Display Actual Costs and Revenues
Application component: Accounting
App type: SAP GUI
Description:   Business transactions are documented as line items and stored in line item files. The data in these files is divided into plan transactions and actual transactions.  Line items are always documented for actual and commitment data. At least one line item is written for each posting. The system writes plan line items only under certain conditions.  You can use line item reports to obtain flexible analyses of individual postings per various criteria, and information on individual plan, actual, and commitment value transactions. 
Key features:   The following line-item reports are available for project evaluation purposes:  Actual line items  Actual line items are written each time you post costs, revenues, and payments.  Note that if you use the archiving object CO_ITEM , you can access line items from the database and the archive, in parallel.   Plan line items  Plan line items are written for cost, revenues, and payments if you have configured the system accordingly.  Commitment line items  Commitment line items are created as a commitment is set up - for example, for a purchase order.  Budget line items  The system uses line items to document budget changes which you save.  Settlement line items   A distinction is drawn between primary and secondary plan/actual line item postings. Primary postings are those transferred to Controlling from external accounting; secondary postings are postings in internal accounting.  We deliver the following standard reports:  Project actual cost line items  Project commitment line items  Project plan cost line items  Project structure planned cost line items  Project budget line items  Project actual payment line items  Project planned payment line items  Display project settlement line items  Results analysis line items   The line items selected are compiled into a list on the basis of the posting documents. You can change the format of the list by choosing different display variants. The standard system includes display variants. However, you can define additional display variants yourself and use these instead.  A number of functions support you in analyzing line items using the line item report display. These include:  Sorting  Filters  Totaling  Search   Flexible field selection means that you can include attributes of your own in the reports, such as:  Texts  Partner object  Personnel number   The system manages the values in controlling area, object, and transaction currency. Note If you are working with transfer prices (meaning that you have activated the valuation profile in the controlling area) you can choose the valuation you want displayed in the line item report by choosing Extras  Valuation view. For more information on transfer prices, go to the SAP Library and choose EnterpriseControlling  ProfitCenterAccounting.   You can analyze individual line items in more detail by branching directly to the document display. Activities For a detailed description of line item reports, go to the CO Overhead Controlling documentation and choose Cost Center Accounting  Info System  Cost Center Accounting Information System  Important Standard Reports.   For details of how to define display variants for line item reports, read Display Variants in the ABAP List Viewer documentation.