If you want to implement transfer pricing in a live system, you need to analyze the effects this would have on all your live applications carefully. What measures you need to take will depend on how your installation is customized. SAP can only provide a few standard programs to support you in this.

This section tells you under what conditions you can implement transfer pricing and multiple valuation views in a live system. It also tells you what activities you need to carry out depending on which application components you are actively using and how your system is set up.

If your system meets the conditions described here, you can activate multiple valuation views in the standard system on a project basis using the conversion programs provided or after consulting SAP.

The Controlling and Material Ledger application components form the basis for transfer pricing. Consequently, certain minimum criteria must be met in these applications before you can implement multiple valuation approaches in your system. Using multiple valuation approaches is optional in Financial Accounting (FI). However, you must use multiple valuation approaches in FI if you want to do so in Asset Accounting (FI-AA).

Generally, you can implement multiple valuation approaches in the standard system without carrying out any conversions if the controlling area currency is the same as the group currency and if the material ledger is not yet active. If you want to activate multiple valuation approaches in FI, you can do this as long as you are not already using multiple currencies. However, be sure to note the effects this has on open items.

The following sections tell you the requirements for implementing multiple valuation approaches in the respective applications if you have already gone live, and what scenarios you can implement: