Balance sheet valuation of material stocks is generally performed using mass processing in the background. This can lead to errors or exceptional circumstances. In such cases, the R/3 System reacts by making an entry in the application log for most programs. This reduces the risk of program terminations and ensures the standardized display of errors that occur.

Analyze the application log after completing each program run. If errors are recorded, you generally have to manually process the materials affected. There is currently no interactive option for making corrections here.

There are several situations that can lead to an entry in the application log.

• The system comes across an error while processing a material. Typical causes are:

• The master record in question is locked at the time of processing
• No appropriate factor could be determined during conversion between different units of measure

• The system identifies a situation that varies from normal processing, such as:

• In the case of FIFO valuation, the total of the receipts is lower than the stock to be valuated
• In the case of lowest value determination based on range of coverage, one of the exception rules specified applies

You can display and analyze the messages in several different ways.

• Each program for balance sheet valuation that is connected to the message processing function has a pushbutton Messages on the initial screen, that you can choose to reach the application log to analyze it.
• If you analyze the results using the Schedule Manager, you can view the application log for each program run.
• You can analyze the application log by choosing the following menu path: Logistics ® Materials Management ® Valuation ® Valuation ® Balance Sheet Valuation ® Evaluations ® Analyze Application Log.

In some programs, you can have the system print out the messages as an appendix to the print list.