Status Management of Material Ledger Data (SAP Library - Actual Costing/Material Ledger (CO-PC-ACT))

Status Management of Material Ledger Data

Use

The system automatically assigns a period status to material ledger data. The period status indicates which functions have been performed for the material, and also controls which functions are allowed.

Integration

The material ledger recognizes scenarios such as whether valuation-relevant transactions were performed for materials or whether the program for period closing was carried out.

Features

The following table contains the most important transactions for each period status, and indicates whether these transactions are allowed or disallowed. You can see the period status in material price analysis.

Period Status of the Material Ledger

Status Means	Allows	Disallows
New objects The material is new.	Entry of valuation-relevant transactions Price determination Price changes
Period opened Material ledger master data was created for the posting period by the period-closing program	Entry of valuation-relevant transactions Price determination Price changes
Price change completed The valuation price of the material was changed.	Entry of valuation-relevant transactions Price determination Price changes
Values entered Valuation-relevant transactions were posted.	Entry of further valuation-relevant transactions Price determination Price changes	Price changes Closing entries Cancellation of closing entries
Quantities and values entered Valuation-relevant transactions were posted.	Entry of further valuation-relevant transactions Price determination	Price changes Closing entries Cancellation of closing entries
Price determined single-level Single-level material price determination has been performed.	Entry of further valuation-relevant transactions Repeat of price determination Multilevel price determination Closing entries of the previous period	Price changes Reversal of closing entries
Price determined multilevel Multilevel material price determination has been performed.	Entry of further valuation-relevant transactions Repeat of price determination Closing entries of the previous period	Price changes Reversal of closing entries
Closing entry performed Single-level price determination has been performed and the accompanying postings made.	Reversal of the closing entries for the closed posting period	Price changes Entry of valuation-relevant values for the closed posting period Repeated price determination for the closed posting period Repeated closing entry for the closed posting period
Closing entry reversed Single-level price determination has been performed and the accompanying postings made. The postings, however, were reversed.	Entry of further valuation-relevant transactions Repeat of price determination Closing entries of the previous period	Price changes

Note that transactions posted to the previous period can affect the period status of the current period in the following cases:

A closing entry was made in the previous period
A goods movement took place in the previous period

In such cases, the status in the current period changes to Quantities and values entered.