Introduction
SAP CO-PA module is used for analyzing Profitability by different dimensions/segments. Profitability by Customer, Product or combination of Customer, Product and Region etc., Characteristics are defined from fields from Customer, Material/Product and derived from Master Data and Transactional data at the time of transaction processing.
Over a period of time, the original definitions of Characteristics may change and Reports based on change characteristics can not be compared with old values unless old values are converted or adjusted to new definitions. Realignment is a tool in SAP to perform the conversion of old line item data to reflect new definitions of characteristics. This is very important for Management Reporting
Realignment
Realignment is process of adjusting characteristic values in COPA retrospectively for line items based on conversion conditions. This is inbuilt functionality for both types of Profitability Analysis - Costing Based and Account Based.
Realignment Run
Realignment is performed with Realignment Run and one run can combine multiple Requests. The job execution is at Run level and system update the status of Run - New, Scheduled, Running , Cancelled or Successful. The Run can be scheduled as background job with immediate or with specific date
Realignment Request
Requests are created within a Run. Every request combines set of selection conditions for selecting specific data for conversion. Logical set of data change is combined within a specific Request
Business Case - Demo
Following example shows the step by step execution of Realignment. Two characteristics -Material Group 1 and Material Group2 . Material Group1 is realigned based on Derivation rule after changing the Material Master Data and Material Group 2 is changed directly without subjected to Derivation
End to End Process
Check Line Item Data in COPA (KE24)
Following KE24 report shows that line items with Two characteristics -Material Group 1 and Material Group2 . having no values. After performing the Realignment the values are expected in these two fields based on the conditions defined in Request
Update Material Master (MM02)
Material Master view Sales Org2 provides Material Group 1 to Material Group 5 fields. The original values is shown as empty. This Material group1 would be updated with OTH
Process the Realignments
Process the Realignments Job
Restore (KEND)
Restore functionality is available for cancelling the realignment run, if there are any data issues generated
Realignment Tool provides to adjust COPA line item data in SAP for Profitability Analysis based on current structure of Characteristics. In S4 version of SAP, Data in GL table - ACDOCA also updated to have reporting adjusted automatically
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Following example shows the step by step execution of Realignment. Two characteristics -Material Group 1 and Material Group2 . Material Group1 is realigned based on Derivation rule after changing the Material Master Data and Material Group 2 is changed directly without subjected to Derivation
End to End Process
Check Line Item Data in COPA (KE24)
Following KE24 report shows that line items with Two characteristics -Material Group 1 and Material Group2 . having no values. After performing the Realignment the values are expected in these two fields based on the conditions defined in Request
Check Material Master (MM03)
Material Master view Sales Org2 provides Material Group 1 to Material Group 5 fields. The original values is shown as empty. This Material group1 would be updated with OTH
Material Master view Sales Org2 provides Material Group 1 to Material Group 5 fields. The original values is shown as empty. This Material group1 would be updated with OTH
Update Material Master (MM02)
Material Master view Sales Org2 provides Material Group 1 to Material Group 5 fields. The original values is shown as empty. This Material group1 would be updated with OTH
Define Realignment (KEND)
As of 1610 Realignment is made available again. During version 1511 the Realignment was not available
As of 1610 Realignment is made available again. During version 1511 the Realignment was not available
Define Realignment (KEND)
As of 1610 Realignment is made available again. During version 1511 the Realignment was not available
As of 1610 Realignment is made available again. During version 1511 the Realignment was not available
Realignment Request
Request Selection
Conversion Conditions – Realignment with Date
Conversion Conditions – Realignment without Date
Two Requests under one Run
Process the Realignments
Process the Realignments Job
Realignment Job Overview
Check Line Item Data in COPA (KE24)
Following KE24 report shows that line items with Two characteristics -Material Group 1 and Material Group2 . having values changed. Material Group1 is changed only after a specific date and Material Group2 is changed across all line items.
Following KE24 report shows that line items with Two characteristics -Material Group 1 and Material Group2 . having values changed. Material Group1 is changed only after a specific date and Material Group2 is changed across all line items.
Restore (KEND)
Restore functionality is available for cancelling the realignment run, if there are any data issues generated
Summary
Realignment Tool provides to adjust COPA line item data in SAP for Profitability Analysis based on current structure of Characteristics. In S4 version of SAP, Data in GL table - ACDOCA also updated to have reporting adjusted automatically
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