do you want to calculate scrap? If so, specify how. A:Comments:Q: 3) Which cost estimates do you want to use as the basis for determining variances? A:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingComments:1.3.2.15. Periodic Variance CalculationQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to display the production variances by variance category? A:Comments:Q: 2) Do you want to calculate scrap? If so, specify how. A:Comments:

Q: 3) How do you calculate the target costs for the valuation of scrap? A:Comments:1.3.2.16. Settlement of Manufacturing Order to Sales OrderQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want all of the original cost elements for the production order to be transferredto the sales order? A:Q: 2) Do you want to summarize the costs using a secondary settlement cost element? A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:1.3.2.17. Settlement of Manufacturing Order to InventoryQuestions:

Q: 1) Do you want to see your production variances in Profitability Analysis? A:Q: 2) Note on transferring the price differences to FI or updating the factory activity toproduction orders: A:


Blueprint Questions - Controlling1.3.2.18. Settlement of Product Cost CollectorQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to see your production variances in Profitability Analysis? A:Q: 2) Note on transferring the price differences to FI or updating the factory activity toproduction orders: A:1.3.2.19. Settlement of Cost Object HierarchyQuestions:Q: 1) What account do you want to assign variances for your cost object hierarchy to? A:1.3.2.20. Results Analysis for Sales OrdersQuestions:Q: 1) Results analysis calculates costs of goods sold, work in process (WIP), goods intransit and reserves. How do you want to calculate these values?



A:Comments:Q: 2) Define the level of detail and cost breakdown that you require for your cost of goodssold, work in process (WIP), goods in transit and reserves. A:Comments:1.3.2.21. Sales Order SettlementQuestions:Q: 1) If you are using results analysis, how much cost and revenue detail would you like tosee in Profitability Analysis? A:Q: 2) If you are working with results analysis, what accounts would you like to post WIP andreserves to? A:1.3.2.22. Price Update in Actual Costing


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to transfer the period price to the material master and use it to revaluate

inventory for the closed period? A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:1.3.2.23. Data Collection for Product DrilldownQuestions:Q: 1) How do you want to summarize product costs? A:Q: 2) How do you want to group your materials for the summarized analysis? A:Q: 3) Is this grouping and its requirements regarding product groups and material groupsidentical in Logistics? A:1.3.2.24. Product Cost Analysis in Product Cost by Order

Questions:Q: 1) Provide the consultant with your most critical product cost reports. A:1.3.2.25. Product Cost Analysis in Product Cost by PeriodQuestions:Q: 1) Provide the consultant with your most critical product cost reports. A:1.3.2.26. Product Cost Analysis for Co-ProductsQuestions:Q: 1) Provide the consultant with your most critical product cost reports. A:


Blueprint Questions - Controlling1.3.3. Period-End Closing for Profit Center Accounting1.3.3.1. Actual Profit Center DistributionQuestions:Q: 1) Do you need to distribute revenues, gains and balance sheet accounts from the profitcenters to other profit centers for the end of period, and simultaneously pass on the sendercost center or the balance sheet account to the receiver profit center? A:Q: 2) What is the basis for allocating these values? A:



Comments:Q: 3) Do you carry out distributions from one profit center to another profit center (whichpossibly belongs to another company code) within the same controlling area? A:Comments:1.3.3.2. Actual Profit Center AssessmentQuestions:Q: 1) Do you need to distribute revenues, gains and balance sheet accounts from the profitcenters to other profit centers for the end of period, and simultaneously pass on the sendercost center or the balance sheet account to the receiver profit center? A:Q: 2) What is the basis for allocating these values? A:Comments:Q: 3) Do you assess values from one profit center to another within a controlling area whenthe profit centers are not assigned to the same company code? A:Comments:

1.3.4. Period-End Closing for Profitability Analysis1.3.4.1. Settlement of Sales OrdersQuestions:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 1) If your company is using the scenario of make-to-order production with productcosting by sales order, assign the cost elements charged to the sales orders to the relevantreport lines (value fields). A:Q: 2) If you are using results analysis, how much cost and revenue detail would you like tosee in Profitability Analysis? A:Q: 3) If you are working with results analysis, what accounts would you like to post WIP andreserves to? A:1.3.4.2. Settlement of Production VariancesQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to transfer production variances to profitability analysis? A:Q: 2) In which value fields is each variance category to be updated? A:1.3.4.3. Settlement of Overhead Orders (Actual Data)Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to transfer overhead cost orders to profitability analysis? A:1.3.4.4. Project SettlementQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to transfer the projects to profitability analysis?

A:1.3.4.5. Actual Allocation of Process Costs to Profitability AnalysisQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to transfer the posted process costs to profitability analysis? A:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 2) Which level do you want to plan these costs on (using the step-by-step principles ofanalysis of fixed-cost allocation)?



A:Q: 3) Which allocation methods do you require for transferring the planned process costs toprofitability analysis? A:1.3.4.6. Actual Allocation of Cost Center Costs to Profitability AnalysisQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to transfer the posted cost center costs to profitability analysis? A:Q: 2) Which level do you want to plan these costs on (using the step-by-step principles ofanalysis of fixed-cost allocation)? A:Q: 3) Which allocation methods do you reqiure for transferring planned cost center costs toprofitability analysis? A:1.3.4.7. Actual Top-Down DistributionQuestions:Q: 1) If you follow a top-down planning approach, what is the lowest level at which you wantso see your profitability/plan data? A:Q: 2) Which values (revenues, etc.) do you want to distribute?

A:1.3.4.8. Analysis of Results and Contribution MarginsQuestions:Q: 1) Determine the structure of the contribution margin scheme you want to report on inCO-PA. A:Q: 2) What are the calculated ratios?


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:Q: 3) Determine the hierarchical structures of the market segments you want to drill down toin reporting. A:

2. Enterprise Controlling2.1. Operational business planning2.1.1. Sales Planning2.1.1.1. Create Planning Proposal (with Sales Planning)Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to structure your sales planning based on reference data? If so, what isthe source and form of this data? A:Q: 2) How do you want to adapt the reference dates to be used as a planning proposal? A:Q: 3) Do you use forecasting techniques in your planning process? If so, describe them. A:2.1.1.2. Manual Sales PlanningQuestions:Q: 1) Which level of the hierarchy do you want to use for planning (for example, product,product group, customer, sales organization)? A:Q: 2) If you follow a top-down planning approach, what is the lowest level at which you wantto see your profitability/plan data? A:Q: 3) Which values (such as the quantity sold) do you want to distribute?



A:2.1.1.3. Transfer of Planned Sales Quantities


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to transfer plan sales quantities from CO-PA to LIS?

A:Q: 2) Do you want to transfer planned sales quantities from CO-PA to Production Planning? A:

2.1.2. Master planning2.1.2.1. ForecastQuestions:Q: 1) Which articles should be included in the forecast? A:Q: 2) Do you stock seasonal merchandise? A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:Q: 3) How do you handle promotion consumption in the forecast?

