SAP Cost Center Tcodes & SAP Cost Center Tables, BAPI & Enhancement

SAP cost Center: this post will guide through Cost Center in SAP in a technical Overview.

The Related SAP Tables and BAPI for Cost Center display, retrieve and maintain will be exposed.

What Cost Center in SAP ?

In business a cost centre is a division that adds to the cost of an organisation, but only indirectly adds to its profit.

Typical examples include research and development, marketing and customer service. (source: wiki.scn.sap.com)

SAP Cost Center Tcodes

If you are looking for a specific tcodes for SAP CC, check the following list for CC Tcodes and related transaction Cost Center in SAP:

SAP CC Basic Setting Tcodes

The List of SAP Cost Center Transaction Codes for Basic Settings are:

SAP Cost Center tcodes for Activity types

The Activity Types for Cost Center can be handled using the SAP Tcodes:

Also check SAP Profit Center Tcodes (Transaction Codes): PCA, Group and Hierarchy

SAP CC Codes For Statistical Key Figures

Statistical Key Figures Tcodes for Cost Center in SAP are:

SAP Cost center Tcodes for Overhead Assessment

The path in SPRO for Overhead Assessment is

Path: Accounting Controlling Cost element accounting-Mater data-Cost element Individual processing Create secondary (KA06)

The SAP Overhead Assessment Cost Center Transaction Codes are:

SAP CC Overhead Distribution Tcodes

The main Tcodes for Cost Center Overhead Distribution are:

SAP Cost Center BAPI

The Main SAP Cost Center BAPI are:

K_GROUP_SELECT: SAP Cost Center Read BAPI

Here an other SAP Standard function K_GROUP_SELECT to read detail of SAP cost center.

It is more generic and it can use to read SAP WBS element or even SAP Profit Center data.

call function 'K_GROUP_SELECT'
       exporting
            class              = '0101'
            field_name         = 'KOSTL                         '
            table              = 'CSKT '
       importing
            set_name           = p_KOSTL
       exceptions
            no_set_picked      = 02.
  case sy-subrc.
    when 1. message s003.
    when 2. message s004.
  endcase.

Main SAP Cost Center Tables: Cost Center Table in Sap

Regarding SAP Cost Center Data Model. The main Table for Cost center is CSKU.

Here the list of Top 3 Cost Center Table in SAP are:

Check also List of Important SAP FI Tables (SAP Finance Tables)

SAP Cost Center CSKU Table

So Cost Element Table in SAP is CSKU.

Check also try to use SETLEAF Table with

• Cost Center group in SAP : setclass = 0101
• WBS Element group : setclass = 0110
• SAP Profit Center Group : setclass = 0106

SAP Cost Centers Group Table and Description

In addition to CSKS-KOSTL for Cost Center, the field CSKS-KHINR – it is cost center group.

You will have the description in CSKT-KTEXT

SAP Cost Center Hierarchy Table

The main tables for sap cost center hierarchy table are:

Alternatives How to read Cost Center Hierarchy in SAP

Try the SETHEADER table. SETCLASS = ‘0101’. SUBCLASS may be your planning area (KOKRS)

You can also use the FM K_HIERARCHY_TABLES_READ.

You can use the following BAPI to get cost center hirarchy BAPI_COSTCENTER_GETDETAIL

To find cost centers in a group use this bapi: BAPI_COSTCENTERGROUP_GETDETAIL.

(source: Tables to be used for getting cost centre hierarchy)

SAP Cost Center Enhancements & User-Exit

SAP Customer Exit COOMKS01

Customer Exit COOMKS01 Short Text Customer Fields for Cost Center Master Data

Function module exits are called from SAP programs at defined points with the ABAP statement CALL CUSTOMER-FUNCTION :

• EXIT_SAPLKMA1_001
• EXIT_SAPLKMA1_002

CI_CSKS – Include for customer specific master data for cost center.

SAP Customer Exit COOMKS02

Customer Exit COOMKS02 Short Text Cost Center: Checks When Saving

These are the components of customer exit COOMKS02.

Function module exits are called from SAP programs at defined points with the ABAP statement CALL CUSTOMER-FUNCTION .

• EXIT_SAPLKMA1_003

Read more on SAP Note 379464 SAP enhancement COOMKS02 (Cost center: Checks during saving)

SAP Customer Exit COOMKS03

Technical Information Customer Exit COOMKS03 Short Text Cost Center: BAPI Enhancements Components These are the components of customer exit COOMKS03.

Function Modules Function module exits are called from SAP programs at defined points with the ABAP statement CALL CUSTOMER-FUNCTION :

SAP Cost Center Report

Within the important SAP Cost Center Report check the SAP Standard report RKACSHOW toDisplay CO Cost Segments.

Read more about SAP Cost Centers Master Data.
Here a nice article worth to read for Cost Center in SAP

SAP Cost Center Master Data

You can maintain cost center master data using time-based dependencies (see Time-Dependency of Master Data ).

The following time dependencies are possible in the SAP System:

• Time independent (I)
• Fiscal-year-based time dependency (Y)
• Period-based time dependency (P)
• Day-based time dependency (D)

SAP Cost Center Basic Data Fields

Here the main list of Cost Center Basic Data in SAP: