Periodic Valuation of Actual Data Purpose
Periodic valuation makes it possible for you to select and valuate actual data which has already been posted to Profitability Analysis (CO-PA). It uses a valuation strategy defined especially for the point of valuation 02 (Periodic actual valuation). This function is available for the record types A (incoming sales orders) and F (billing data) as well as user-defined record types.
Periodic valuation is useful, for example, if you posted line items to CO-PA at the beginning of the period using the standard cost of goods manufactured, and want to valuate them again later using the most up-to-date costs or using the actual costs of goods manufactured determined in
Material Ledger (see also
Setting Up Valuation Using Actual Cost Estimates from Material Ledger).The system posts the difference between the original values of the line item and the new values in a new, separate line item. If you perform periodic valuation more than once for a single line item, the system posts a new "difference" line item each time the values change.
Once you have performed periodic valuation, you can display the new values in the information system.
For valuation using material cost estimates, you can choose the alternative option of displaying the periodically calculated values separately from the original values. To do this, you need to define special value fields into which to store the values from periodic valuation.
Only values that are calculated in CO-PA during valuation can be recalculated in periodic valuation. However, those quantities and values that are stored according to the same value field assignment found in SD pricing when transferred from sales orders and billing documents remain unchanged.