2298165 - Wrong Cost Rate Used for a Resource/Service During Planned Cost Calculation of a Project

Planned Cost for a project is not as expected.

Newly updated service/resource-cost-rates are not being taken into consideration for the calculation of the Planned Cost. Still the calculation is performed based on the old service/resource-cost-rate.

SAP Business ByDesign

1. Go to the Cost and Revenue workcenter and choose the Projects view.
2. Show all projects, and find the project in question.
3. Choose View Plan Values.
4. Use Filter option to find your Project Task ID.
5. Select subtab Services and for the Service/Resource in question, the rate picked under Cost Rate field is not as per your expectation for the calculation of the Planned Cost.

Background on Cost Rate Determination for Service Confirmations on Projects:

Cost Rate Determination:

For internal employees, their work is valued using the following valuation strategy hierarchy:

1. Labor resource cost rate
2. Service cost rate

If you want the work to be valued with the service cost rate, simply make sure that no cost rate is defined for the labor resource.

For external employees and employees of other companies within the same corporate group and temporary employees, the work is valued using the following valuation strategy hierarchy:

1. Price from fixed source of supply
2. Price from contract
3. Price from price list
4. Service cost rate

It possible, that after you made the necessary amendments, either in the labour resource or in the Service Valuation master data you did not retrigger the Valuation of the Planned Project costs.

1. Go to the Cost and Revenue work center, and choose the Projects view.
2. Show all projects, and find the project in question.
3. Choose View Plan Values.
4. Use Filter option to find your Project Task ID.
5. Click on Valuate All button from the top of the screen. Now the system will revaluate and takes the latest values of the Cost Rates for the calculation of the Planned Cost.

Project Cost and Revenue Planning

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