A:Comments:Q: 4) On which level do you maintain historical data (day/week/month)? A:Comments:Q: 5) How do you want to execute the forecast? A:Comments:Q: 6) What do you want to determine from the forecast? A:Comments:



Q: 7) How do you forecast new articles? A:Comments:Q: 8) Will you establish material forecasts (for example, weekly, monthly, yearly) for yourstock materials? A:Comments:Q: 9) Who processes the error messages for the forecast at your company? A:Comments:2.1.2.2. Standard SOPQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to carry out medium to long-term planning of sales and production

quantities for your finished products? A:Q: 2) At what level do you want to carry out sales and operations planning? A:Comments:Q: 3) At what intervals do you want to carry out sales and operations planning? A:Comments:Q: 4) Which sources are used in determining sales quantities? A:



Comments:Q: 5) Is capacity availability checked at this planning level? A:Comments:2.1.2.3. Transfer of Results to Demand Management


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQuestions:Q: 1) How often are the results of Sales and Operations Planning transferred to DemandManagement, and how is this defined? A:Q: 2) Which strategies are used in the transfer of SOP results to Demand Management? A:2.1.2.4. Demand managementQuestions:Q: 1) Which planning strategies do you use to plan production quantities and dates? A:Comments:Q: 2) How do you create your planned independent requirements?

A:Comments:Q: 3) Do you want to administer planned independent requirements in different versions? A:Comments:Q: 4) At which level do you want to maintain planned independent requirements? A:Comments:Q: 5) Do you also want to create customer requirements in demand managementtransactions (in case, for example, the SD module is not used)? A:Comments:2.1.2.5. Planning Scenario ProcessingQuestions:

Q: 1) Do you specify scenario description, time frame, and plant for long term lot sizeproduction?


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:Q: 2) Will you carry out scenario comparisons with other scenarios including the activeversion? A:Q: 3) What business process will you use to update the operative version? A:2.1.2.6. Master Production Scheduling - Total PlanningQuestions:Q: 1) Should materials that affect the value added, or that use up critical resources, beplanned separately and not include planning of the dependent components? A:Q: 2) Should enterprise areas/organizational units (storage location, for example) within aplant be planned separately (MRP area)? A:Q: 3) In which time intervals are planning runs carried out? A:Q: 4) Should planning runs be carried out online or as background jobs? A:



Q: 5) Is a trace on all receipts/withdrawals and stocks for sales orders required, that is, isonly the finished product made-to-order or the dependent components as well? A:Q: 6) Should planning be excluded from automatic changes in a specified period of time? A:Q: 7) Which MRP procedure is used to plan the material requirements (MRP type)? A:Comments:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 8) Should a planning time fence be used with material requirements planning? Howshould purchase requisitions be treated in this case? A:Comments:Q: 9) Which scope should the planning run have, that is, which type of planning run isrequired? A:Comments:Q: 10) How is the demand for externally procured materials met?

A:Comments:Q: 11) Should only the basic dates be determined for the newly created planned orders orshould an additional lead time scheduling be carried out, which also determines the capacityrequirements. A:Comments:Q: 12) Which procedure are you using for lot-size calculation? A:Comments:Q: 13) Is it necessary to represent planned orders as collective orders for the purpose ofcommon scheduling? A:Comments:

Q: 14) Are MRP lists required? A:Comments:2.1.2.7. Master Production Scheduling - EvaluationQuestions:Q: 1) Who is responsible for checking the results of requirements planning at yourcompany?


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:2.1.2.8. Overall Material Requirements PlanningQuestions:Q: 1) Should enterprise areas/organizational units (storage location, for example) within aplant be planned separately (MRP area)? A:Q: 2) In which time intervals are planning runs carried out? A:Q: 3) Should planning runs be carried out online or as background jobs? A:Q: 4) Is a trace on all receipts/withdrawals and stocks for sales orders required, that is, isonly the finished product made-to-order or the dependent components as well? A:



Q: 5) Should planning be excluded from automatic changes in a specified period of time? A:Q: 6) Which MRP procedure is used to plan the material requirements (MRP type)? A:Comments:Q: 7) Should a planning time fence be used with material requirements planning? Howshould purchase requisitions be treated in this case? A:Comments:Q: 8) Which scope should the planning run have, that is, which type of planning run isrequired? A:Comments:Q: 9) How is the demand for externally procured materials met?


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:Comments:Q: 10) Should only the basic dates be determined for the newly created planned orders or

should an additional lead time scheduling be carried out, which also determines the capacityrequirements. A:Comments:Q: 11) Which procedure are you using for lot-size calculation? A:Comments:Q: 12) Is it necessary to represent planned orders as collective orders for the purpose ofcommon scheduling? A:Comments:Q: 13) Are MRP lists required? A:Comments:

2.1.2.9. Material requirements planning - evaluationQuestions:Q: 1) Who is responsible for checking the results of requirements planning at yourcompany? A:

2.1.3. Cost and Activity Planning2.1.3.1. Copy Plan from Previous Year to Cost Center PlanningQuestions:Q: 1) Describe your planning process. How do you plan cost centers? A:Q: 2) Do you want to create your cost center/activity plan based on the planned values ofthe previous year? (If so, what is the source of this data and in what form is it stored? A:


Blueprint Questions - Controlling2.1.3.2. Copy Actual Data to Cost Center PlanQuestions:Q: 1) Describe your planning process. How do you plan cost centers? A:Q: 2) Do you want to create your cost center/activity plan based on the actual values of theprevious year? (If so, what is the source of this data and in what form is it stored? A:



2.1.3.3. Redefinition of Plan VersionQuestions:Q: 1) Describe your planning process. How do you plan cost centers? A:Q: 2) Do you want to represent different planning scenarios in parallel? A:2.1.3.4. Planning RevaluationQuestions:Q: 1) Do you carry out revaluation (increases or decreases for certain cost elements incertain cost centers)? A:2.1.3.5. Budget PlanningQuestions:Q: 1) Does your organization use the type of budgeting described in the documentationfield? A:2.1.3.6. Order BudgetingQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to plan and control the budget of the order using availability checks? A:

2.1.3.7. Activity Type PlanningHanuman Chakravarthy74

Blueprint Questions - ControllingQuestions:Q: 1) Comment on activity type planning A:2.1.3.8. Definition of Activity Type for Cost CenterQuestions:Q: 1) Comment on defining activity types by cost center A:2.1.3.9. Transfer of Statistical Key Figures from LIS (Plan)Questions:Q: 1) Are statistical key figures kept in the logistics modules, which you want to use as a

basis for allocations and reporting purposes? A:2.1.3.10. Transfer of Depreciation/Interest (Activity-Independent)Questions:Q: 1) If you are also implementing SAP R/3 Asset Management (FI-AA), do you wish totransfer the results of the Asset Management depreciation simulation calculation as part ofyour planning in Controlling (CO) for depreciation expenses? A:2.1.3.11. Transfer of Depreciation/Interest (Activity-Dependent)Questions:Q: 1) If you are also implementing SAP R/3 Asset Management (FI-AA), do you wish totransfer the results of the Asset Management depreciation simulation calculation as part ofyour planning in Controlling (CO) for depreciation expenses?

A:2.1.3.12. Transfer of Personnel CostsQuestions:Q: 1) If you are also implementing SAP R/3 Human Resources, do you want to transfer theresults of personnel cost planningto Controlling (CO) as part of your planning for personnelexpenses? A:2.1.3.13. Transfer of Scheduled Activity PP -> CO-ABCQuestions:




Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 1) If you are implementing SAP R/3 manufacturing modules, do you want to transferactivity requirements from sales & operations planning (SOP), long-term planning, or MRP toControlling (CO-ABC) as scheduled activities? A:

2.1.3.14. Transfer of Scheduled Activity from PP to CO-OM-CCAQuestions:Q: 1) If you implementing the SAP R/3 production modules, do you want to transfer theactivity requirements from sales and operations planning (SOP), long-term planning, or MRPto Controlling (CO-CCA) as the scheduled production activities? A:2.1.3.15. Primary Cost Planning (Full Costs)Questions:Q: 1) Which procedure do you use for manual planning of primary costs, when you havecosts that are not transferred from other modules, such as HR or FI-AA? A:2.1.3.16. Primary Cost Planning (Prop./Fixed)Questions:

Q: 1) Which procedure do you use for manual planning of primary costs, when you havecosts that are not transferred from other modules, such as HR or FI-AA? A:2.1.3.17. Secondary Cost Planning (Full Costs)Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to represent activity relationships between cost centers in your planning? A:2.1.3.18. Secondary Cost Planning (Prop./Fixed)Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to represent activity relationships between cost centers in your planning? A:2.1.3.19. Cost Element Planning (Order with Integrated Planning)Questions:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 1) Do you want to use integrated internal orders in cost center planning (such as repairorders, marketing orders) and settle them to cost centers after planning at the cost elementlevel? A:2.1.3.20. Cost Element Planning (Order)Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to plan costs at the cost element level on overhead cost orders? A:2.1.3.21. Overall Planning (Order)Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to plan overall costs (values only, independent of cost elements) onoverhead cost orders? A:2.1.3.22. Unit Costing (Order)Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to enter planning data in your planning for overhead cost orders, as wellas the cost element information? A:2.1.3.23. Periodic Reposting of Plan DataQuestions:Q: 1) Do you periodically move costs from a project/cost center (such as telephone costs) to



other projects/cost centers? A:Q: 2) Did you define the basis for these allocations (such as, percentage, statistical keyfigures, for example telephone units consumed, and so on)? A:2.1.3.24. Imputed Costs - PlanQuestions:Q: 1) Describe how accruals are planned for actual data. A:2.1.3.25. Process Cost Planning


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQuestions:Q: 1) State how you want to transfer the plan values from Cost Center Accounting to yourbusiness processes. A:2.1.3.26. Overhead Calculation (Cost Center)Questions:Q: 1) Do you plan to allocate a certain type of costs/expenses to cost centers automatically

using overhead rates? A:2.1.3.27. Overhead Calculation [Overhead Order]Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to define automatic allocation using overhead rates for a certain type ofcosts/expenses on orders? A:Q: 2) List the different groups of costs/expenses (for example, applying a fixed percentagerate for recovery of overhead to material issues). A:Q: 3) What costs are the overhead rates based on? A:2.1.3.28. Plan Cost DistributionQuestions:

Q: 1) Do you want to distribute costs from a cost center or a cost center group to COobjects (cost center, orders, WBS element), and keep the orginal cost element from thesender in the receiver object? A:Q: 2) Did you define the basis for these allocations (such as, percentage, statistical keyfigures, for example telephone units consumed, and so on)? A:2.1.3.29. Settlement of Overhead Cost Orders (Planning Data)Questions:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 1) Do you collect costs/expenses on an internal order that you want represented on acost center? A:Q: 2) If so, do you want to be able to see the costs of the cost center (settlement under theoriginal cost element)? A:Q: 3) Or do you want to summarize/aggregate the costs on the cost center (using one ormore secondary settlement cost elements)? A:Q: 4) Do you want to transfer the order planning to profitability analysis? A:



2.1.3.30. Plan Cost AssessmentQuestions:Q: 1) Do you allocation costs from one cost cente / group from cost centers to other COobjects (cost centers, orders, WBS elements) by summarizing the original cost elements fromthe sender cost center(s) into one secondary assessement cost element? A:Q: 2) Did you define the basis for these allocations (such as, percentage, statistical keyfigures, for example telephone units consumed, and so on)? A:2.1.3.31. Plan ReconciliationQuestions:Q: 1) Do you need to reconcile the demand for scheduled labour hours (activity types) withthe available capacity? A:2.1.3.32. SplittingQuestions:Q: 1) Do you have cases/situations where a cost element in cost center planning is relatedto more than one activity (activity type)? If so, see to it that the activity-independent plannedcosts are split to the activity types before you calculate the prices.


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:Q: 2) Define rules for the split. A:Q: 3) Comment on splitting A:Q: 4) Did you define the basis for these allocations (such as, percentage, statistical keyfigures, for example telephone units consumed, and so on)? A:2.1.3.33. Planned Price CalculationQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to calculate the planned price automatically or iteratively by dividing theplanned costs for a cost center/activity type by the planned activity quantities (or capacities)?

A:Q: 2) Do you want to calculate planned prices automatically/iteratively for Activity-BasedCosting by dividing the costs planned for the business process by the planned processquantity? A:Q: 3) Do you want to display partial cost rates (primary cost split) for the planned prices thatwere calculated automatically/iteratively? A:

2.1.4. Standard cost estimateQuestions:Q: 1) What types of costing do you want to use (adjusted standard, monthly, inventory, andso on)? A:

2.1.4.1. Preparation for CostingQuestions:Q: 1) Did you check if all the source data from other modules is available for calculating theproduction costs?


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:Q: 2) Which prices will you use for materials, internal activities, external activities, andsubcontracting?



A:Q: 3) How do you want to allocate overhead in costing: using overhead rates or activitybasedcosting, or both? A:2.1.4.2. Standard Cost Estimate with Quantity StructureQuestions:Q: 1) Do you plan your product costs using bills of material (BOM), routings, ordependencies? A:Q: 2) Do you plan the costs for externally procured materials using purchasing info records? A:Q: 3) Do you subcontract any of your manufacturing activities? A:Q: 4) Do you plan products that use materials belonging to another plant? A:Q: 5) Do you want to analyze CGM broken down according to the organizational unitsinvolved in the value-added process? A:Q: 6) Do you plan product costs centrally or independently by plant? A:

Q: 7) Do you need to plan costs in multiple currencies? A:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 8) Do you want to break down your cost of goods manufactured into primary costs? A:Q: 9) If you are using mixed costing, what proportions of the individual procurementalternatives/manufacturing processes should be used as a basis for costing? A:2.1.4.3. Standard Cost Estimate Without Quantity StructureQuestions:Q: 1) Do you plan your product costs using bills of material (BOM), routings, ordependencies?

