The following SAP tutorial guides you on how to define budget tolerance limits in SAP step by step. In our previous training tutorials, we have learned how to maintain budget profile and maintain number ranges for budgeting.

How to Define Budget Tolerance Limits in SAP

Budget tolerance limits in SAP are defined for availability control to specify the tolerance limits for an activity group.  You can maintain tolerance limits in SAP by using the following SAP menu path navigation method.

SPRO >> IMG (F5) >> Project system >> Costs >> Cost >> Budget >> Define tolerance limits

Step 1: – Enter transaction code “SPRO” in the command field and press enter, In the next screen click on “SAP Reference IMG” follow the path and click define tolerance limits.

Step 2: – On the project availability control tolerance limits overview screen, click on “new entries” to maintain tolerance limits as per business requirements.

project availability control tolerance limits overview

Step 3: – On the new entries screen, update the following fields.

  1. COAr: – Update the controlling area that you want to specify the tolerance limits
  2. Prof: – Update the budget profile ID
  3. Text: – It displays the budget profile description
  4. Tr.Grp: – The tolerance group specifies the type of tolerance that applies for budgeting. Update the tolerance group from the drop-down list.
  5. Act: – Update the activation key from the drop-down list, it determines to action when the tolerance limit is exceeded.
  6. Usage: – Update the percentage of the budget that you want to activate the key when the amount is exceeded.

Define Budget Tolerance limits SAP

After updating all the required details, click on the save button and save the configured budget tolerance limits.

Successfully we have defined tolerance limits for project availability control in the SAP system.