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Departmental Financial Planning
Change a Plan

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Overview
Change Plan Amounts
Delete Plan Amount from a Cost Element

Overview
There is little difference between creating and changing a plan in SAP. In fact, the menus and fastpaths for creating and changing a plan are identical. The main difference is that when you create a plan, no values appear in the Planned Costs fields of the Overview and Period Screens. When you change a plan, some fields will contain previously entered values.

In general, to change a plan, follow the instructions in Create a Plan: Part I and Part II.

Tip

In the entry area of the Initial Screen, select the Free radio button to see only those cost elements that contain plan amounts.

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Change Plan Amounts

1. To change an amount in the Planned Costs field on the Overview Screen, delete the amount and type in the new amount. Click the Enter button to calculate the new totals.

Note

You can also use the Change Values button to change a plan amount. See Create a Plan: Part II: Using the Change Values Button.

2. SAP automatically adjusts the distribution across periods proportionally. Click the Period button button to see the distributed amounts.

An Example

screen capture:  Change Planning Overview screen

A cost element has a planned amount of $12,000. One-third of this amount is manually distributed to period 1 ($4,000) and two-thirds of it is distributed to period 2 ($8,000).

screen capture:  Change Planning Period screen

The plan is changed so that the total planned amount is reduced from $12,000 to $6,000.

screen capture:  Change Planning Overview screen

Since SAP adjusts the distributed amounts proportionally and one-third of the planned amount is distributed to period 1 and two-thirds of it is distributed to period 2, the amount for period 1 is $2,000 and the amount for period 2 is $4,000.

screen capture:  Change Planning Period screen

When you are done making changes, click the Save button to post the plan.

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Delete Plan Amount from a Cost Element

When you delete a plan amount on a cost element, it resets the history of changes to the cost element.

1. Click the box at the far left end of the row to select the cost element(s) you wish to delete.

2. Click the Delete button button .

3. A dialog box appears, asking if you are sure you want to delete the selected items. Click the Yes button.

Result: The selected rows are deleted from the plan. SAP recalculates the total planned amount for the cost object. The message "Deletion was successful. It will be effective only after the posting" appears at the bottom of the screen.

Undo deletions:

Before saving the plan, you have the opportunity to undo your deletions. To abort deletions:

1. Click the Back button button .

Result: The "Exit data entry" dialog box appears, asking if you want to post your data.

2. Click No.

Result: SAP returns you to the Initial Screen. Any deletions and unsaved changes to your plan will not be posted to the system.

Save plan with deletions:

If you do wish to save the plan after deleting plan amounts, click the Save button button .

Result: SAP returns you to the Initial Screen. All deletions and changes to your plan are saved. The change history is reset for all cost elements with deleted plan amounts.

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