Configuration of Project Material Management: Posting Classes for Purchase Documents

You can control how the system determines the cost of goods sold (COGS) and expense accounts and subaccounts for purchase documents that include lines with items of a posting class.

In the Use COGS/Expense Account From box on the Posting Classes (IN206000) form, you can select Project or Project Task. The system will use the project or project task, respectively, as the source of the COGS or expense account in the purchase documents that include lines with items of this posting class.

If a non-project code is specified in a line of one of these documents, or if no default cost account has been specified in the project or project task, the system will instead use the account associated with the posting class. This account is specified in the COGS/Expense Account box on the GL Accounts tab of the Posting Classes form.

In the Combine COGS/Expense Sub. From box on the General tab of the Posting Classes form, you specify the following sources of subaccount segments:

• J: The system copies the subaccount segment from the project—that is, from the Default Cost Subaccount box on the Defaults tab of the Projects (PM301000) form.
• T: The system copies the subaccount segment from the project task—that is, from the Default Cost Subaccount box on the Summary tab of the Project Tasks (PM302000) form.

If a non-project code is specified in a line of a document, or if no default cost subaccount has been specified in the project task or project, the system will instead use the subaccount associated with the posting class. This subaccount is specified in the COGS/Expense Sub. box on the GL Accounts tab of the Posting Classes form.