Finance & Controlling
What is Controlling Area?
The CO organizational unit within which cost accounting is performed; one or more company codes are assigned to it.
Cost centers, internal orders, and profit centers belong to a controlling area. In S/4HANA, assigned company codes must share the same fiscal year variant and chart of accounts. Cross-company-code cost allocation is only possible within one controlling area.
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Controlling
The SAP module for management accounting, covering cost centers, internal orders, product costing, and profitability analysis.
Company Code
The smallest SAP organizational unit for which a complete, self-contained set of financial accounts is drawn up.
Cost Center
A CO object representing an organizational area where costs are incurred, such as a department.
Profit Center
An organizational unit for internal reporting of profit and, in S/4HANA, balance sheet items by area of responsibility.
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