How to report on batch stock balances

Question

Hi All,
I would like to report on batch stocks over a period of time.
How can I get the valid stock balances for a batch for each batch managed plant material for a given time period. I know we can use MCHA, MCHB/H.
Can you kindly clarify the logic to reconstruct the batch stock balance each month for a batch managed plant.
Thanks
Karen

Answer 1

Hi Mischa.
I think you can achieve what you want like this
Add the Start Month and End Month (let them be IO's that reference 0calmonth) to your cube and  populate them in the load using a formula, like Aron suggested.
Create a query with a  restricted key figure.  I suppose you are looking at some kind of count  to know how many people where absent in a given month, or something like that. Thus, add your KF to the structure and add the Start Month and End Month to the selection.
Restrict the Start Month using a variable, ZMONTH (this is what the user will enter at runtime), as follows:
Start Month <= ZMONTH.
Now restrict the End Month using a variable, XMONTH (this will have to be an exit variable filled in CMOD by reading ZMONTH) as follows:
End Month >= XMONTH.
Thus, your restricted key figure will only return values if the entered month is part of the absence interval. The abap you need for CMOD should be simple as all you are doing is reading a variable and passing it to another. From the top of my head, it should look something like this:
data:
l_s_range type rsr_s_rangesid,
loc_var_range like rrrangeexit.
case i_vnam.
the case statement will likely already be there, as well as the above definitions, so look for the case and insert the below
when 'XMONTH'.
if i_step = 2.
clear l_s_range.
loop at i_t_var_range into loc_var_range
where vnam = 'ZMONTH'.
l_s_range-low = loc_var_range-low.
l_s_range-sign = 'I'.
l_s_range-opt = 'EQ'.
append l_s_range to e_t_range.
endloop.
endif.
endcase.
this will likely already be there, so you won't need to put it there again.
Good luck!
Jacob
Edited by: Jacob Jansen on Jan 11, 2010 9:18 PM
Edited by: Jacob Jansen on Jan 11, 2010 9:30 PM