SAP Cost of Goods Sold Splitting in Margin Analysis
SAP Cost of Goods Sold Splitting in Margin Analysis
Cost splitting profile: The cost splitting profile defines how COGS is split up into different accounts
based on cost components.
Example: Source
Account
54083000
Inventory Change
• For each entry under Source Accounts, select Strategy Sequence and define a priority sequence of
strategies to be used as the basis for the split. The system tries to split the cost of goods sold based
on the first priority in the sequence. If this is unsuccessful, it tries the next strategy in the sequence
and so on.
Cost of Goods Sold Important Configuration Steps
• Under Target Accounts, enter the account for each cost component in the cost component structure.
Define one of the accounts as the default. Amounts for cost components for which no target account is
specified will automatically be posted to the default account. When you assign target accounts to cost
components, all cost components in the cost component structure are available for selection, including
cost components for sales and administration costs. However, when the COGS split is posted, only cost
components that are marked as Cost of Goods Manufactured are used.
• Offsetting Accounts: If you don’t want the original COGS account to be cleared, you can specify an
offsetting account for each entry under Source Accounts and Valuation Views. You need to do this for
example if you have reports that compare the originally posted costs with the actual costs of the material
ledger.
• Under Company Code Settings, assign the cost splitting profiles to company codes. Each company code
needs to use the same chart of accounts as the controlling area assigned to the cost splitting profile.
• Under Document Type Mapping, you can specify a document type to be used instead of the original
document type of the COGS split. The COGS split document always uses internal number assignment. If
the original document type uses external number assignment, specify a mapping for internal number
assignment.
Cost of Goods Sold Important Configuration Steps
Cost of Goods Sold Splitting Practice Exercise
• Remark: An additional
accounting document is
created with the COGS
splitting information.