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Plan period
indicator
Definition
Using the period indicator,
you can specify the date for which the system should look for
a valid material cost estimate in the database for Product
Cost Controlling.
The following options are available for the
period indicator:
Material
cost estimate valid on the posting date
Released
standard cost estimate valid on the date of goods issue
Future
standard cost estimate as entered in the material master
Current
standard cost estimate as entered in the material master
Past
standard cost estimate as entered in the material master
1. If the period indicator refers to the posting
date, the most recent material cost estimate valid
on the posting date is determined when the costing data is
being accessed. The callup of this costing data occurs in accordance with the
specified costing variant and the specified costing version.
The material cost
estimate can have the status "costed without errors",
"marked without errors" or "released without
errors".
2. If the period indicator refers to the goods issue
date, the released standard cost estimate valid on
the date of goods issue is determined when the costing data
is being accessed. Only the standard cost estimates with the
status "released without errors" are
involved.
If the date
of goods issue field in the CO-PA line item is empty, the system
looks for a released standard cost estimate valid on the
posting date.
3. If the period indicator refers to entries in the
material master , costing is then always accessed using the first day
of the period stored in the material master . Access occurs
in accordance with the specified costing variant and the specified costing version. The period involved here is the one maintained
in the entries in the valuation segment for the material
master as the future, current or
past standard cost estimate for a given
material.
Display Material (View selection: Costing)
Further
Notes
1. When you define a costing key, you can enter either a
costing date, a period or a value for the period
indicator.
2. When valuating billing data, you can calculate the
costs of merchandise sold , reconciled to Financial Accounting, by
setting the period indicator for the relevant costing key
to
"released
standard cost estimate valid on the date of goods
issue".
In some cases, the
costs of merchandise sold that are calculated through valuation with the
material cost estimate differ from the costs in Financial Accounting due to
rounding differences . If you wish to see any specific
rounding differences that have occurred, it is recommended that you determine
these using the user exit in valuation and then place them in value field of
their own.