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2159640 - Material Cost Does Not Change after Migration

Symptom

You input cost as zero in migration of material valuation data. However, material cost does not change to zero after migration execution.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign All Versions

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Maintain the cost as zero for material XYZ in the migration template of material valuation data.
  2. Go to Business Configuration work center.
  3. Select Implementation Project view.
  4. Select Open Activity List.
  5. Go to Integrate & Extend.
  6. Select Migration of Material Valuation Data.
  7. Select Migrate material valuation data using the migration tool.
  8. Execute the migration.
  9. Go to Inventory Valuation work center, view Master Data and sub view Material Unit Cost.
  10. Search for material XYZ, you can see the cost is not zero.

Cause

In the cost history of material XYZ, you can see that there was manual change of cost done. With it, migration of material valuation data will not change the cost.

System works as designed.

To view material cost history, please follow steps here.

  1. Go to Inventory Valuation work center, view Master Data and sub view Material Unit Cost.
  2. Search for material XYZ, and select View Cost History, then you get it.

Resolution

If you want to change the material cost to zero, please change it manually again.

Keywords

Material Cost Migration , KBA , SRD-CC , Cross Components , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions