This function provides a central location to define the settings that you want the system to use when calculating transportation charges.
This function is used in the charge calculation process. For more information, see Charge Calculation
The following are examples of settings you can define in a calculation profile:
Specify the date type that the system uses as the basis for the rate, exchange rate, and agreement validity, and ultimately the charge calculation.
For example, the order date, the invoice date, or the expected end date of the main carriage
Specify the level at which the system calculates the charges, for example, at header level, item level, or stage level.
Specify the determination rule that the system uses to determine the agreement and the calculation sheet.
Specify a single rate, known as a through rate, for multiple stages of a transportation route.
Specify the default dimensional weight profile for the organizational unit and the condition that the system uses to determine the dimensional weight profile.
Specify the source of the data that the system uses for charge calculation and invoicing, for example, actual route, ordered route, or actual and ordered route.
Once you have defined the settings, you can assign the calculation profile to an organizational unit or a business partner role.
You can define a calculation profile in Customizing for Transportation Management under
.You can assign a calculation profile to an organizational unit in Customizing for Transportation Management under
.Note
You can assign a calculation profile to a business partner with one of the following roles:
Sold-to party
Ship-to party
Carrier
Vendor
To assign the calculation profile to business partner roles, in SAP NetWeaver Business Client choose
. You can assign a calculation profile on the Customer Org. Data tab page of the business partner role. Here you can define individual profiles for each organizational unit of the business partner.If you assign a calculation profile to an organizational unit and a calculation profile to a business partner role, the system only applies the calculation profile you assigned to the business partner role. You can also assign a calculation profile only to the organizational unit but you cannot assign a calculation profile only to a business partner.