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This function displays the results of the charge calculation on a Charges tab page for the following business documents:

You can manually edit the charges on the Charges tab page.

Prerequisites

  • In Customizing, you have carried out the activities for Transportation Management under   Basic Functions   Charge Calculation  .

  • You have set up the master data for the Charge Management component. For more information, see Setup of Master Data for Charge Management.

  • You have triggered charge calculation for the respective business document.

Features

This function displays the charge calculation results in a hierarchical table consisting of charge items and charge lines. The charge items and charge lines correspond to the level at which the system determined the agreement and calculation sheets.

You can see the details of how the system calculated the charges on the Charge Analysis Log tab page. The system re-creates these details each time you trigger charge calculation for the business document. You can access all messages generated by the system during charge calculation on the Charge Calculation Log tab page.

Exchange rates are available at sum, charge item, and charge line level. You can get an overview of exchange rates on the Exchange Rates or Calculated Amounts and Exchange Rates tab page. For example, you can see the currencies, the type of currency conversion, and the exchange rate. If you enter different exchange rates, the system recalculates the currency conversions.

Grouped View

You can view charge lines with the Container resolution base, grouped into aggregated rows, if the charge lines have the following attributes in common:

  • Charge type

  • Equipment type

  • Rate amount

  • Rate currency

Similarly, you can view charge lines with the Package resolution base, grouped into aggregated rows, if the charge lines have the following attributes in common:

  • Charge type

  • Package type

  • Rate amount

  • Rate currency

The system totals the final amount, calculated amount, and group count for all of the grouped charge lines. You can expand the aggregated row to display the individual charge lines.

Note that if you change the rate amount or rate currency at the aggregated level, the system changes the rate amount for all the charge lines in the group. For example, if you change the rate amount and rate currency from USD 20 to EUR 25 at the aggregated level, the system passes the change down to all the charge lines in this group.

Note Note

If you change the exchange rate at the charge item level, the system automatically updates all relevant charge lines. If you change the exchange rate at the charge line level, the change only affects that charge line.

If you manually change an exchange rate for a charge item, the system no longer automatically updates the exchange rate at the charge item level. If you manually change an exchange rate for a charge line, the system no longer automatically updates the charge line with changes made at the charge item level.

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You can specify that you want the system to group the charge lines by default in the Customizing activity for the respective business document. If you do not specify this in the Customizing activity for the respective business document, the system checks if there is a default view specified in Customizing for Transportation Management under   Basic Functions   Charge Calculation   Basic Settings for Charge Calculation   Define General Settings  .

If you specify a default view in both the general settings and in the settings for a specific business document type, the business document settings take precedence. However, if you do not specify a default view, the system does not group the charge lines by default.

Charge Line Creation

You can manually create charge lines. A manually-created charge line inherits the calculation resolution base and group type of the charge line you created it from. If you create the charge line from the charge item or the aggregated row of a group, the manually-created charge line inherits the ROOT calculation resolution base and the group type is blank. You can change the group type of a manually-created charge line.

Note Note

If you change the group type of the manually-created charge line, the system does not group this charge line into the same aggregated row as the charge line you created it from. This is because the manually-created charge line and the charge line you created it from no longer have the same equipment-type attribute.

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Charge Calculation