SAP NOTE# 2354768 – Technical Changes in Material Ledger with Actual Costing
With S/4HANA the data model for material ledger data has been changed significantly, especially when actual costing is active. ( Actual-Costing is Active – Technically this can be verified via database table T001W, field MGVUPD. ‘X’ means that Material Ledger Actual Costing is active in this plant. )
The main purpose for the changed data model is:
- Simplified Data Model
- Simplification of Calculation Logic
- Leverage the Strength of HANA
Business Process related information
- Reduce complexity and improve runtime in the Material Ledger Costing Cockpit for Actual Costing
- Example: 4 separate process steps (‘Single-Level Price Determination’, ‘Multilevel Price Determination’, ‘Revaluation of Consumption’, ‘WIP Revaluation’ ) are merged to one process step (‘Settlement’)
- New 2-dimensional distribution logic to avoids rounding errors
- Less “not-distributed” values
- No lock conflicts caused by material movements (in current period)
- Change of standard price for materials and activities within the period is supported
Below is summarized list of changes. For full details, please check the SAP NOTE
Technical
- NEW Tables MLDOC and MLDOCCCS (replace most former periodic tables (MLHD, MLIT, MLPP, MLPPF, MLCR, MLCRF,
- MLKEPH, CKMLPP, CKMLCR, MLCD, CKMLMV003, CKMLMV004, CKMLPPWIP, CKMLKEPH). For more information refer to note 2352383 , however some peridoic tables are still used)
- New Tables MLDOC_EXTRACT and MLDOCCCS_EXTRACT
- New Table MLRUNLIST replaces former table CKMLMV011 (Object List for Costing Run) & has new functionality – Material & Activity are stored with Costing-Run id.
Functional Changes / Improvements
- Material Price Analysis (Transaction CKM3)
- No separate view for Cost Components, but integrated in main screen
- Plan/Actual Comparison is removed in new CKM3
- Technically, data are retrieved from table MLDOC, MLDOCCCS and MLDOC_EXTRACT and MLDOCCCS_EXTRACT
- ML Actual Costing Cockpit (Transaction CKMLCPAVR)
- Using Additional-PArameter “Application”, it is possible to process Alternative Valuation Runs via the transaction CKMLCP and Actual Costing Runs via the transaction CKMLCPAVR
CKM3
NOTE : Actual-Costing was NOT ACTIVE in system from which this screen-shot was taken.
CKMLCPAVR
MP's S/4HANA 