As already stated, a customer starting with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2502 has to assign new cost centers to the global hierarchy "1 – Standard Hierarchy" of type Cost Center Hierarchy. If you need further cost center groups they have to be created using the Manage Global Hierarchies app as well.
Both, the"1 – Standard Hierarchy" as a whole or subnodes of it as well as further global hierarchies can directly be used in reporting and allocations.
For these customers, the following section "Runtime Hierarchy" is not relevant!
Instead, the following section is relevant for customers who have already been using SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition before release 2502 and don’t want to migrate their set-based groups to global hierarchies.
Runtime Hierarchy
Previously, we added a node in the cost center standard hierarchy for the e-scooter business using the app Manage Cost Center Groups. You use this app to for the cost center standard hierarchy that includes all cost centers in the system. In addition, you can also use this app to create and edit alternative cost center groups which contain grouping structures different to the standard hierarchy.
Due to legacy system reasons, groups created with the Manage Cost Center Groups app can’t be used directly for reporting and allocations.
To be able to use these groups (including the standard hierarchy) for reporting and for allocations, a runtime hierarchy must be generated for them. In productive systems, the runtime hierarchy is commonly generated automatically through a batch job in order to reflect all potential group changes. In our case, you will generate the runtime hierarchy manually to be able to use the groups in hierarchy in reports and for allocations.
Hint
When you modify the group structure in a cost center group using the Manage Cost Center Groups app, the runtime hierarchy is not regenerated automatically. Since cost center groups changes can be done often, the replication should be scheduled to run automatically on a recurring basis by the system administrator.
The figure above shows the steps and settings to make the cost center group CCG a runtime hierarchy.
Hint
When you modify the group structure in a cost center group using the Manage Cost Center Groups app, the runtime hierarchy is not regenerated automatically. Since cost center groups changes can be done often, the replication should be scheduled to run automatically on a recurring basis by the system administrator.
