You can use the asynchronous network costing to:

• Update the network costing
• Reproduce plan payment data in Project Cash Management
• Have the system value configurable materials per the configuration settings entered
• Refresh the purchase info record data for goods and services procured externally

You can run the asynchronous network costing for one or more networks at any time, regardless of the costing in network maintenance.

The network must be activity assigned.

Project Cash Management must be active, so that the system can determine and update the payment data.

To have the system value the configurable materials in line with configuration, you must maintain an appropriate costing variant for the network.

You can use the asynchronous network costing to calculate or update the plan values for several activity-assigned networks simultaneously. The system determines and updates the following values:

• All planned costs (similar to the network costing within network maintenance)
• Planned outgoing payments (if Project Cash Management is active)
• Costing for configurable materials in valuated project stock, per the configuration settings entered

If you have set the Read purchasing info records indicator, the system updates the purchasing data for externally processed activities and non-stock materials.

Overhead and process costs are also included as part of network maintenance.