Symptom
You have maintained material ABC (ABC represents the ID of the material) or Service PQR (PQR represents the ID of the service) in Project DEF (DEF represents the ID of the project). You think that the material cost will be included in the project planned cost. But when you look at the project planned cost, it shows zerodue to below errors.
Valuation of material ABC in business residence XYZ failed on DD-MM-YYYY
or
Valuation of service PQR in company GHI failed on DD-MM-YYYY
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to Project Management work center.
- Go to Projects view.
- Show All Projects and search DEF.
- Edit Project DEF.
- Navigate to Project Overview tab.
- You see that Planned Cost is zero.
Cause
Valuation of material ABC or Service PQR failed because material /service cost valid from date is later than scheduled earliest start date of a project task. You can follow the steps below to see the relevant error.
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Go to Cost and Revenue work center.
- Go to Projects view.
- Show All Projects and search DEF.
- Select Project DEF and click View Plan Values.
- You see that the status of Project Task DEF-01(DEF-01 represents the ID of the project task) is Error(in red).
- Navigate to Messages tab.
- You see error message mentioned above
Resolution
You need to re-maintain the valuation of the material ABC to make a valid cost on DD.MM.YYYY, and then valuate project task DEF-01 again.
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Go to Inventory Valuation work center.
- Go to Material Unit Costs view.
- Search ABC.
- Select Material ABC in business residence GHI and click Maintain Valuation Data.
- Click Edit Cost.
- Input Valid From date earlier than DD.MM.YYYY and click OK.
- Click Save.
- Go to Cost and Revenue work center.
- Go to Projects view.
- Show All Projects and search DEF.
- Select Project DEF and click View Plan Values.
- Select Project Task DEF-01 and click Valuate.
- The status of Project Task DEF-01 will become green.
- Click Save.
or
You need to re-maintain the valuation of the material ABC or service PQR to make a valid cost on DD.MM.YYYY, and then valuate project task DEF-01 again.
- Go to Product and service portfolio work center
- Go to service or Product view
- Search and open the respective material or service
- Go to valuation tab
- Select the right Business residence for materials or company for services
- Then click Edit cost rate
- Input Valid From date earlier than DD.MM.YYYY and click OK.
- Click Save.
- Go to Cost and Revenue work center.
- Go to Projects view.
- Show All Projects and search DEF.
- Select Project DEF and click View Plan Values.
- Select Project Task DEF-01 and click Valuate.
- The status of Project Task DEF-01 will become green.
- Click Save.
See Also
KBA 2907652 - Valuation of material XYZ in business residence ABC failed on DD-MM-YYYY
Project Cost and Revenue Planning
Keywords
material cost rate, material planned cost, Service cost rate, service planned cost, cost rate , KBA , AP-COS-PCE , Project Cost Estimate , AP-PRO , Project Processing , Problem