A:Q: 2) Since you are calculating your product costs without access to SAP quantity structuredata, where are you getting the quantity information required for costing? A:Q: 3) Do you subcontract any of your manufacturing activities? A:Q: 4) Do you plan products that use materials belonging to another plant? A:Q: 5) Do you want to analyze CGM broken down according to the organizational unitsinvolved in the value-added process? A:Q: 6) Do you plan product costs centrally or independently by plant? A:

Q: 7) Do you need to plan costs in multiple currencies? A:Q: 8) Do you want to break down your cost of goods manufactured into primary costs? A:


Blueprint Questions - Controlling2.1.4.4. Standard Cost Estimate for Co-ProductsQuestions:Q: 1) Do you have production processes that ever yield multiple products?



A:Q: 2) What rules are used to apportion the costs to the co-products? A:2.1.4.5. Price Release with Standard Cost EstimateQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to update your standard product costs as the standard prices in MM (withstock revaluation)? A:Q: 2) Do you want to update your product costs calculate using other cost estimates asplanned prices, commercial prices, and so on in MM (without stock revaluation)? A:

2.1.5. Profit Center Planning2.1.5.1. Copy Plan from Previous Year to Profit Center PlanningQuestions:Q: 1) Describe your planning processor. How do you plan the Profit Center? A:Q: 2) Do you want to base your Profit Center Planning on the previous year's plan values? Ifyes, what is the source of this data and in what form is it available? A:2.1.5.2. Copy Actual Costs to Profit Center PlanningQuestions:Q: 1) Describe your planning processor. How do you plan the Profit Center? A:Q: 2) Do you want to base your Profit Center Planning on the previous year's actual values?If yes, what is the source of this data and in what form is it available?


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:2.1.5.3. Excel Upload -> Profit Center PlanningQuestions:Q: 1) Describe your planning processor. How do you plan the Profit Center? A:Q: 2) Is your plan data available on an external medium? A:2.1.5.4. Redefinition of Plan Version (Profit Center Planning)Questions:Q: 1) Describe your planning processor. How do you plan the Profit Center? A:Q: 2) Do you want to represent different planning scenarios in parallel? A:Q: 3) Which plan versions should be transferred (integrated) from other applications? A:2.1.5.5. Plan Integration of Profit CentersQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to transfer plan data to PCA from other applications? From whichapplication(s)?

A:Comments:2.1.5.6. Manual Profit Center PlanningQuestions:Q: 1) Describe your process for manual profit center planning. A:2.1.5.7. Plan Profit Center DistributionQuestions:




Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 1) Do you carry out distributions from one profit center to another profit center (whichpossibly belongs to another company code) within the same controlling area? A:2.1.5.8. Plan Profit Center AssessmentQuestions:

Q: 1) Do you assess values from one profit center to another within a controlling area whenthe profit centers are not assigned to the same company code? A:

2.1.6. Profit Planning2.1.6.1. Valuation of Sales PlanningQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to use cost of goods manufactured for valuation of your sales quantities? A:Q: 2) Do you want to calculate revenues and sales deductions using price determination inSD, or conditions in CO-PA? A:Q: 3) Do you want to valuate your sales quantities using average values (rates) from thepast?

A:2.1.6.2. Creation of Planning Proposal (Without Sales Planning)Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to structure your sales planning based on reference data? If so, what isthe source and form of this data? A:Q: 2) How do you want to adapt the reference dates to be used as a planning proposal? A:Q: 3) Do you use forecasting techniques in your planning process? If so, describe them. A:2.1.6.3. Manual Profit Planning



Questions:Q: 1) Which level of the hierarchy do you want to use for planning (for example, product,product group, customer, sales organization)? A:Q: 2) How do you want the planning screens to look? A:2.1.6.4. Planned Allocation of Process Costs to Profitability AnalysisQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to transfer the plan process costs to profitability analysis?ales, and development costs)? A:Q: 2) Which level do you want to plan these costs on (using the step-by-step principles ofanalysis of fixed-cost allocation)? A:Q: 3) Which allocation methods do you require for transferring the planned process costs toprofitability analysis? A:2.1.6.5. Planned Allocation Cost Center Costs to Profitability AnalysisQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to transfer the planned cost center costs to profitability analysis? A:Q: 2) Which level do you want to plan these costs on (using the step-by-step principles ofanalysis of fixed-cost allocation)?



A:Q: 3) Which allocation methods do you reqiure for transferring planned cost center costs toprofitability analysis? A:2.1.6.6. Settlement of Overhead Cost Orders (Planning Data)


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQuestions:Q: 1) Do you collect costs/expenses on an internal order that you want represented on acost center? A:Q: 2) If so, do you want to be able to see the costs of the cost center (settlement under theoriginal cost element)? A:Q: 3) Or do you want to summarize/aggregate the costs on the cost center (using one ormore secondary settlement cost elements)? A:Q: 4) Do you want to transfer the order planning to profitability analysis? A:

2.1.6.7. Project SettlementQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to transfer the projects to profitability analysis? A:2.1.6.8. Analysis of Results And Contribution MarginsQuestions:Q: 1) Determine the structure of the contribution margin scheme you want to report on inCO-PA. A:Q: 2) What are the calculated ratios? A:Q: 3) Determine the hierarchical structures of the market segments you want to drill down toin reporting. A:

2.2. Strategic Business PlanningQuestions:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 1) What is the system landscape like: which SAP systems and non-SAP systems are inuse? A:Q: 2) Describe your hardware structure. A:Q: 3) For R/3 systems: Which Releases are used? A:Q: 4) Do you work with distributed systems? If yes, which ones are they?

A:Q: 5) Is there a multi-client concept? A:Q: 6) Which SAP system components and non-SAP system components are used for whichbusiness purposes? A:Q: 7) At what stage is the reporting system for Business Planning? A:Q: 8) What level of detail do you want to display with Business Planning A:



Q: 9) Is it possible to subdivide the scope in more than one evaluation area (with referenceto their business context)? If yes, make a list of these evaluation areas. A:Q: 10) Is it possible to prioritize these individual evaluation areas? A:Q: 11) What are the target groups for the evaluation areas to be mapped in the system?

Hanuman Chakravarthy88Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:Q: 12) How large is the expected data volume to be (per evaluation area)? A:Q: 13) Is it possible to use an interface tool - such as inSight? A:Q: 14) Which subprojects are planned? A:Q: 15) What schedule are you working towards for completion of the sub-project(s)? A:Q: 16) How much consultation is required? At which stage? A:

Q: 17) How many employees are available during the project? A:Q: 18) What level of knowledge do the available employees have? A:Q: 19) How intensely could the available employees work on the project/subprojects? A:

2.2.1. Data modelingQuestions:Q: 1) Analysis: What information is required in the previously identified evaluation areas? A:Q: 2) Which data sources (systems from the system landscape) function as plan dataproviders for the evaluation areas? A:

Hanuman Chakravarthy89Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 3) Which characteristics (evaluation criteria) and basic key figures can be added to adata model for each evaluation area? A:Q: 4) What relationship exists between the basic key figures and the characteristics? A:Q: 5) Which basic key figures are filled in with reference to which characteristics from whichplan data sources? A:Q: 6) Which characteristic values should be allowed for the identified characteristics (masterdata)? A:

2.2.2. Basic settings2.2.2.1. Foreign currenciesQuestions:Q: 1) Do you intend to display several currencies in reporting and translate amounts intodifferent target currencies? A:2.2.2.2. File namesQuestions:Q: 1) If files are one of the sources of data transfers, these can be defined here with logicalfile names.



