Here is another cool example of
copying from one Planning Area to another (using Multi-Planning Area, of course) - from a granular level to a rolled up
aggregated level:
Copying with Automatic Summarization
You want to copy the transaction
data from planning area G1 into area G2. Both areas contain the same key figures. Whereas the independent characteristics
article and article group are in G1, G2 only contains the characteristic article group. For this reason, the breakdown
according to individual articles will inevitably be lost for the data to be copied to G2 – the data is automatically
aggregated. To achieve this, you create the copy function in the context of a planning level, which only contains the
characteristic article group. Therefore, you require the following objects in all:
Planning level: contains all
desired key figures, but only the characteristic article group from G2
Function type: Copy
Fields to be changed:Planning area
Parameter group: from G1 to G2(courtesy: SAP Help)
Copy function is
the most popular in the Multi-Planning Areas...the question is should we copy at all?? And if we have to copy - what
circumstances should those be? huh!