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3363936 - How to clear stocks in current period and previous period

Symptom

You need to clear the stock of a material in a plant and a storage location (for example, in order to change the Batch Management Indicator in material master). This requires that the stock is zero in both the current and the previous period.

Environment

S/4HANA Cloud system all version

Resolution

To clear the stock in the two periods you will need to consider what is the situation before the posting in both periods:

Case 1) Same quantity in the two periods.
For example,
Previous period: 10 PC.
Current period : 10 PC.

Steps to clear stock:

  1. Execute app Post Goods Movement (MIGO).
  2. Post goods issue with movement type 562 for quantity 10 PC in the previous period (with a posting date in the previous period).
  3. Check material master, after the posting of the goods movement you will have:
    Previous period: 0 PC.
    Current period : 0 PC.

Case 2) More quantity in the current period.
For example,
Previous period: 10 PC.
Current period : 15 PC.

Steps to clear stock:

  1. Execute app Post Goods Movement (MIGO).
  2. Post goods issue with movement type 562 for quantity 10 PC in the previous period. This will clear the stock in the previous period and will leave 5 PC in the current period.
  3. Post goods issue with movement type 562 for quantity 5 PC in the current period to clear the stock completely.
  4. Check material master, after the posting of the goods movement you will have:
    Previous period: 0 PC.
    Current period : 0 PC.

Case 3) More quantity in the previous period.
For example,
Previous period: 10 PC.
Current period :  5 PC.

Steps to clear stock:

  1. Execute app Post Goods Movement (MIGO).
  2. Post a goods receipt with movement type 561 for quantity 5 PC in the current period so that the stock quantity in current period and previous period is same.
  3. Post goods issue with movement type 562 for quantity 10 PC in the previous period.
  4. Check material master, after the posting of the goods movement you will have:
    Previous period: 0 PC.
    Current period : 0 PC.

Keywords

MIGO, Post Goods Movement, clear the stock, 561, 562, current period, previous period , KBA , MM-IM-GF-2CL , Basic Functions (Public Cloud) , How To

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions ; SAP S/4HANA Cloud all versions