Understanding Cost Object Type Setup

A cost object is the lowest level at which costs or revenue are calculated or tracked. Cost object tracking allows you to assign daily transactions to their original cost objects. For example, if you decide to track information by customers, item numbers, and sales order numbers, each piece of information can be a cost object type.

Set up editing rules for the system to validate transactions against cost object information such as journal entries for vouchers or invoices. Editing rules validate information on master tables such as the Address Book Master table (F0101) or user defined code tables. For example, if you track customers, you can set up a cost object type C, define the edit rule to compare the information in the cost object field against the Address Book Master, and verify that the search type information has a specific value. You can also use an editing rule to format information.

Use this program to set up user defined cost object types. The new cost object types can then be included in manual journal entries, vouchers, and invoices. You can also use the cost object types when setting up flex accounting rules and driver definitions. Fields on Cost Object Entry differ, based on which edit rule value you select.