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Prerequisites

The authorization for marking specifies the company code and period in which you can mark a standard cost estimate with a given valuation variant. You cannot mark cost estimates with different valuation variants in this period. For more information, see Preparing for Material Costing .

Note Note

Authorization to allow marking of standard cost estimates should be given by a high-level department. It is carried out once a period and cannot be repeated.

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Procedure

  1. Choose   Accounting   Controlling   Product Cost Controlling   Product Cost Planning   Material Costing   Price Update   .  

  2. The screen Price Update: Mark Standard Price appears.

  3. Enter the posting period and fiscal year.

  4. Choose ( ) Marking allowance .

The screen Price Update: Organizational Measure appears, and you see the following in a list for the period entered above:

  • In the column Exception with the quick info Organizational measure executed, whether marking has already been allowed ( ( ) : marking not yet allowed, ( ) : marking allowed)

  • Company code, valuation view, and costing version

  • In the column Released , whether a standard cost estimate has already been released

Note Note

To allow or display marking for another period, enter a different posting period. If you do not enter a posting period, the system displays all the posting periods of the fiscal year. An additional column, Posting period , is then displayed.

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  1. Click on the company code for which marking is to be allowed or displayed.

  1. If marking has already been allowed for this period, the dialog box Permitted std cost est variants appears. You see the costing variants for which marking has been allowed.

  2. If marking has not yet been allowed for the period, the dialog box Permitted std cost est variants requires you to enter the costing variant and version. Save your entries with ( ) .

Result

You can now mark and release all the standard cost estimates that fulfil the specified selection criteria. These criteria are the costing variant (a combination of the valuation variant and costing type), and the costing version, plant, and company code.

If you now click on the company code again, the system displays a list of all the costing variants for which marking is allowed.

Note Note

You can cancel both the allowance for marking and the marking of standard cost estimates which has already been carried out. All marking in the selected company code will then be canceled.

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  1. Execute steps 1 to 3 of the above procedure.

  2. Select the desired row by clicking on the LED display or on the costing version.

  3. Choose ( ) .

Caution Caution

If a standard cost estimate has already been released in the company code, you cannot cancel the allowance for marking and marking. Otherwise, you receive a message telling you the number of materials for which marking was canceled.

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