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2.2.3. Data basis2.2.3.1. CharacteristicsQuestions:Q: 1) Which characteristics (evaluation criteria) and basic key figures can be added to adata model for each evaluation area?

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Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 2) Name all characteristics from the data model which you would like to report on in theindividual business evaluation areas. A:Q: 3) Which characteristics do you want to use attributes for? Which characteristics shouldalready be understood as attributes for other characteristics? A:Q: 4) For those objects that are dependent on each other. List them in a hierarchicalstructure. A:Q: 5) Which attributes do you want to use to navigate to the reports? Which attributes are

specified for display only? A:Q: 6) Should currency/unit fields be used as display attributes? A:Q: 7) Can you/do you want to form groups of characteristic values? If yes, make a list ofthem. A:Q: 8) List the characteristics for which no master data exists. A:2.2.3.2. Basic key figuresQuestions:Q: 1) List all basic key figures from the data model which you have identified in theindividual business evaluation areas for calculation of your plan figures. A:Q: 2) Can these basic key figures be transferred directly from the operational system anddata sources, or is it necessary to calculate them? A:2.2.3.3. Aspect


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQuestions:Q: 1) Which of the characteristics, which were identified under "characteristics" for eachvaluation area, are highly selective? A:Q: 2) List the characteristics of an evaluation area in the order in which they were calculatedand transfer them to the aspect in this order. Transfer the basic key figures for the evaluatoin

area to the same aspect. A:2.2.3.4. Calculated Key FiguresQuestions:Q: 1) List all the key figures to be calculated from basic key figures, as well as theircalculation formula. (If possible, list them hierarchically). A:Q: 2) Specify the aggregation with regard to structurally oriented characteristics and timebasedcharacteristics (where appropriate with reference field, the number of decimal placesand the scaling of the key figures)



A:Q: 3) Do you want to group your key figures? If yes, how? A:2.2.3.5. Comment tablesQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to run comments for plan data? A:Q: 2) Which combinations of characteristics should the comments be created with (alsocross-aspect)? A:2.2.3.6. Fixed CharacteristicsQuestions:Q: 1) Which fiscal year variant(s) is/are valid for your aspects? A:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 2) How many data versions (for different plan variants) are required for each aspect? A:2.2.3.7. Summarization levels

Questions:Q: 1) Is it likely that in some reports, aggregated sections of the aspect dataset may have tobe accessed? A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:2.2.3.8. Currency Translation Types for Data Transfer and PlanningLayoutsQuestions:Q: 1) Should/must currency translations be carried out for data acquisition and dataconversion using aspect summarization/in the planning layout? A:Q: 2) When you carry out currency translations, how are these specified? A:

2.2.3.9. DerivationQuestions:Q: 1) Does a set of rules exist to describe a constant valid relation between characteristics? A:2.2.3.10. ValidationQuestions:Q: 1) Should plan data to be transferred to an aspect be subjected to a plausibility check? A:2.2.3.11. Data slicesQuestions:Q: 1) Should plan data which is to be transferred to an aspect - or which has already beenposted - be made unaccessible for certain users?



2.2.4. Data transferQuestions:Q: 1) From which source systems and/or SAP R/3 applications do you want to transfer plandata to the aspects? A:2.2.4.1. External SystemsQuestions:



Q: 1) Which transfer methods should be used for the data transfer? A:Q: 2) For data transfers from external systems (R/2, R/3 systems): Are the technicalnetwork connections set up at the hardware and operating system level? A:2.2.4.2. Transaction dataQuestions:Q: 1) Are EC-EIS-Standard data-collection programs (from R/3 or R/2) applicable? A:Q: 2) Specify the data exactly which should be transferred, with regard to the namedexamples under the documentation. A:2.2.4.3. Master dataQuestions:Q: 1) Specify the master data which should be transferred. A:2.2.4.4. CommentsQuestions:Q: 1) Specify the comments which should be transferred. A:


Blueprint Questions - Controlling2.2.4.5. Master Data HierarchyQuestions:Q: 1) Have you filed master data hierarchies for specific characteristics in the form of files,the contents of which you want to transfer for these characteristics? A:2.2.4.6. Transfer procedureQuestions:Q: 1) In which order should the data transfer runs (for master data, master data hierarchies,planning data, comments) be started? A:2.2.4.7. File

Questions:Q: 1) Specify the files that you want to import to EC-EIS by structure and transfer logic. A:2.2.4.8. Control Report PortfolioQuestions:Q: 1) Indicate whether or not you want to update report portfolio reports in the background.If so, indicate when you want to do this, and whether exceptions defined in the reports shouldbe checked. A:

2.2.5. Business PlanningQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to plan the aspect manually or automatically? A:

2.2.5.1. Create planning layoutQuestions:Q: 1) Specify which characteristics and key figures you want to have displayed in an entryform and which key figures you want to plan in the same layout. A:2.2.5.2. Maintain planner profiles


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQuestions:



Q: 1) Can you distinguish special groups of planners and if yes, which ones are they? A:2.2.5.3. Create Distribution KeyQuestions:Q: 1) Do you have certain keys, according to which plan data within your company isdistributed according to periods? A:2.2.5.4. Change Revaluation FactorQuestions:Q: 1) Are there certain aspect basic key figures for which percentage changes mustautomatically be considered in planning runs? A:2.2.5.5. Maintain forecast profilesQuestions:Q: 1) Is there a combination of factors (in the form of a planning strategy) in your enterprisewhich must automatically be considered in certain planning runs? A:2.2.5.6. Maintain weighting groupQuestions:Q: 1) When using the forecast to determine future values, do you want to weight previous

periods with certain factors? A:2.2.5.7. Object-Dependent ParametersQuestions:Q: 1) In planning sessions, do you want to use certain revaluation factors, distribution keysor forecast profiles dependent on specific characteristic combinations? A:2.2.5.8. Maintain calculation formulas for basic key figuresQuestions:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 1) When generating plan data, are there basic key figures whose plan values result fromformulas using other basic key figures and constants?

