If you wonder what are the options to create user-defined fields/customer characteristics in Margin Analysis and what are the pros and cons of each method, I will try to explain them in this article. We have now 3 ways of creating COPA characteristics: (1) Until SAP S/4HANA Release 2020, customer characteristics could be created only....

In this blog post, I want to show you step-by-step how to use the Custom Function interface to extend the code in the Manage Substitution/Validation Rules app with customer-defined functions, and adapt it to your business needs. To better illustrate the procedure, I’ll provide you with an example implementation. Note: Developer extensibility is only available in SAP S/4HANA Cloud with....

Some days ago, I read the blog “Universal Allocation in SAP S/4HANA 2021” written by Daigo Imai. According to the blog, in S/4 HANA 2021, the Universal Allocation APP (ID F3338 ) allows iteration, a functionality that was missing in previous versions. Let’s see an excerpt from Diago’s blog: Excerpt of Blog – Daigo Imai   With....

Introduction I implemented recently as the responsible SAP CO consultant several S/4 HANA projects in various product versions. The latest being S/4 HANA 2021. I found that each subsequent release added important additional functionality towards completing the final vision for Margin Analysis, that is the new account-based CO-PA in the Universal Journal. This blog post should....