1506200 - Determine how Moving Average Price changed

SAP Knowledge Base Article,

Version 3 from 02.06.2014 in English
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Component:
MM-IM (Inventory Management)
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Category:
How To
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Rating:
(17)
Symptom
Unable to identified how the Moving Average Price (MAP) of a Material has been
changed
Unable to identified which posting has changed the MAP of a Material
Environment
Materials Management (MM)
SAP R/3

SAP R/3 Enterprise 4.7

SAP ERP Core Component

SAP ERP

SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP

SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP, version for SAP HANA

Reproducing the Issue

Not available
Cause
Not available
Resolution
Below are the steps to identify MAP changed by postings :

1. Search for MBEW-KALN1 (Cost Estimate Number - Product Costing) of the Material :
i.
Execute transaction SE16
ii.

Table MBEW (Material Valuation)

iii.

Enter the selection for fields :

Material

Valuation Area

Valuation Type (if there is any)

iv.

Click the Execution button

v.

Get the KALN1 entry

2. Get the List from table CKMI1 (Index for Accounting Documents for Material) :
i.

Execute transaction SE16

ii.

Table CKMI1

iii.

Enter the field KALNR (Cost Estimate Number for Cost Est. w/o Qty Structure)
with KALN1 from step 1

iv.

Remove the entry in field "Maximum No. of Hits"

v.

Click the Execution button

vi.

A list appeared as per the selection entered

vii.

Go to menu path "Settings" -> "User Parameters" and change to "ALV Grid
display"

viii.

Select the two columns for DATUM ( Day On Which Accounting Document Was
Entered) and UZEIT (Time of Entry)and sort in ascending order

3. Analyze the list :

i.

ii.

The list now is in chronological order

POPER indicates the posting period

LBKUM is the stock quantity before the corresponding posting

SALK3 is the stock value before the corresponding posting

VERPR is the MAP before the corresponding posting

From the list you will see how the LBKUM and SALK3 changed by the posting
and this will changed the MAP as :

See Also

VERPR (Moving Average Price) = SALK3 / LBKUM

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Notes
1506200

Manish Gangwal (S0015165818)

2198317 - Analysis report for moving average price changes:

MBMAPCHANGES
SAP Note,
Version 3 from 13.01.2016 in English
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Component:
MM-IM-GF-VAL (Goods Movement Valuation)
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Category:
Help for error analysis
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Priority:
Correction with medium priority
Symptom

The moving average price of some materials has changed in your ERP-system and you are not
able to explain what caused the change. You need to look into and analyze moving average price
changes however there is no specific standard tool, which would fully support this.
Other Terms
moving average price, price change history, v-price, v price, map, MAP, s price, sprice, statistical moving average price, ZMBMAPCHANGES, MBMAPCHANGES,
supportability tool, report, analysis, GLD
Reason and Prerequisites
The moving average price of materials can be changed by several different types of documents in
ERP systems, for example: material documents, price change documents, invoice documents,
production settlements or even credit memos or material ledger documents. Due to the complex
cross-application knowledge required to find all these documents it can be quite complicated to
access and review all relevant documents.
For such analyses transaction MR51 offers a detailed view that can be used to track price
changes, however this transaction cannot distinguish between postings made to the unrestricted
use stock and to the valuated special stocks 'E' and 'Q' therefore in some cases it is not reliable
and usable.
The method we recommended so far to overcome these limitations is explained in KBA
1506200. However, this is based on a long list of manual steps and an analysis in transaction
SE16, where the output is hardly interpretable for end-users and the navigation to reference
documents requires non-documented application knowledge. This new tool is meant to provide a
more user friendly alternative instead of this method.
Resolution
MBMAPCHANGES is a new English-only analysis tool which offers the following features:

Assemble an ALV list of all documents which have changed the stock quantity or
the stock value of the material entered on the selection screen
Distinguish between unrestricted use stock, sales order stock and project stock valuations

Enable forward navigation to reference documents

Highlight documents which have significantly changed the moving average price

Offer a documentation about the functionality and its general formulas and scenarios

The report MBMAPCHANGES is part of the Support Package specified below.

For an advance correction: See the correction instructions.

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SAP_APPL
SAP Application
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SAPKH60001 - SAPKH60027
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| Release 602
Until SAPKH60217
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| Release 603
Until SAPKH60316
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| Release 604
SAPKH60401 - SAPKH60417
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| Release 605
Until SAPKH60514
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SAPKH60601 - SAPKH60616
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Until SAPKH61609
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SAPKH61701 - SAPKH61711
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Until SAPK-61801INSAPAPPL
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------1.) Implement the correction instructions.
2.) Create text elements
-> Open transaction SE38 -> MBMAPCHANGES -> Text elements -> Change
-> Select the 'Text symbols' tab and enter:
001 Material data
002 Additional data for sales order stock valuation
003 Additional data for project stock valuation
004 Posting date restrictions
005 Reference document restriction
006 Output settings
007 Up to
008 From
-> Select the 'Selection Texts' tab
P_ALV Layout
P_BWKEY Valuation Area
P_BWTAR Valuation Type
P_DOCU Reference Document
P_FROM From
P_MATNR Material
P_POSNR Item (SD)
P_PRCNT Highlight threshold %
P_PSPNR WBS Element
P_SOBKZE Special Stock
P_SOBKZQ Special Stock
P_UPTO Up to
P_VBELN Sales Document
P_YEAR Year
R_BDATJ Year
R_DATUM Entry Date
R_POPER Posting period
-> Save and Activate
3.) Create dialog texts
-> Open transaction SE61
-> Change the 'Document Class' to 'Dialog Text'
-> Language: 'English'
-> Dialog text: MBMAPCHANGES_INFO1
-> Create
-> Paste the following text:

The reference document in this line has significantly changed the moving
average price of this material. You can find more information about the
possible root causes and solutions in the application documentation under
"Significant moving average price changes".
-> Save and Activate
-> Package: MB
-> Back
-> Dialog text: MBMAPCHANGES_INFO2
-> Create
-> Paste the following text:
The document in this line has been posted for the previous period / fiscal
year.
Due to this there are two separate lines in this price change history:
o One that alters the previous period data
o One that alters the current period data
You can find more information about these calculations in the application
documentation under "Backposting scenarios".
-> Save and Activate
-> Package: MB
-> Back
-> Dialog text: MBMAPCHANGES_INFO3
-> Create
-> Paste the following text:
Documents that only change the statistical moving average price are not
logged in the standard system. These changes are only visible if the postings
also impact the total_quantity or the total_value. Due to this the
statistical V-price calculations of this report are not reliable and therefore
not supported.
-> Save and Activate
-> Package: MB
4.) Import application documentation
-> Open transaction SE38 -> MBMAPCHANGES -> 'Goto' menu -> Documentation ->
Change
-> 'Document' menu -> Upload -> ITF
-> Upload the attached file: MBMAPCHANGES_DOCU.ITF
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|Manual Activity
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------|VALID FOR
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|Software Component
S4CORE
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| Release 100
Until SAPK-10001INS4CORE
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------1.) Implement the correction instructions.
2.) Create text elements
-> Open transaction SE38 -> MBMAPCHANGES -> Text elements -> Change
-> Select the 'Text symbols' tab and enter:
001 Material data
002 Additional data for sales order stock valuation
003 Additional data for project stock valuation
004 Posting date restrictions
005 Reference document restriction
006 Output settings

007 Up to
008 From
-> Select the 'Selection Texts' tab
P_ALV Layout
P_BWKEY Valuation Area
P_BWTAR Valuation Type
P_DOCU Reference Document
P_FROM From
P_MATNR Material
P_POSNR Item (SD)
P_PRCNT Highlight threshold %
P_PSPNR WBS Element
P_SOBKZE Special Stock
P_SOBKZQ Special Stock
P_UPTO Up to
P_VBELN Sales Document
P_YEAR Year
R_BDATJ Year
R_DATUM Entry Date
R_POPER Posting period
-> Save and Activate
3.) Create dialog texts
-> Open transaction SE61
-> Change the 'Document Class' to 'Dialog Text'
-> Language: 'English'
-> Dialog text: MBMAPCHANGES_INFO1
-> Create
-> Paste the following text:
The reference document in this line has significantly changed the moving
average price of this material. You can find more information about the
possible root causes and solutions in the application documentation under
"Significant moving average price changes".
-> Save and Activate
-> Package: MB
-> Back
-> Dialog text: MBMAPCHANGES_INFO2
-> Create
-> Paste the following text:
The document in this line has been posted for the previous period / fiscal
year.
Due to this there are two separate lines in this price change history:
o One that alters the previous period data
o One that alters the current period data
You can find more information about these calculations in the application
documentation under "Backposting scenarios".
-> Save and Activate
-> Package: MB
-> Back
-> Dialog text: MBMAPCHANGES_INFO3
-> Create
-> Paste the following text:
Documents that only change the statistical moving average price are not
logged in the standard system. These changes are only visible if the postings
also impact the total_quantity or the total_value. Due to this the
statistical V-price calculations of this report are not reliable and therefore

not supported.
-> Save and Activate
-> Package: MB
4.) Import application documentation
-> Open transaction SE38 -> MBMAPCHANGES -> 'Goto' menu -> Documentation ->
Change
-> 'Document' menu -> Upload -> ITF
-> Upload the attached file: MBMAPCHANGES_DOCU.ITF

Software Component
SAP_APPL 600 - 600
SAP_APPL 602 - 602

SAP_APPL 603 - 603

SAP_APPL 604 - 604

SAP_APPL 605 - 605

SAP_APPL 606 - 606

SAP_APPL 616 - 616

SAP_APPL 617 - 617

SAP_APPL 618 - 618

S4CORE 100 - 100

Support Packages
S4CORE SAPK-10002INS4CORE
SAP_APPL SAPKH60028

SAP_APPL SAPKH60218

SAP_APPL SAPKH60317

SAP_APPL SAPKH60418

SAP_APPL SAPKH60515

SAP_APPL SAPKH60617

SAP_APPL SAPKH61610

SAP_APPL SAPKH61712

SAP_APPL SAPK-61802INSAPAPPL

Correction Instructions
SAP_APPL (4)
S4CORE (2)

This document solves side effects

2256487 - MBMAPCHANGES: Runtime error COMPUTE_BCD_OVERFLOW
This document refers to
1506200 - Determine how Moving Average Price changed
372322 - Stock posting line of valuated special stk 'E'&'Q'
Attachments
MBMAPCHANGES_DOCU.ITF
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