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2.2.6. Information System2.2.6.1. Maintain Report SelectionQuestions:Q: 1) Should a report treee be created in EC-EIS? If so, which reports (EC-EIS, otherapplications, transactions, ABAPs) should be included in the tree? A:2.2.6.2. Print in MS Word for WindowsQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to use MS-Winword to print your reports (from the report portfolio)? A:

2.2.7. Tools2.2.7.1. Conversion to Release 4.0Questions:Q: 1) Do you have to convert your system from a Release < 4.0 to a Release 4.x? A:2.2.7.2. Authorization managementQuestions:Q: 1) For which aspect objects do you wish to allocate authorizations (aspects,characteristic values, key figures)? A:Q: 2) For which reports/forms/layouts/programs etc. in Business Planning do you wish to



allocate authorizations? A:Q: 3) Which employees work with the business planning a) as a user b) as anadministrator? A:Q: 4) Is it possible to classify different user groups in Business Planning, and if so, which?

Hanuman Chakravarthy97Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:Q: 5) Which activities with reference to which objects should the authorizations (Profiles) ofthe user groups enable? A:2.2.7.3. Data basisQuestions:Q: 1) Which aspects should be visible in which clients? A:Q: 2) Are objects of the aspect environment to be generated subsequently if necessary? A:Q: 3) Is there possibly an inconsistency between the ABAP Dictionary and the Field

Catalog? A:Q: 4) Are all modules and routines for handling master data functional? A:2.2.7.4. Data transferQuestions:Q: 1) Should data be transferrable from aspect to aspect (with summarization whererequired)? A:2.2.7.5. DataQuestions:Q: 1) Do comments or documents need to be reorganized? A:2.2.7.6. Transport

Questions:Q: 1) In EC-EIS do you want to transport used objects in a target system?



2.2.8. Task Functions on Information System2.2.8.1. ReportsQuestions:Q: 1) Which key figures should be analyzed by which characteristics. A:2.2.8.2. FormsQuestions:

Q: 1) Are complex layouts required (descriptions of content and form of reports, possiblyusing formula columns/rows/cells)? A:2.2.8.3. VariablesQuestions:Q: 1) Specify the global variables for characteristic values, hierarchies, hierarchy nodes,formulas and texts which you want to use in various forms and reports. A:2.2.8.4. Report dataQuestions:



Q: 1) Do you want to work with saved (frozen) report data (for performance reasons)? A:2.2.8.5. Report portfolioQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to use user group specific report portfolios as the interface for endusers? A:Q: 2) Outline a hierarchical structure for this portfolio by specifying report classes where thereports can be stored. A:

2.2.9. Task Functions on Tools2.2.9.1. Data (Tools)


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to reduce the amount of data in your aspects by archiving? A:Q: 2) Do you want to delete data which has been transferred to the wrong aspect(s)? A:

2.2.9.2. Information SystemQuestions:Q: 1) Are forms, reports, saved report data or variant groups to be deleted? A:Q: 2) Do you use your reporting multilingually? A:Q: 3) Is your master data also maintained in several languages? A:

2.3. ConsolidationQuestions:Q: 1) Which tools were consolidated with up to now? A:Q: 2) How is your group accounting organised?

A:Q: 3) Which languages must supported on the part of the system? A:Q: 4) Which consolidation types do you want to set? A:Comments:Q: 5) How many consolidated financial statements do you want to create during a year?


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:Comments:Q: 6) Do you intend to consolidate different data categories? If yes, which ones? A:

Comments:Q: 7) How many consolidation units and consolidation groups are included? A:Comments:Q: 8) How often do these hierarchies of consolidation groups change within your reportingtimeframe? A:Comments:Q: 9) Which accounting principles do you adhere to when creating consolidated



statements? A:Comments:Q: 10) Should income statements be created using cost-of-sales accounting or periodaccounting? A:Comments:Q: 11) Have you implemented SAP legacy systems - if yes, which ones, and where? A:Comments:Q: 12) In which form and at which dates do you collect the reported financial data from theindividual companies? A:Comments:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 13) Are there differences with regard to the scope of reported data? A:Comments:

Q: 14) Does the reported financial data have to be standardized for group-wide valuationrules? A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:Q: 15) Do you have foreign companies? A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:Q: 16) What is the extent of the consistency checks of your data at this time? A:Comments:Q: 17) Do you have to create financial statements for subgroups in different reportingcurrencies?

A:Comments:Q: 18) Are there subsidiaries/subgroups in high inflation countries, which have to report inhard currency? A:Comments:Q: 19) Which consolidation functions do you use? A:Comments:Q: 20) Which accounting techniques do you use?


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:Comments:Q: 21) How is your corporate reporting presently designed? A:Comments:Q: 22) Which tools do you use at the moment to create your reports? A:Comments:Q: 23) How is your authorization concept currently designed? A:



Comments:Q: 24) How is your current organizational flow for creating consolidated statements? A:Comments:Q: 25) How many employees are involved in the creation of the consolidated financialstatements? A:Comments:Q: 26) How should the organisation of training measures take place? A:Comments:Q: 27) Which demands are you making on the documentation and what are its aims? A:Comments:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 28) What kind of an implementation strategy do you want to implement? A:Comments:

Q: 29) Possible test scenarios? A:Comments:Q: 30) What does your technical infra-structure / system availability look like? A:Comments:Q: 31) Which resources can be available in terms of time frame and quantity? A:Comments:

2.3.1. Preparatory Work: General2.3.1.1. Creating DimensionsQuestions:Q: 1) Which consolidation types do you want to set? A:Comments:2.3.1.2. Creating VersionsQuestions:Q: 1) Do you intend to consolidate different data categories? If yes, which ones? A:2.3.1.3. Check CurrenciesQuestions:Q: 1) Do you receive reported data in currencies, which are not delivered in the standard? A:2.3.1.4. Definition of Ledgers



Questions:Q: 1) In which currencies do you want to the reports generated.? A:2.3.1.5. Definition of Consolidation UnitsQuestions:Q: 1) Determine the smallest units of your corporate structure which are to be used as thebasis for a complete consolidation run. A:Q: 2) In case the consolidation units are transferred from a file by flexible upload, see thedocumentation.



A:Q: 3) Define suitable, logical file names. A:Q: 4) Do you require additional attributes for your consolidation units? A:Q: 5) In which form and at which dates do you collect the reported financial data from theindividual companies? A:2.3.1.6. Definition of Consolidation GroupsQuestions:Q: 1) Define the consolidation group according to your requirements. A:Q: 2) Create suitable hierarchies. A:Q: 3) How many consolidated financial statements do you want to create during a year? A:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 4) Comments to integrated consolidation types

A:Q: 5) Comments for the transfer of consolidation groups by flexible upload from file A:2.3.1.7. Definition of Cons Chart of Accounts / Cons Chart of AccountsHierarchyQuestions:Q: 1) Which requirements do you have for the creation and/or structure of your cons chartof accounts (US GAAP, IAS, HGB)? A:Q: 2) Should retained earnings be disclosed in the balance sheet or in the incomestatement? A:Comments:Q: 3) Should income statements be created using cost-of-sales accounting or period

accounting? A:Comments:Q: 4) Do you summarize your operational accounts to group accounts (financial statementitems)? A:Comments:Q: 5) If yes, do you summarize at the subsidiary level or at the corporate group level? A:Comments:Q: 6) Do you require further freely definable classifications for your FS items? A:Comments:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 7) Do you use an integration scenario? If so, you can transfer the FS items from a G/Lchart of accounts or a financial statement version. A:Comments:Q: 8) Define your selected items for posting financial statement imbalances and for postingdeferred taxes, for both retained earnings carried forward as well as the balancingadjustment.



A:Comments:2.3.1.8. Definition of Breakdown CategoriesQuestions:Q: 1) How many breakdown categories can be derived from your reporting system? Whichdifferent details would you like to see withing a consolidation chart of accounts? A:Q: 2) Do you want to differentiate elimination differences between currency-related andother differences? A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:2.3.1.9. Definition of Custom CharacteristicsQuestions:Q: 1) Do you need further custom characteristics, in addition to the standardsubassignments? A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:Q: 2) If yes how many and which characteristics?

A:Comments:2.3.1.10. Definition of Subitem CategoriesQuestions:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 1) Which standard subassignments would you like to use? What requirements do youhave for group reporting later on, for example, asset history sheets, equity aging reports,segment reports, etc. ? A:2.3.1.11. Definition of SubitemsQuestions:Q: 1) How do you want to define the subitems?

A:Q: 2) Which default values do you want to define for the characteristic value of subitems? A:

2.3.2. Preparatory Work: IntegrationQuestions:Q: 1) Have you implemented SAP legacy systems - if yes, which ones, and where? A:

2.3.3. Preparatory Work: Production2.3.3.1. Administration of AuthorizationsQuestions:Q: 1) How is your authorization concept currently designed? A:2.3.3.2. Setting up TranslationQuestions:Q: 1) Do you have foreign employees, who do not log onto the R/3-System in German? A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:Q: 2) Have you translated your reports into the required languages? A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:




Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 3) Have you checked which language versions you need for: - FS items/subassignments- consolidation units and groups - data entry layouts - messages (e.g. for validations) - reports A: [ ]Yes[ ]No

Comments:2.3.4. Processes of the Data MonitorQuestions:Q: 1) Have you assigned all data monitor tasks you need to the data monitor? A:2.3.4.1. Non-integrated Financial Data Transfer by Online EntryQuestions:Q: 1) In which form and at which dates do you collect the reported financial data from theindividual companies? A:Q: 2) Are there differences with regard to the scope of reported data? A:

2.3.5. Processes of the Consolidation Monitor

Questions:Q: 1) Which consolidation functions do you use? A:Comments:2.3.5.1. Preparation of Consolidation Group ChangesQuestions:Q: 1) Have you activated the maintenance of acquisition and divestiture subitems in thesubitem categories for transaction types? A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:



Q: 2) Have you maintained the acquisition and divestiture subitems in the relevantsubitems? A:Comments:Q: 3) Do you use the standard document types or do you define your own document typesfor the posting of consolidation group changes? A:Comments:2.3.5.2. Interunit Elimination by Elimination of IU Payables andReceivablesQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to differentiate elimination differences between currency-related andother differences?

A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:2.3.5.3. Interunit Elimination by Elimination of IC Revenue and ExpenseQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to differentiate elimination differences between currency-related andother differences? A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:



2.3.5.4. Consolidation of investmentsQuestions:Q: 1) Which accounting techniques do you use? A:Q: 2) What is your calculation base? A:Q: 3) Reported items equity?


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:Q: 4) Do you clear differentials resulting from consolidation of investments against fair valueadjustments? A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:Q: 5) How do you treat goodwill/negative goodwill? A:Comments:

2.3.6. Information System

Questions:Q: 1) How is your corporate reporting presently designed? A:

2.4. Executive Information System (EIS)Questions:Q: 1) What is the system landscape like: which SAP systems and non-SAP systems are inuse? A:Q: 2) Describe your hardware structure. A:Q: 3) For R/3 systems: Which Releases are used? A:Q: 4) Do you work with distributed systems? If yes, which ones are they?

A:Q: 5) Is there a multi-client concept? A:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 6) Which SAP system components and non-SAP system components are used for whichbusiness purposes? A:Q: 7) What is the status of Management Reporting? A:Q: 8) What level of detail should be represented with EIS? A:Q: 9) Is it possible to subdivide the scope in more than one evaluation area (with reference

to their business context)? If yes, make a list of these evaluation areas. A:Q: 10) Is it possible to prioritize these individual evaluation areas? A:Q: 11) What are the target groups for the evaluation areas to be mapped in the system? A:Q: 12) How large is the expected data volume to be (per evaluation area)? A:Q: 13) Is it possible to use an interface tool - such as inSight?



A:Q: 14) Which subprojects are planned? A:Q: 15) What schedule are you working towards for completion of the sub-project(s)? A:Q: 16) How much consultation is required? At which stage? A:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 17) How many employees are available during the project? A:Q: 18) What level of knowledge do the available employees have? A:Q: 19) How intensely could the available employees work on the project/subprojects? A:

2.4.1. Data modelingQuestions:Q: 1) Analysis: What information is required in the previously identified evaluation areas? A:

Q: 2) Which data sources (systems from the system landscape) function as data providersfor the evaluation areas? A:Q: 3) Which characteristics (evaluation criteria) and basic key figures can be added to adata model for each evaluation area? A:Q: 4) What relationship exists between the basic key figures and the characteristics? A:Q: 5) Which basic key figures are filled in? Which characteristics do they refer to? Whichdata sources do these characteristics come from? A:Q: 6) Which characteristic values should be allowed for the identified characteristics (masterdata)? A:

2.4.2. Basic settings2.4.2.1. Foreign currencies


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQuestions:Q: 1) Do you intend to display several currencies in reporting and translate amounts intodifferent target currencies? A:2.4.2.2. File namesQuestions:Q: 1) If files are one of the sources of data transfers, these can be defined here with logicalfile names.

A:2.4.3. Data basis2.4.3.1. CharacteristicsQuestions:Q: 1) Which characteristics and basic key figures can be added to a data model for eachevaluation area? A:Q: 2) Name all characteristics from the data model which you would like to report on in theindividual business evaluation areas.



