Material Cost Estimate - Release too early

Hi,
I ran the cost estimate for one material on 12.06.2008 and i released the cost estimate. Here it is saying 'Cost Estimate released too early'. I thought system is releasing the cost for material for the next month. but i want to update the material cost for this month only.
And how many days before you have to run the cost estimate for the new month.
sateesh

Hi Sateesh,
Please check the period which you have mentioned in CK24.
I think the period you have given is of next month. Hence system is giving that message as next month's period may not have been opened.
System allows to release cost estimate only once in a period. Normal practice is to carry out cost run at the end of the month.
Please do let me know if your problem is solved.
regards,
makrand

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I am trying to perform a mark and release for period 1 in 2009 today Dec 16. The cost estimate was done without error. Marking was allowed in CK24 as well as Release. I checked the costing 2 tab and my estimate was there as the future standard cost. Everything seems OK.
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Thanks for your quick response, Suraj and Mangalraj!
I am new to SAP and no one in the company knows the exact detail on how to perform the annual cost update. Hence I am asking for help here. I am doing a test on one item right now. I tried before this test to use CK40N to perform a cost run. It gave me incorrect costings. We looked into details and discovered that CK40N is for items with quantity structure. Because all our products are without quantity (purchase items), the system did the calculation incorrectly.
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In Profitability Analysis (CO-PA), the system tried to valuate item 000010 of sales order 11 by reading the corresponding product cost estimate.
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It is an urgent requirement.......
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Configurable materials can only have a cost estimate when there is a sales order bom to define the build.
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Hi people,
We have the error:
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Valuation with material cost estimate: error with product "117122"
Diagnosis
In Profitability Analysis (CO-PA), the system tried to valuate a line item using the current standard cost estimate.
In order to determine the current plan period, the system needs to read the valuation segment of the material master.
The system has found that the current plan period is not filled forproduct "117122" in plant "UBE1".
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. Costing Variant
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Hello Guido
Thank you very much for your return.
It is happenning in a Client that some people are doing the configuration.
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I think we have to make the configuration in OKYW.
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In standard SAP the following reports are available:
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I am creating material cost estimate of FG whose components are SF & ROH-2. While creating cost estimate system gives an error message which states: :
*No cost element segment exists for 40103110 on 01.09.2009
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Diagnosis
The consumption account found by automatic account determination for material STD-PRICE-SF does not exist for the date 01.09.2009 specified.
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Its Seem primary cost element you mentioned is not defined for 09 period.For this go to KA06,gIve that cost element number and the Valid from date as 01.09.2009 and valid to date as 30.09.2009, press enter it will take u inside the T.C,feed the relevant data and save.
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Re: create material cost estimate with ck11n without

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i need to do create material cost estimate with ck11n without cost result but before i need to check the BOM with material component 11111, and also instruct me how to correct maintain BOM list to get the standard cost
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Hi,
As note 351835 explains, calculation needs an inforecord to calculate prices from purchasing. Prices from outline agreements are generally not taken into account. According to note 499699, the system may consider entries in the source but it will ignore entered agreements (before this correction, any source list entries with agreement were ignored).
Prices from agreements could only be considered either via a modification or by using the user exit for material valuation (COPCP005).
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Points will be provided for good solution.
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Hi Jaya
This means that your customization is wrong then...
In KE4J or KEPC you have assigned costing keys to your material types or some other combination... You should have done this config in a way that costing key is not called for in the case of non valuated materials...
In Ke40 you have defined costing key where in you have specified "Issue error msg if no cost estimate found".. This costing key is assigned in KE4J or KEPC in a way that it is getting called even in case of non valuated materials...
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Ciao a tutti,
We have create a material cost
estimate without standard structure(unit costing) not FOR ALL MATERIALS, but only for ONE
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calculate 30000 cost estimate with lsmw) so when we crete a billing
document with a variant that haven't cost estimate created the system doesn't
valuated the cost estimate (the system works well), but how I can change the variant in the valuation and put the variant that have the cost
estimate calculate?
Wiht the transaction "Assign Costing Keys to Any Characteristics" I think
is not possible.
I must to use enhance COPA0002?
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Paolo Artini
tel: +393299223804

Hi All,
I am also facing the problem for Sales Order Cost Estimate. and the Costing Status is VO(Marked without errors).
I have done the following
created the Costing Key (sales order cost estimate)
assigned costing key to the material type.
assigned to the respective value fields
sales order cost estimate,
Run the RA
Settlement done.
But in COPA, cost estimates are not being split up based on the cost component (like Material, Labour and Over head) and it is getting posted to COGS only.
Do we need to change the costing status to FR, if yes, but how to do ?
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