Use
Using this function, you can change prices, mark prices for change, and release prices for material valuation.
If the material ledger is active, a price change for a material with price determination 3 (single- and multilevel material price determination) is only possible if there have been no goods movements relevant to valuation and no incoming invoices for the material in the period.
If the material ledger is not active, you can always change material prices regardless which price control has been set for the material.
You can make a price change in the following ways:
When making changes with immediate effect, you can post a price change to the previous period or year. For more information, see
Posting a Price Change to the Previous Period or Year.
Features
If you activated the material ledger, you can maintain valuation prices independent of one another in up to three currencies and/or valuations. If the material ledger is not active, you only maintain the valuation prices in company code currency with legal valuation. You can perform the following functions:
Change Material Prices
You can change current material valuation prices retroactively or at the current date. To do so, enter the posting date and company code in the selection screen.
Debit/Credit Materials
You can debit and credit materials retroactively and at the current date. To do so, enter the posting date and company code in the selection screen.
Maintain Future Prices
You can maintain future price for materials as follows:
Release Planned Prices
You can release planned prices for material valuation in the following ways:
Future planned prices are calculated in the standard cost estimate. The results of a standard cost estimate take first priority as the valuation price for materials with price control S. For more information, see
Product Cost Planning.If multiple planned prices exist for a material, the system selects a price according to the following priorities:
Influence on Currency Translation
In order to simplify maintaining valuation prices independent of one another in the transaction Maintain Future Prices; you can influence how the amounts in the different currencies and valuations are translated from currency to currency and valuation to valuation. You can overwrite the translated amounts manually if you activate manual individual maintenance in the transaction.
Maintaining future valuation prices in the material master record is possible in all currencies set. Translation into further currencies is performed with the exchange rate set in Financial Accounting.
See also:
Debiting / Crediting Materials Determining Future Prices Releasing Planned Prices Changing Material Prices Displaying Price Change Documents Material Valuation in the SAP System