A:Q: 3) Which characteristics do you want to use attributes for? Which characteristics shouldalready be understood as attributes for other characteristics? A:Q: 4) For those objects that are dependent on each other. List them in a hierarchicalstructure. A:Q: 5) Which attributes do you want to use to navigate to the reports? Which attributes arespecified for display only? A:Q: 6) Should currency/unit fields be used as display attributes? A:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 7) Can you/do you want to form groups of characteristic values? If yes, make a list ofthem. A:Q: 8) List the characteristics for which no master data exists. A:

2.4.3.2. Basic key figuresQuestions:Q: 1) Name all the basic key figures from the data model which you have identified in theindividual business evaluation areas for calculation of your critical success factors or KPIs. A:Q: 2) Can these basic key figures be transferred directly from the operational system anddata sources, or is it necessary to calculate them? A:2.4.3.3. AspectQuestions:Q: 1) Which of the characteristics, which were identified under "characteristics" for eachvaluation area, are highly selective? A:Q: 2) List the characteristics of an evaluation area in the order in which they were calculated

and transfer them to the aspect in this order. Transfer the basic key figures for the evaluatoinarea to the same aspect. A:2.4.3.4. Calculated Key FiguresQuestions:Q: 1) List all the key figures to be calculated from basic key figures, as well as theircalculation formula. (If possible, list them hierarchically). A:Q: 2) Specify the aggregation with regard to structurally oriented characteristics and timebasedcharacteristics (where appropriate with reference field, the number of decimal placesand the scaling of the key figures)


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:Q: 3) Do you want to group your key figures? If yes, how? A:2.4.3.5. Comment tablesQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to include comments for transaction data? A:Q: 2) Which combinations of characteristics should the comments be created with (alsocross-aspect)?



A:2.4.3.6. Fixed CharacteristicsQuestions:Q: 1) Which fiscal year variant(s) is/are valid for your aspects? A:Q: 2) How many data versions (for different plan variants) are required for each aspect? A:2.4.3.7. Summarization levelsQuestions:Q: 1) Is it likely that in some reports, aggregated sections of the aspect dataset may have tobe accessed? A: [ ]Yes[ ]NoComments:2.4.3.8. Currency Translation Types for Data Transfer and PlanningLayoutsQuestions:Q: 1) Should or must currency translations be carried out for data collection, dataconversion through aspect summarization, or in entry layouts? A:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 2) When you carry out currency translations, how are these specified? A:2.4.3.9. Data Entry LayoutQuestions:Q: 1) Is actual data entered manually? If so, is single record maintenance sufficient? If not,which characteristics or key figures should a data entry layout contain? A:2.4.3.10. DerivationQuestions:Q: 1) Does a set of rules exist to describe a constant valid relation between characteristics? A:

2.4.3.11. ValidationQuestions:Q: 1) Should the transaction data to be transferred to an aspect undergo a plausibilitycheck? A:2.4.3.12. Data slicesQuestions:Q: 1) Should the transaction data that is to be transferred to an aspect, or is already posted,be protected (time-dependent) from access by certain users? A:

2.4.4. Data transferQuestions:Q: 1) From which source systems and/or SAP R/3 applications do you want to transfer

which data to EIS (e.g. transaction data, master data, master data hierarchies, master datacomments)? A:2.4.4.1. External SystemsQuestions:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 1) Which transfer methods should be used for the data transfer? A:



Q: 2) For data transfers from external systems (R/2, R/3 systems): Are the technicalnetwork connections set up at the hardware and operating system level? A:2.4.4.2. Transaction dataQuestions:Q: 1) Are EC-EIS-Standard data-collection programs (from R/3 or R/2) applicable? A:Q: 2) Specify the data exactly which should be transferred, with regard to the namedexamples under the documentation. A:2.4.4.3. Master dataQuestions:Q: 1) Specify the master data which should be transferred. A:2.4.4.4. CommentsQuestions:Q: 1) Specify the comments which should be transferred. A:2.4.4.5. Master Data HierarchyQuestions:

Q: 1) Have you filed master data hierarchies for specific characteristics in the form of files,the contents of which you want to transfer for these characteristics? A:2.4.4.6. Transfer procedureQuestions:Q: 1) In which order should the data transfer runs (for master data, master data hierarchies,planning data, comments) be started?


Blueprint Questions - Controlling A:2.4.4.7. FileQuestions:Q: 1) Specify the files that you want to import to EC-EIS by structure and transfer logic.

A:2.4.4.8. Control Report PortfolioQuestions:Q: 1) Indicate whether or not you want to update report portfolio reports in the background.If so, indicate when you want to do this, and whether exceptions defined in the reports shouldbe checked. A:

2.4.5. Information System (EC-EIS)2.4.5.1. Maintain Report SelectionQuestions:Q: 1) Should a report treee be created in EC-EIS? If so, which reports (EC-EIS, otherapplications, transactions, ABAPs) should be included in the tree? A:

2.4.5.2. Print in MS Word for WindowsQuestions:Q: 1) Do you want to use MS-Winword to print your reports (from the report portfolio)? A:

2.4.6. Tools2.4.6.1. Conversion to Release 4.0Questions:Q: 1) Do you have to convert your system from a Release < 4.0 to a Release 4.x? A:



2.4.6.2. Authorization management (EIS)Questions:Q: 1) To which objects in the EC-EIS database do you wish to assign authorizations(aspects, characteristic values, key figures)? A:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 2) To which EIS reports/forms/layouts/programs or other objects do you wish to assignauthorizations? A:Q: 3) Which employees work with EIS a) as a user b) as an administrator? A:Q: 4) Can different EC-EIS user groups be classified, and if so, which? A:Q: 5) Which activities with reference to which objects should the authorizations (Profiles) ofthe user groups enable? A:2.4.6.3. Data basisQuestions:

Q: 1) Which aspects should be visible in which clients? A:Q: 2) Are objects of the aspect environment to be generated subsequently if necessary? A:Q: 3) Is there possibly an inconsistency between the ABAP Dictionary and the FieldCatalog? A:Q: 4) Are all modules and routines for handling master data functional? A:2.4.6.4. Data transferQuestions:Q: 1) Should data be transferrable from aspect to aspect (with summarization whererequired)? A:


Blueprint Questions - Controlling2.4.6.5. DataQuestions:Q: 1) Do comments or documents need to be reorganized? A:2.4.6.6. TransportQuestions:Q: 1) In EC-EIS do you want to transport used objects in a target system? A:

2.4.7. Task Functions on Information System2.4.7.1. Reports (EIS)

Questions:Q: 1) Which key figures should be analyzed by which characteristics. A:2.4.7.2. Forms (EIS)Questions:Q: 1) Are complex layouts required (descriptions of content and form of reports, possiblyusing formula columns/rows/cells)? A:2.4.7.3. Variables (EIS)Questions:



Q: 1) Specify the global variables for characteristic values, hierarchies, hierarchy nodes,formulas and texts which you want to use in various forms and reports. A:2.4.7.4. Report Data (EIS)Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to work with saved (frozen) report data (for performance reasons)? A:2.4.7.5. Report Portfolio (EIS)Questions:


Blueprint Questions - ControllingQ: 1) Do you want to use user group specific report portfolios as the interface for endusers? A:Q: 2) Outline a hierarchical structure for this portfolio by specifying report classes where thereports can be stored. A:

2.4.8. Task Functions on Tools2.4.8.1. Data (Tools)

Questions:Q: 1) Do you want to reduce the amount of data in your aspects by archiving? A:Q: 2) Do you want to delete data which has been transferred to the wrong aspect(s)? A:2.4.8.2. Information SystemQuestions:Q: 1) Are forms, reports, saved report data or variant groups to be deleted? A:Q: 2) Do you use your reporting multilingually? A:Q: 3) Is your master data also maintained in several languages? A:
