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Purpose

You can use the costing run to process mass data. It enables you to cost, mark, and release more than one material at the same time.

Every processing step involved in costing with quantity structure is performed by the costing run, from the same screen.

The following graphic gives you an overview of the costing run:

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Process Flow

You access the costing run functions by choosing Accounting ® Controlling ® Product Cost Controlling ® Product Cost Planning ® Material Costing ® Edit Costing Run. The Edit Costing Run screen appears. This is divided into the following areas:

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text   General Data

In this screen area, you enter the general data for the costing run, such as the costing variant, company code, and transfer control ID.

Note

Before you can proceed further (with material selection, for example), you have to create and save the costing run with the general data. To create a costing run, choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text. To create a costing run with reference, choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text With reference. For more information, see Creating the Costing Run.

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text   Process Flow

In this screen area, you carry out the following steps:

Note

These functions are only available if you have created the general data for the run and have saved the run with This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

To carry out a processing step, choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text (Change parameters). Once you have selected the parameters, you can proceed with the processing step by choosing This graphic is explained in the accompanying text (Execute).

The system generates a log for each step of the costing run, which you can save and print. To display the log, choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text (Log) in the relevant step. To print the log, choose Accounting ® Controlling ® Product Cost Planning ® Tools ® Costing Run ® Print Logs. For more information, see Logs in Material Costing and Printing Costing Reports in the Background.

The system sets a costing status for each step in the costing run. The status is displayed in graphic form, as follows:

  • This graphic is explained in the accompanying text (Free of errors)
  • This graphic is explained in the accompanying text (No errors, warning messages have been issued)
  • This graphic is explained in the accompanying text (With errors; error messages have been issued)

Note

You can execute each step of the costing run both online and in the background. For background processing, set the Background processing indicator when you define the parameters (This graphic is explained in the accompanying text).

You can cost, mark, and release, and update other prices, using parallel processing. To do this, set the Parallel processing indicator when you define the parameters (This graphic is explained in the accompanying text), and enter the server group in the General Data.

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text   Costing Results

In this screen area, you can analyze the costing results using the following:
  • The report created in the screen area Processing

Recommendation

You can carry out more than one costing run using the same quantity structure and thus access existing cost estimates. For further information, see Reference Costing.

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