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Definition

You can use authorizations to protect the functions in the component Actual Costing/Material Ledger . The following authorization objects are relevant to this component:

  • K_MLPR_VA CO Material Price Change: Valuation Area

  • K_ML_MTART CO Material Ledger: Material Type

  • K_ML_VA CO Material Ledger: Valuation Area

  • K_FVMK CO Release/Marking: Product Costing

  • S_TABU_DIS Table Maintenance

  • K_MLNUSER CO Material Ledger: Individual Settlement

  • K_MLPUSER CO Material Ledger: Plant Settlement

You can find authorization object S_TABU_DIS in authorization class Basis - Administration . You can find the other relevant authorization objects and their definitions under authorization class Controlling .

Use

The following table gives an overview of the use of authorization objects:

Authorization object

enables you to do the following

K_MLPR_VA

For specific plants:

  • Change prices

  • Display price change documents

  • Mark and release prices

  • Debit/credit materials

K_ML_MTART

For specific material types:

  • Display material ledger data

  • Perform and post single-level price determinations

  • Change price determination

K_ML_VA

For specific plants:

  • Display material ledger data

  • Display material ledger documents

  • Create costing runs

  • Perform and display a selection of materials in a costing run

  • Perform multilevel price determination (in addition, you need object K_ML_MTART for all materials)

  • Allow and perform price determination and closing entries

  • Change price determination

K_FVMK

Release standard cost estimates

Change prices

S_TABU_DIS

Prepare data for the material ledger in the context of production startup

See also:

The document BC - User and Authorizations under Overview: Creating and Maintaining User Master Record .