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Planning of secondary cost elements Message: GM086

When using an external planning tool (BI) for cost elements/cost centers that also writes back the planning data in ERP, the question now arises how to get the apportionment values (cost centers) that run in the actual in ERP now in the Type42 apportionment cost elements.
The SAP help is unfortunately not very informative here :-((
That directly in the ERP can not be planned on type 42 cost elements may make sense.
But it must be possible to transfer the data from an external system, which has the values.
Someone ne uncomplicated idea to it?

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  • EckhardMoos
    EckhardMoos
    impossible
    Secondary cost elements of cost element categories 41, 42, 43 can neither be posted manually in the plan (value type 01), nor in the actual (value type 04).
    This also applies if the posting is to be executed "externally" via BAPI, LSMW or batch input.
    The secondary cost element of type 21 (settlement cost element) can be posted manually in the plan, but not in the actual.
    You can take advantage of this by placing a cost element of type 21 (adjacent in the nomenclature) next to the apportionment cost element (CATYPE 42) and posting it externally with plan figures.
  • applemaster
    applemaster (Author)
    Thank you very much for the detailed explanation. This is how we had thought internally. Nice that it is confirmed and a pity that there is no fancier solution.