Variance calculation repport (KKS2) different to variance line items (KOB3)

Hi, need your help.
I´ve run variance calculation (KKS2) for one production order, one target cost version and it has calculated correctly all cost element variances. However, when I display variance line items (KOB3) for this order with the same target cost version used in KKS2, calculation is´t correct for all cost element and if I compare it with KKS2 repport, it displays different values. Does anyone know why?
some details that may help:
WIP is customize
The company I´am working for had activated "write line Items" (OKV1) after the golive,
Scrap check box is activate in variance key,
All variance categories are activate,
etcetera
Thank you for your help.
Regards,
André

Hi
I would suggest raise an OSS msg then.. Because i dont see any possible reason why this could happen
In my case, the only discrepancy I found was variance doc was posted to FI and not to COPA because the user did not execute variance calculation in update mode.. So, variance got posted in FI, but not in COPA...
But the posted values always matched in my case,,,
Do update us incase you find solution
Regards
Ajay M

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Edited by: Bhatia on Oct 15, 2008 6:44 PM

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