Revaluation (SAP Library - Logistics Invoice Verification (MM-IV-LIV))

Revaluation

Purpose

You use this function within Logistics Invoice Verification to determine the difference values on the basis of price changes that are retroactively valid and to create settlement documents for them. You can also revaluate purchasing document items for which you have entered invoices or credit memos in different currencies. You can send the revaluation settlement documents to the vendors as Messages or via EDI.

The optimum business situation includes the following factors:

Constant supply relationships

In which deliveries are made at regular intervals for the same purchase order items or scheduling agreement items.

Simple conditions

For example, if difference amounts are only a result of price changes.

Vendors for whom you use Evaluated Receipt Settlement (ERS).

Note

At the moment you cannot enter a contract item directly.
You cannot revaluate purchase order items for external services management (item category D).

Prerequisites

Application

Revaluation must reference a purchase order item or scheduling agreement item.

The purchase order item or scheduling agreement item must not be deleted or blocked.

The GR-based IV field must be flagged in the purchase order item or scheduling agreement item.

The Revaluation field must be flagged in the vendor master record.

Customizing

Function	Settings in Customizing for Logistics Invoice Verification
You must have assigned a document type to Revaluation.	Incoming Invoice ® Number Assignment ® Maintain Number Assignments for Accounting Documents
You must have maintained message condition records for creating messages and settlement documents.	Message Determination ® Maintain Conditions
You must have maintained message schema MR0005.	Message Determination ® Maintain Message Schemas
You must have maintained message types RAP for print output and fax, and RAP 6 for EDI.	Message Determination ® Maintain Message Types
You must have maintained transaction key RAP, Expense/revenue from revaluation, which determines which account is posted.	Configure Automatic Postings
You must set the field status for the account groups affected to optional entry so that you can maintain the Revaluation field in the vendor master record.	Settings in Customizing for Logistics - General: Business Partner ® Vendor® Control ® Define Account Groups and Field Selection (Vendor)

Process Flow

After the conclusion of purchasing negotiations, prices and conditions may have been retroactively changed. The goods receipt is valuated using the conditions of purchase and forms the basis for settlement.

For goods and services that have already been settled, the system therefore determines prices different to those possible on the settlement date. Therefore the system must:

Determine the difference values
Post settlement documents in the form of an invoice or a credit memo to the vendor’s account
Send the settlement documents to the vendor

Canceling Documents from Revaluation

You want to cancel invoice documents. You have created documents for retroactive price changes in the purchase order for the revaluation. To cancel a document generated by a revaluation, there must be a settled quantity for the same amount as in the revaluation document.

You must cancel the documents resulting from the revaluation before you cancel the invoice. The process would then be as follows:

Create a purchase order/scheduling agreement
Post the goods receipt
Post the invoice
Retroactive price changes in the purchase order
Revaluation
Cancel the document that is a result of the revaluation
Cancel the invoice document

See also:

Difference Value Determination

Posting Revaluations

Carrying Out Revaluation