Use

Because you carry out actual price calculation at period-end closing, no actual prices exist at the time of the actual activity posting. For this reason, the initial valuation of actual activity uses plan prices. If no plan price exists (as is the case with pure actual cost calculation), you can post the activity without a valuation. During period-end closing, the system calculates the actual prices iteratively and, provided you have made the required settings recalculates the difference between the plan and actual prices (see the example in Actual Price Calculations ).

The procedure for the actual price calculation does not differ from plan price calculation (see: Plan Price Calculation ). You can calculate a purely iterative price in the actual, just as for plan price calculation. To do so, select Purely iterative price in the fiscal year parameters of the version.

To calculate the purely iterative actual price, the system uses the actual costs and actual activity for all cost centers/activity types or business processes. The plan prices (whether calculated iteratively or entered manually) are treated by the system like manual settings and are ignored during the calculation of the purely iterative price in the actual. Actual activity inputs are initially valuated with the relevant plan price. This may result in large variances between the purely iterative actual price and the calculated actual price; activity inputs are valuated with plan prices, whereas the credits on cost centers and business processes are based on activity valuated with iterative actual prices.

In the price report (see: Price Report ) you can compare the purely iterative prices with the prices calculated through the manual settings. In this way, you can analyze the effects of price changes (in actual, the manually-set prices and the iteratively calculated plan prices) on the complete pricing framework.