Creating a Costing Run 

Use

The costing run enables you to simultaneously cost and analyze multiple materials, and update them in the material master. The first step in creating the costing run is establishing the general data.

Procedure

Without Reference

  1. Choose Accounting ® Controlling ® Product Cost Controlling ® Product Cost Planning ® Material Costing ® Edit Costing Run.

    2. The Edit Costing Run screen appears.

  2. Choose .

    3. The Create Costing Run screen appears.

  3. Enter the following data:
    1. A name identifying the costing run
    2. Description of the costing run, such as "Standard cost estimate plant 1000"
    3. Date of the costing run
  1. Enter the following data in the Costing data tab page:
    1. Costing variant used to create and valuate the quantity structure and calculate overhead

      2. The costing variant also determines whether the costing results can be written to the material master record. For more information, see Preparing for Material Costing.

    2. Costing version
    3. The controlling area in which the costing run is to be executed
    4. The company code in which the costing run is to be executed

      5. If costing across company codes has been activated in Customizing for Product Cost Planning, you can transfer existing cost estimates from other company codes within the active controlling area.

    5. If applicable, the transfer control ID for the transfer of existing cost estimates

      6. The transfer control ID is proposed from the costing variant. The costing variant also specifies whether the transfer control ID can be changed at this point. For more information, see Use of Existing Costing Data.

    6. If applicable, the server group ( parallel processing)
  1. Choose .
  2. Check the proposed costing dates in the tab page Dates (quantity structure date, valuation date and costing validity period) and change them if necessary.

    3. The dates proposed are based on the date control and date of the costing run. However, you can still change the dates if the appropriate setting has been made in the date control.

  3. Choose to save the costing run.

With Reference:

  1. Choose Accounting ® Controlling ® Product Cost Controlling ® Product Cost Planning ® Material Costing ® Edit Costing Run.

    2. The Edit Costing Run screen appears.

  2. Choose With reference.

    3. The Create Costing Run screen appears.

  3. Enter the following data:
    1. A name identifying the costing run
    2. Description of the costing run, such as "Standard cost estimate plant 1000"
    3. Date of the costing run
  1. In the Copy from screen area, enter the costing run (and its date) to be used as the reference.
  2. Choose .

    3. The system proposes the dates of the costing run reference in the tab pages Costing dates and Dates.

  3. Check these dates and change them if necessary.
  4. Choose to save the costing run.

Result

After you have saved the costing run, you can proceed with the step Processing in the order specified.

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