Can we use 3F0 (Event-Based Manufacturing Cost Posting) without UPA in "Public" Edition?

[byd]

Hi SAP Community,

We are currently considering an ERP replacement from our existing SAP ECC environment to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, and I have a question about the relationship between scope item 3F0 (Event-Based Manufacturing Cost Posting) and UPA.

Background:
- Current: SAP ECC environment
- Previous project: S/4HANA Private Cloud Discovery Workshop
→ Decision made NOT to use Universal Parallel Accounting (UPA/6DF)
→ As a result, 3F0 (Event-Based Manufacturing Cost Posting) was marked as "out of scope"

- Current project: S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Discovery Workshop in progress
→ Planning to use standard costing to actual costing processes
→ Therefore, we want to include 3F0 (Event-Based Manufacturing Cost Posting) in scope
→ Customer questioned the difference from the previous project

Questions:
1. Documentation states "UPA is mandatory in Public Edition," but can we use
3F0 alone WITHOUT enabling UPA (6DF)?

2. Or does using 3F0 in Public Edition mean UPA (6DF) must also be enabled
(i.e., they come as a package)?

3. The Administration Guide table shows "Select 3F0 when UPA is enabled,"
but is the reverse scenario possible: "We want to use 3F0 but NOT UPA"?

Referenced Documentation:
- Administration Guide: States that when UPA (6DF) is enabled, 3F0 should also be selected
- Learning Journey: States "UPA is mandatory in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition"

I would appreciate insights from anyone with actual implementation experience
regarding the relationship between 3F0 and UPA in Private Cloud vs. Public Edition.

Thank you in advance!

[HenrikeGrtecke]

Hello, thank you for your question. It has been forwarded to the experts. Kind regards, Henrike

[Li_Sen]

Dear,

the relationship between 3F0 and UPA is same for many other scope items such as overhead accounting, asset accounting, actual costing etc. please see the blog about UPA Universal Parallel Accounting in SAP S/4HANA - SAP Community

Since UPA is inherently part of public cloud accounting architecture, so it is not possible to separate any accounting scope items from UPA,  and that includes scope item 3F0.

I'm curious why 3F0 is being singled out there, and why there are these questions in the first place.

if there are additional 3F0 questions, feel free to let me know.

Regards,

Sen

[olivia_wang]

On public cloud, both UPA and 3F0 are default scope item, which means you will always get both of them by default. They are always running together.