Full reference of SAP Controlling (CO) module transaction codes for cost management, profitability analysis, and management reporting. Covers CCA, PCA, Internal Orders, Product Costing, and CO-PA.
| T-Code | Transaction Name | Description & Usage Scenario | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS01 | Create Cost Center | Create a new cost center master record in the controlling area with validity period and hierarchy assignment. Used when new departments, teams, or cost collection points are added to the organizational structure. | ◉ Master Data |
| KS02 | Change Cost Center | Modify cost center attributes: description, department, manager, hierarchy, profit center assignment. Used when org structure changes, a new manager takes over, or reporting hierarchy needs adjustment. | |
| KS03 | Display Cost Center | View cost center master data across all validity periods without modification. Used for reference during report setup, audit reviews, or verifying cost center assignments. | |
| KSH1 | Create Cost Center Group | Create hierarchical groups for cost centers to enable roll-up reporting at department or division level. Used when setting up management reporting structures that aggregate multiple cost centers. | |
| KSH2 | Change Cost Center Group | Modify cost center group membership: add, remove, or reorganize cost centers within the hierarchy. Used when org restructuring requires moving cost centers between groups in the hierarchy. | |
| OKEON | Cost Center Hierarchy | Display and maintain the standard cost center hierarchy for the controlling area. Used by CO consultants to review and restructure the complete cost center reporting hierarchy. | ⚙ Config |
| T-Code | Transaction Name | Description & Usage Scenario | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| KB11N | Enter Reposting of Primary Costs | Repost actual primary costs from one cost center to another within the same period. Used to correct miscoded invoices or to allocate shared costs (e.g., IT costs to business departments). | ★ Common |
| KB21N | Enter Activity Allocation (Manual) | Manually allocate activity quantities from a sender cost center to one or more receiver cost centers. Used for manual labor time allocations where CATS or confirmation is not used. | |
| KSB1 | Cost Centers: Actual Line Items | Display all actual cost line items posted to cost centers with document, amount, and cost element detail. Primary transaction for cost center cost analysis, variance investigation, and management reporting. | ★ Common |
| KP06 | Change Cost Center Planning | Enter or modify cost center plan values (costs and statistical key figures) for a planning version. Used during annual budgeting process. Plans are entered by cost element per period. | ★ Common |
| KPF6 | Change Statistical Key Figure Planning | Plan statistical key figures (headcount, square meters, machine hours) for cost center allocations. Used as a basis for allocations (e.g., plan IT costs by headcount across receiving cost centers). | |
| S_ALR_87013611 | Cost Centers: Actual/Plan/Variance | Standard report comparing actual costs vs planned costs per cost center with variance analysis. Most used CO report for monthly management reporting. Used by business unit controllers. | ▲ Report |
| KSS2 | Actual Assessment Cycle | Execute periodic actual cost assessment from sender cost centers to receiver cost objects. Run at month-end to allocate overhead pools (electricity, building) to production/service cost centers. | ★ Common |
| KSV2 | Actual Distribution Cycle | Execute actual cost distribution maintaining the original primary cost element on receivers. Used when the original cost element must be preserved on the receiving cost center (e.g., for legal reporting). | |
| KSPP | Copy Cost Center Planning | Copy plan values between fiscal years or planning versions to create a starting point for new budget. Used at start of budgeting cycle to copy prior year actuals or plan into the new year plan version. |
| T-Code | Transaction Name | Description & Usage Scenario | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| KO01 | Create Internal Order | Create an internal order to collect costs for a specific activity, event, project, or capital expenditure. Used for marketing campaigns, R&D projects, maintenance jobs, and any trackable cost collection need. | ◉ Master Data |
| KO02 | Change Internal Order | Modify internal order: settlement rule, responsible person, budget, planning data, or status. Used when project scope changes, receiver changes, or budget needs to be updated. | |
| KO03 | Display Internal Order | View internal order master data, status, and assigned costs. Used for reference during cost review meetings, audit, or settlement verification. | |
| KOB1 | Internal Orders: Actual Line Items | Display all actual cost line items posted to an internal order with detail of originating documents. Used for order cost analysis, expense verification, and project cost tracking. | ★ Common |
| KO88 | Actual Settlement: Order | Settle actual costs from an internal order to its defined receivers (cost centers, GL, assets, projects). Run at period-end or project completion to transfer costs from the order to final receivers. | ★ Common |
| KOCF | Carry Forward Order Commitments | Carry forward open purchase orders and commitments from one fiscal year to the next. Run at year-end to ensure uncommitted order budgets and commitments roll forward correctly. | |
| S_ALR_87012993 | Orders: Actual/Plan/Variance | Compare actual vs planned costs on internal orders with variance and utilization analysis. Used by project managers and controllers for project cost performance monitoring. | ▲ Report |
| T-Code | Transaction Name | Description & Usage Scenario | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| KE51 | Create Profit Center | Create a profit center master record for tracking revenues, costs, and balance sheet items by segment. Used when introducing new business units, product lines, or regional profit tracking entities. | ◉ Master Data |
| KE52 | Change Profit Center | Modify profit center attributes: description, hierarchy, responsible manager, or assignment rules. Used during org restructuring, manager changes, or when the profit center hierarchy is redesigned. | |
| KE5Z | Profit Center: Actual Line Items | Display actual line items assigned to profit centers from all integrated modules. Used for profit center profitability analysis, revenue verification, and cross-segment reporting. | ★ Common |
| KE5T | Transfer Payables/Receivables to PCA | Transfer open AP and AR items to profit center accounting for balance sheet reporting by profit center. Run at period-end in organizations using segment or profit center balance sheet reporting. | |
| S_ALR_87009712 | Profit Center: Plan/Actual Comparison | Standard report comparing planned vs actual figures by profit center with period-level drill-down. Core report for business unit performance review and management P&L reporting. | ▲ Report |
| T-Code | Transaction Name | Description & Usage Scenario | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| CK11N | Create Product Cost Estimate | Calculate standard cost for a manufactured product using BOM, routing, and overhead rates. Run before the annual standard cost update. Shows cost component split: material, labor, machine, overhead. | ★ Common |
| CK24 | Price Update: Mark and Release Standard Cost | Mark the calculated cost estimate and release it to update the material master standard price. Run once per year (or on new product launch) to set the standard price used for inventory valuation. | ★ Common |
| KKBC_PKO | Product Cost Analysis | Analyze product cost estimate components showing breakdown by material, labor, machine, and overhead. Used by cost accountants to verify standard cost reasonableness before release. | ▲ Report |
| KE30 | Execute Profitability Report | Run and display CO-PA profitability reports by customer, product, region, or other characteristics. Used by sales controllers and management for margin analysis by product line or customer segment. | ▲ Report |
| KE24 | CO-PA Actual Line Items | Display detailed line items in CO-PA for individual sales transactions with full characteristic drill-down. Used to investigate individual transaction profitability and validate CO-PA data quality. | |
| KE21N | Create Manual CO-PA Document | Post a manual value entry directly to CO-PA for adjustments not coming from billing or FI. Used for manual accruals, top-side adjustments, and intercompany profitability transfers. |