The costing status does the following:
Informs you about the current processing status
Example
The cost estimate has the status
KA
(costed without errors). The cost estimate has therefore yet to be marked or released.
The cost estimate has the status
VO
(marked without errors). Costing has been carried out, and the cost estimate has been marked but not released.
Informs you of error messages
Example
The cost estimate has the status
KF
(costed with errors). Error messages (type
E
) have occurred.
The cost estimate has the status
KA
(costed without errors). No messages information messages (type
I
) or warning messages (type
W
) have occurred.
Prevents incorrect data from being passed on
Example
The results of cost estimates with the status
KF
cannot be transferred to the material master.
Prevents the system from repeating a function
Example
If a standard cost estimate has already been released (status
FR
), it cannot be costed, marked or released again. The system issues an error message.
The system can set a costing status for the following:
Costing run
Cost estimate
A costing level within the cost estimate
The status can point to either an error or a success, as follows:
Error
If error messages (type
E
) were issued during costing, the system sets the status
With errors
(such as
KF
if the material was costed with errors, or
VF
if it was marked with errors).
The results of cost estimates with the status With errors cannot be transferred to the material master. You must correct the errors that occurred and carry out costing again before you can transfer the results to the material master.
If the system sets an error status when selecting the materials or exploding a BOM for the costing run, you cannot carry out the next step of the costing run (BOM explosion or costing). For more information about costing runs, see Costing Run .
Note
Only messages of type
E
lead to the costing status
With errors
. You can define for a whole range of messages whether the message concerns an error, a warning, or information. For more information, see
User-Defined Message Types
.
Success
If costing was completed without errors, the system sets the status KA (costed without errors).
If the system sets a success status, this status can prevent the step from being repeated. If, for example, you release a cost estimate, the system sets the status FR . If the cost estimate has this status, the system issues an error message if you try to release it again.
The system sets the status for each costing level. This means that you can release the costing results for specific costing levels , even though the costing run itself has the status KF .
The following are examples of costing statuses that can be set by the system:
Status |
Definition |
ER |
Opened (for example, an order) |
SE |
Selected without errors |
SF |
Selected with errors |
KA |
Costed without errors |
KF |
Costed with errors |
VO |
Marked without errors |
VF |
Released with errors |
FR |
Released without errors |
FF |
Released with errors |
FM |
Release through material ledger settlement |