Create Primary/Secondary Cost Elements
Create Primary Cost Elements
From the SAP Easy Access Menu: Accounting è Controlling è Cost Element Accounting è Master Data è Cost Element è Individual processingè Create primary
Enter the account # 700000 Labor Expense into the Cost Element field, and click enter.
If you have not created this G/L account previously, you will need to at this point. See the accounts and descriptions below for a list of accounts needed to create the primary cost elements.
Enter 1 into the Cost Element category field
Then click Save
Repeat the above process for the following Cost Element (Account #) entering the appropriate Cost element category numbers for the appropriate Account #
Cost Element
(Account #) Description Cost element category
720000 Raw Material Expense 1
720100 Finished Goods Expense 1
720200 Trading Goods Expense 1
740000 Supplies 1
750000 Utilities Expense 1
751000 Production Order Settlement 22
780000 Rent Expense 1
781000 Misc Expense 1
Create Secondary Cost Elements
From the SAP Easy Access Menu: Accounting è Controlling è Cost Element Accounting è Master Data è Cost Element è Individual processingè Create secondary
From here you will be at the following screen. Enter the following Cost Element numbers with the corresponding Cost element category numbers clicking save after creating each Cost element. Enter a validation date of 01/01/2003 to 12/31/9999.
Note: As mentioned in the introduction to this section, the secondary cost elements are used only for internal recordkeeping, and therefore should NOT have corresponding G/L accounts!
Cost element Description Cost element category
800000 Labor 43 (Internal Activity)
800100 Assessed Costs 42 (Assessement)
800200 Internal Order Settlement 21 (Internal Settlement)
800300 Production Order Settlement 21 (Internal Settlement)