Editing Multilevel Cost Estimates

Prerequisites

You are in the Multilevel Unit Costing screen. You reach this screen by choosing Start of the navigation path Accounting Next navigation step Controlling Product Cost Controlling Product Cost Planning Material Costing Cost Estimate Without Quantity Structure Edit Multilevel End of the navigation path .

You can create a worklist so that frequently used data can quickly be accessed in multilevel unit costing. For more information, see Using Worklists.

Note Note

Some functions can be accessed both with the toolbar and with the right mouse button.

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Procedure

Creating Cost Estimates

To create a material cost estimate without quantity structure and insert it into the costing structure:

Choose (Create) Create Material Cost Estimate .
Enter the necessary data, such as the material, plant and costing variant.
Enter the costing items in the list screen and save them together with the material cost estimate without quantity structure.
Edit the material cost estimate using multilevel unit costing. Insert items by dragging them from the worklist.

Copying Cost Estimates

To copy a cost estimate that has been selected in the costing structure, choose (Copy) Copy Selected Cost Estimate .
To select and copy an existing material cost estimate, choose (Copy) Copy Material Cost Estimate and enter the selection criteria.

Changing Cost Estimates

To change a material cost estimate that has been selected in the costing structure:

Choose (Change) Change Selected Cost Estimate .

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You cannot change material cost estimates with quantity structure. You can only display them or use them as a reference for a material cost estimate without quantity structure.

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To select and change a material cost estimate:

Choose (Change) Change Material Cost Estimate .
The dialog box Selection of material cost estimates appears.
In the dialog box, enter selection criteria to search for the cost estimate.

To change a material cost estimate without quantity structure in the list screen of the unit cost estimate:

Double-click on the cost estimate in the costing structure.
Edit the list screen of the unit cost estimate. Add or delete costing items as required. Choose (Information on costing item) to analyze further information, such as the cost element.
To display the cost estimate header information, choose (Header). From here, you can choose (Information on Cost Estimate Header) to analyze further information, such as the settings for the costing variant or the costing sheet.

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For material cost estimates with quantity structure, double-clicking takes you to the cost estimate display, not to the list screen of the unit cost estimate. For more information, see Analyzing the Results.

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Displaying Cost Estimates

To display a cost estimate that has been selected in the costing structure, choose (Display Cost Estimate) Display Selected Cost Estimate .
To display a material cost estimate with quantity structure, choose (Display Cost Estimate) Display Material Cost Estimate with Quantity Structure , then search for a material cost estimate in the dialog box.

Inserting Items from the Worklist

To insert an item into the cost estimate from the worklist, drag the item from the worklist to the costing structure or to the list screen of the unit cost estimate. For more information, see Using Worklists.

Creating Materials

In the costing structure, choose (Create) Create Material Master .
The screen Create Material: Initial Screen appears.
Enter the necessary data, such as the material number and material type.
Create accounting and costing views, and save the material.

For more information, see Material Master Records.

Settings in the Costing Structure

To move the costing structure upwards, choose (Settings) Display Costing Structure Above .
To move the costing structure to the left, choose (Settings) Display Costing Structure Left .
To display all items in the costing structure, choose (Settings) Show All Items .
To display only the material cost estimates, choose (Settings) Hide Items .

Removing Cost Estimates from the Costing Structure

To remove a cost estimate from the costing structure, position the cursor on the cost estimate and choose Remove Cost Estimate with the right mouse button.
To remove all cost estimates from the costing structure, position the cursor on the Costing Structure node and choose Remove All Cost Estimates with the right mouse button.

Searching in the Costing Structure

To search for a term in the costing structure, choose Find (Find).

Printing the Costing Structure

To go to the print preview of the displayed or entire costing structure (all items), choose (Print view) Print preview of view or Print preview of entire hierarchy.
To print the displayed or entire costing structure, choose (Print view) Print view or Print entire hierarchy.

Changing the Layout

You can change the layout to add or remove information.

For information on working with layouts, see Creating, Changing, and Managing Layouts.

More Information

Creating a Cost Estimate Without Quantity Structure

Creation of Costing Items

List Screen of the Unit Cost Estimate

Costing Variant

Costing Sheet