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Labor Distribution System
LDS Reports: Cost Object Reports

Contents
Summary Statement
Open Salary Commitments>>Open Salary Commitments for [Cost Object type] (RWR)
Salary by Posting Month-G/L>>[Cost Object type] Salaries by Post Month (RWR)
Salaries by Service Month-Cost>>[Cost Object type] Salaries by Service Mon (RWR)
Vacation by Payroll>>[Cost Object type] -- Vacation by Payroll Category (RWR)
Vacation by Month-G/L>>[Cost Object type] -- Vacation by Month (RWR)
G/L and Cost Salaries>>[Cost Object Type] G/L and Cost Salaries (RWR)

Summary Statement

Purpose

This SAP report lists expenses and revenue for the entire profit center, a single cost object, or multiple cost objects. The report data is extracted as of the current fiscal month or another selected time period. The user can also select customized display options. (See the Reports: Summary Statement documentation.)

From the SAP User Menu screen, use the following navigation path or transaction code:

Navigation Path:

- User menu
- Role ZMIT
- Planning/Budgeting
- LDS
- Information System
- Choose Report

Transaction Code:

/nsarp

1. Open the Cost Center folder

2. Open the Summary Statement subfolder

3. Open the Summary Statement transaction

Field Name

Description

Fiscal Period

Enter the 2-digit fiscal month and 4-digit fiscal year. Default is current fiscal month and current fiscal year.

Cost Element Group

or value(s)

Enter one or more 6-digit cost elements. The default group is a standard grouping of common cost elements. You may use the Matchcode button to select other predefined groups or enter cost elements of your own choice.

Profit Center

The 7-character profit center number.

This report requires that the user select one of the following: a profit center, a cost object, or a project number.

Project or [Cost Object type]

Project, WBS element, internal order or cost center

Enter one or more cost object within one or more of the cost object categories.

Term Code

Click in the box to include cost objects with the selected term codes. Leave the box unchecked to exclude cost objects with selected term codes.

OPEN - fully active

1 - active, but in the closing period.

2 - closed, but changes are possible.

3 - completely closed, and no changes are allowed.

Supervisor of Selected Objects

The 9-digit MIT ID for the supervisor of the cost object(s) selected above.

Features of this Report

  • The button on the Function Bar named About this Report provides documentation on how to enter the fields on this report.
  • Users can drill down to the Detail Transaction Report (DTR) from within this report.

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Open Salary Commitments>>Open Salary Commitments for [Cost Object type] (RWR)

Purpose

This report displays the remaining commitment dollars for a selected cost object or group of cost objects sorted by cost element.

From the SAP User Menu screen, use the following navigation path or transaction code:

Navigation Path:

- User menu
- Role ZMIT
- Planning/Budgeting
- LDS
- Information System
- Choose Report

Transaction Code:

/nsarp

1. Select the cost object type you wish to display salary commitments and open the folder

2. Open the Open Salary Commitments folder

3. Open the Open Salary Commitments for [Cost Object type] report

Field Name

Description

Period / Year from

The 2-digit fiscal period and the 4-digit fiscal year to be used for the beginning date of the report.

Period / Year to

The 2-digit fiscal period and the 4-digit fiscal year to be used for the end date of the report.

Cost Element Group

or Value(s)

Enter one or more 6-digit cost elements or use the default cost element group.

Appointment ID Group

or Value(s)

Enter one or more 8-digit LDS Appointment ID's or use the default appointment ID group.

Project ID Group

or Value(s)

Note

This field only appears on the report selected from the Projects section of the report tree.

Enter one or more 8-digit project ID's or use the default project group.

[Cost Object type] Group

or Value(s)

Enter one or more 7-digit cost objects. This screen will only accept cost object types that match the area of the report tree from which the report was selected. For reports selected from the Projects portion of the tree, a project ID may be entered instead of a WBS element.

Features of this Report

  • The report displays open loaded and unloaded LDS commitments for the period selected.
  • Salary commitments are subtotaled by cost element.
  • You can see the monthly distribution of commitments for an appointment. In the body of the report, click on a teal colored appointment line, then select the Call Up Report button. You will see the report Open Salary Commitment Details by Month.

    When you want to go to the Commitments by Month (detail) report, for example, you must double-click on an appointment line, or select an appointment line and select the Call Up Report button. If you double-click on other lines, you will cause expansion or collapsing of the data lines. If you click on a non-appt. line and use the Call Up Report button, you will get a copy of the criteria selection screen with the warning message: "Check the selection conditions." Use the Back button to back out of that screen and then select a correct line to proceed.

    Also, from the Commitments by Month report you can drill down to the individual appointment by double-clicking on a teal line displaying a date range.

Note

This report generates a number of blank lines above the data. This can cause some confusion when using the Microsoft Download Wizard. See: Exporting Report to MS Excel Step 6) Microsoft Text Import Wizard Tool, Section A. Text Import Wizard - Step 1 of 3, item 2)

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Salary by Posting Month-G/L>>[Cost Object type] Salaries by Post Month (RWR)

Purpose

This report produces a view of salaries from the perspective of the General Ledger. The salary dollars are displayed in the time period when they were posted in the General Ledger as contrasted to the following report that places the dollar amounts in the time periods when the service was actually provided. (See the example described in the Salaries by Service Month-Cost report below.)

There are four sections to this report. They are G/L Commitments including vacation credit, G/L Commitments not including vacation credit, G/L Actual including vacation credit, and G/L Actual not including vacation.

From the SAP User Menu screen, use the following navigation path or transaction code:

Navigation Path:

- User menu
- Role ZMIT
- Planning/Budgeting
- LDS
- Information System
- Choose Report

Transaction Code:

/nsarp

1. Select the cost object type you wish to display for salaries by posting month and open the folder

2. Open the Salaries by Posting Month-G/L folder

3. Open the [Cost Object type] Salaries by Posting Month report

Field Name

Description

Period/Year From

Enter the 2-digit fiscal period and the 4-digit fiscal year for the beginning of the selected reporting period.

Period/Year To

Enter the 2-digit fiscal period and the 4-digit fiscal year for the end of the selected reporting period.

Payroll Category Group

or Value(s)

Enter one or more 4-digit codes for the MIT Payroll Category or use the default payroll category group.

Cost Element Group

or Value(s)

Enter one or more 6-digit cost element numbers or use the default cost element group.

Appointment ID Group

or Value(s)

Enter one or more 8-digit LDS appointment ID's or use the default appointment ID group.

[Cost Object] Group

or Value(s)

Enter one or more 7-digit cost objects (cost center, internal order, or WBS element) or use the default cost object group.

Features of this Report

  • The report divides the annual commitment dollars into salary, EB, lab allocation, overhead, and total columns.
  • Displays total commitment by appointment and by pay category.
  • When there is Actual as well as Commitment data, this report has two major parts, one for G/L Commitments and one for G/L Actual.
  • In all cases, this report breaks the data into two sections of commitments, one including vacation credit, and one without any vacation adjustments. If there is a G/L Actual part, then that major section also is broken down into these two sections.
  • This report presents the G/L view, while the Salaries by Service month shows the Cost view.
  • A 'view' of data is simply the name for how data is stored. In LDS, there are two views of distribution line data, the Cost view and the G/L view. This report presents the G/L view.
  • The G/L view stores OPEN commitment values only, period by period, for a distribution line. Thus, the values in the G/L view change over time as open commitments are liquidated.

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Salaries by Service Month-Cost>>[Cost Object type] Salaries by Service Month (RWR)

Purpose

This report displays salary distributions for the time periods when the service was actually rendered in contrast to the Salaries by Posting Month report. That report lists the salaries based on the dates the costs actually are posted to the General Ledger. For example, weekly staff will always have the last week of the previous month posted to the General Ledger in the current month, whereas they actually worked that week in the previous month. Retroactive changes would also be reported differently in the two reports.

In the Service Month report you would see the dollars reported in the time period when the work was done. In the General Ledger report those dollars would all appear in the month they were posted. The report displays individual appointments within a cost object, organized by payroll category. The salary is displayed in columns by base salary, EB, Lab Allocation, Overhead, and total loaded salary. There are four sections to this report. They are Cost Commitments including vacation credit, Cost Commitments not including vacation credit, Cost Actuals including vacation credit, and Cost Actuals not including vacation.

From the SAP User Menu, use the following navigation path or transaction code:

Navigation Path:

- User menu
- Role ZMIT
- Planning/Budgeting
- LDS
- Information System
- Choose Report

Transaction Code:

/nsarp

1. Select the cost object type you wish to display for salaries by service month and open the folder

2. Open the Salaries by Service Month-Cost folder

3. Open the [Cost Object type] Salaries by Service Mon report

Field Name

Description

Period/Year From

Enter the 2-digit fiscal period and the 4-digit fiscal year for the beginning of the time period selected.

Period/Year To

Enter the 2-digit fiscal period and the 4-digit fiscal year for the end of the time period selected.

Payroll Category Group

or Value(s)

Enter one or more 4-digit codes for the MIT Payroll Category. Can also use an existing payroll category group.

Cost Element Group

or Value(s)

Enter one or more 6-digit cost element numbers or use the default cost element group.

Appointment ID Group

or Value(s)

Enter one or more 8-digit LDS appointment ID's or use the default appointment ID group.

[Cost Object] Group

or Value(s)

Enter one or more 7-digit cost objects (cost center, internal order, or WBS element) or use the default cost object group.

Features of this Report

  • The report produces a summary version of salary for a cost object, organized by appointment.
  • This report can show data for a short or long period, including past and future dates.
  • This report presents the Cost view, while the Salaries by Posting Month shows the G/L view.
  • A 'view' of data is simply the name for how data is stored. In LDS, there are two views of distribution line data, the Cost view and the G/L view. This report presents the Cost view.
  • The Cost view represents period by period commitment values for the distribution.
  • When there is Actual as well as Commitment data, this report has two major parts, one for Cost Commitments and one for Cost Actual.
  • In all cases, this report breaks the data into two sections of commitments, one including vacation credit, and one without any vacation adjustments. If there is a Cost Actual part, then that major section also is broken down into these two sections.

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Vacation by Payroll>>[Cost Object type] -- Vacation by Payroll Category (RWR)

Purpose

This report displays loaded and unloaded dollars committed for vacation by payroll category. For the selected vacation-eligible cost object (or group of cost objects), varying report views are provided.
From the SAP User Menu, use the following navigation path or transaction code:

Navigation Path:

- User menu
- Role ZMIT
- Planning/Budgeting
- LDS
- Information System
- Choose Report

Transaction Code:

/nsarp

1. Select the cost object type you wish to display and open the folder

2. Open the [Cost Object type] Vacation by Payroll Category folder

3. Open the [Cost Object type] Vacation by Payroll Category report

Field Name

Description

Research Vac Eligible Pay Cat Group

Enter the 4-digit code for an MIT Payroll Category. The only pay categories eligible for vacation tracking in LDS are 1002 and 1004.

Organization Object Group

or Value(s)

Enter the 8-digit HR Organization ID or a group of ID's.

[Cost Object type] Group

or Value(s)

Enter the 7-digit LDS cost object number or a group of numbers to identify a cost object to be included in the report. These cost objects must be internal orders or WBS elements.

Project ID Group

or Value(s)

Note

This field only appears on the report selected from the Projects section of the report tree.

Enter one or more 8-digit project ID's or use the default project group.

Features of this Report

  • On the report selection screen, clicking the Reports button opens a dialog box where you can select the view you want. They are Commitment Vacation by Month, Actual Vacation by Month or you can choose to see both views combined.
  • Only payroll categories 1002 and 1004 are eligible for vacation credits.

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Vacation by Month-G/L>>[Cost Object type] -- Vacation by Month (RWR)

Purpose

This report displays views of vacation commitments and vacation actuals, in a monthly format, according to the G/L view, described below in the "Features of this Report" section.

From the SAP User Menu, use the following navigation path or transaction code:

Navigation Path:

- User menu
- Role ZMIT
- Planning/Budgeting
- LDS
- Information System
- Choose Report

Transaction Code:

/nsarp

1. Select the cost object type you wish to display and open the folder

2. Open the Vacation by Month folder

3. Open the [Cost Object type] Vacation by Month report

Field Name

Description

Research Vac Eligible Pay Cat Group

or Value(s)

The 4-digit code for an MIT Payroll Category. The only pay categories eligible for vacation tracking in LDS are 1002 and 1004.

Organization Object Group

or Value(s)

The 8-digit HR Organization ID or a group of ID's.

Project ID Group

or Value(s)

Note

This field only appears on the report selected from the Projects section of the report tree.

Enter one or more 8-digit project ID's or use the default project group.

[Cost Object type] Group

or Value(s)

The 7-digit LDS cost object number or a group of numbers to identify a cost object to be included in the report. These cost objects must be internal orders or WBS elements.

