This section will take a potential problem and some typical specifications or inquiries to demonstrate how different requirements for valuation using material cost estimates are displayed.

Problem: Valuation using material cost estimates either does not function at all or does not function as requested.

Solution: You can use the function Valuation analysis in manual planning and for actual line item entry. This function allows you to analyze the specific valuation you have performed. The system then informs you of any inconsistencies in your Customizing settings for valuation.

Specification: You wish to ensure that the calculated costs of sales are always reconciled with Financial Accounting.

Implementation: Create a costing key with the appropriate definition and ensure that it is applied in the valuation of your billing document data. When defining your costing key, activate the planning period indicator so that valuation always occurs using the standard cost estimate that is valid on the goods issue key date.

Specification: You wish to valuate your sold products using group costs of goods manufactured.

Implementation: For the costing key, choose a costing variant that calculates using the valuation view Group Valuation.

Specification: You wish to valuate using sales order costing.

Implementation: When defining your costing key, make the appropriate setting so that valuation occurs using sales order costing.

Specification: You wish to display your cost component split for cost of goods manufactured according to the primary cost breakdown.

Implementation: Depending on the Customizing settings, the primary cost component split in product cost accounting is stored either in the main cost component split of a cost component structure or in that structure's auxiliary cost component split. When defining your costing key, make the appropriate setting so that the desired cost component split is used in valuation.

Specification: You wish to perform parallel valuation using several cost estimates.

Implementation: Assign several costing keys when you perform costing key assignment. You can valuate up to six different material cost estimates in parallel. In Customizing for value field assignment, ensure that the costing data found using the individual costing keys are then posted to different value fields. As an optional setting, you can have the system issue an error message if no cost estimate is found for one of the costing keys you have assigned.

Specification: During valuation, you wish to use a search strategy to look for several cost estimates individually and to execute valuation using just the first material cost estimate found.

Implementation: Assign several costing keys and make the setting in the costing key so that the system runs valuation exclusively with a single cost estimate.