S4F12 - Unit 3 (Profit Centers and Segments) Flashcards
What is The Segment Characteristic?
A standard account assignment object that allows you to create evaluations for objects below the company code level.
What is the object of the segment characteristic?
is to enable a details analysis of the various business areas
When you post to a profit center, you also have to manually post the segment.
Determine if this statement is true or false.
False.
You can save a segment in the master data of a profit center. When you post to a profit center, the segment is posted automatically.
You can save a segment in the master data of a profit center.
Determine whether this statement is true or false.
True.
You can save a segment in the master data of a profit center.
if you cannot derive the segment characteristic from the master record of a profit center, what are options are there around this?
General ledger accounting with document splitting provide the following options:
> Manual entry
BAdl implementation
Definition of substitution rules
Assignment of standard accounts
List the principles that apply to segments.
- The use of segments is only officially approved by SAP if they are used simultaneously with
profit centers. - Segments can only be derived automatically using profit centers.
- In many business cases, particularly in logistics, you cannot enter segments manually
- Various standard interfaces do not support segments.
In many business cases, particularly in logistics, you have to enter the segment manually.
Determine whether this statement is true or false.
False.
Normally you don’t have to enter the segment manually.
The profit center is the best object from which segments can be uniformly derived.
Determine whether this statement is true or false.
True.
The profit center is the best object from which segments can be uniformly derived.
Segments have a time reference.
Determine whether this statement is true or false.
False.
Segments don’t have a time reference.
Segments are assigned to a hierarchy.
Determine whether this statement is true or false.
False
Like the business area, segments are not assigned to any structure and can be used across company codes.
It is possible to assign the same segment to multiple profit centers.
Determine whether this statement is true or false.
True.
The use of segments usually corresponds to the legal requirements. Usually, just a few segments (main business characteristics) are used, which are then assigned to a larger number of profit centers.
