Profit Center Determination

There is always a hard thinking on how Profit Center is determined when posting occurs (manual or back ground).

I am trying to summarize some of the ways the Profit center is determined in transactions.

The system always determines the profit center dynamically, from the originating document. For eg. Invoice Posting in FI to a Profit Center. If the Profit Center field is left empty, systems search for Profit Center in the following Order

Substitution in FI or CO
Account Assignment in the Document Line Item (PC derived from the Real Object assignements for eg. PC derived from Real Order)
The GL account is assigned in Additional Accounts (3KEH) for transfer to Profit Center Accounting

If Can’t find PC with from the above, it will post to Dummy PC. Also, if the posting is from Logical Process like Exchange Rate difference A/c, Small Differences A/c etc.., this will post to Dummy Profit Center

Another way, is when you post a good receipt for an Order, Profit Center is determined from the Material Master for Material/Plant combination.

If the PC assignment has been changed after the order date, but system will still takes the Original PC, as it determines from the PO on the PO Date

The below Objects can be assigned to Profit Center

Materials. From materials provide default values for Production order, Sales Order etc
Sales Order.. from Materials or entry in the Sales Order
Production .. from Materials or entry in the Sales Order
Process Order / Maintenance Order from the main Product
Projects
Cost Center from the Master
Internal Orders
Business Processes
Maintenance Orders
Assets
RE Objects
Profitability Seg. (Characteristics assignment)