Features of this Report

  • On the report selection screen, clicking the Reports button opens a dialog box where you can select the view you want. They are Commitment Vacation by Month, Actual Vacation by Month or you can choose to see both views combined.
  • Vacation adjustment dollars are totaled by fiscal month, loaded and unloaded.
  • This report presents the G/L view of vacation commitments.
  • A 'view' of data is simply the name for how data is stored. Here, the G/L view stores OPEN commitment values only, period by period, for a distribution line. Thus, the values in the G/L view change over time as open commitments are liquidated.

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G/L and Cost Salaries>>[Cost Object Type] G/L and Cost Salaries (RWR)

Purpose

This report provides G/L Actual, G/L Commitment and Cost Commitment amounts for every cost object and distribution line, for the period selected. See the "Features of this Report" below for more detail.

From the SAP User Menu, use the following navigation path or transaction code:

Navigation Path:

- User menu
- Role ZMIT
- Planning/Budgeting
- LDS
- Information System
- Choose Report

Transaction Code:

/nsarp

1. Select the cost object type you wish to display and open the folder

2. Open the G/L and Cost Salaries folder

3. Open the [Cost Object type] G/L and Cost Salaries report

Field Name

Description

Period / Year from

Enter the 2-digit fiscal period and the 4-digit fiscal year to be used for the beginning date of the report.

Period / Year to

Enter the 2-digit fiscal period and the 4-digit fiscal year to be used for the end date of the report.

Cost Element Group

or Value(s)

Enter one or more 6-digit cost elements or use the default cost element group.

Appointment ID Group

or Value(s)

Enter one or more 8-digit LDS Appointment ID's or use the default appointment ID group.

Project ID Group

or Value(s)

Note

This field only appears on the report selected from the Projects section of the report tree.

Enter one or more 8-digit project ID's or use the default project group.

[Cost Object type] Group

or Value(s)

The 7-digit LDS cost object number or a group of numbers to identify a cost object to be included in the report. These cost objects must be internal orders or WBS elements.

Features of this Report

  • The content of the report columns are defined below.
  • The G/L Actual column reflects the actual charges from the Payroll system. The total and the detailed actual dollars can only be viewed from the '0'-index line.

    The G/L Commitment column contains the remaining open LDS commitments that are posted to SAP for the selected period.

    The G/L Total column is the sum of the Actual and Commitment columns.

    The Cost Commitment column shows the total LDS salary commitments for the selected period.

    Differences between the data in the G/L total column and the Cost Commitment column reflect differences between the actual payroll amounts and the LDS commitments for that period.

  • This report includes adjustments for Change in Hours and Vacations.
  • This report helps the LDS user to identify and interpret the differences between the Total G/L and Cost Commitment dollar amounts.
  • The report appears as a series of yellow and teal-blue lines (if you are using the standard SAP display colors).  
  • The report is sorted with totals at the top. The yellow lines are in order, descending step by step from the grand total to the appointment total line. The level of the grouping is represented by the number of asterisks at the beginning of the yellow line. One asterisk represents the line of finest detail.
  • Grouped under the yellow sections are teal-blue lines, numbered 0, 1, 2, etc. This index number is associated with an internal item number stored in an SAP table.
  • The teal-blue report lines appear with their yellow appointment line, with the appropriate distribution dates displayed on the teal-blue lines.
  • The first teal-blue line for each section is the index number '0' line. It represents the G/L Actual Total distributions to the appointment and cost object.
  • The G/L Actual data is only associated with the '0' indexed line. Therefore, the user will see that there is no detail line that has both G/L Actual and Commitment data.
  • To see the period by period breakdown of the G/L Actual data, the user must go to the detail reports from the indexed '0' teal-blue colored line by double clicking on the line.
  • The Call Up Report button gives 2 options: Cost/Var/Dtl or G/L/Cost/Var/Dtl by Month
  • Select one report by clicking on the title then click the green check. LDS displays the chosen report.

    Each auxiliary report shows the period detail for a single appointment's salary. The Cost/Var/Dtl report shows the Detailed allocation to each cost object by month. The other option, the G/L/Cost/Var/Dtl shows both the G/L and Cost postings by month and the totals.

    You can back out of the auxiliary report with the Back button and return to the main report.

Note

This report generates a number of blank lines above the data. This can cause some confusion when using the Microsoft Download Wizard. See: Exporting Report to MS Excel Step 6) Microsoft Text Import Wizard Tool, Section A. Text Import Wizard - Step 1 of 3, item 2).

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