Symptom
A Material Cost Estimate Run finishes with the error message 'Action CALCULATE not permitted for status Released'.
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to the Inventory valuation work center.
- Go to Material Cost Estimate Rollup view.
- Find Material cost estimate run 'ABC' (ABC represents the material cost rollup run ID). created for Valid From date DD.MM.YYYY.
- Go to the messages tab where you notice the error message "Action CALCULATE not permitted for status Released".
Cause
A released cost estimate already exists for the chosen validity period.
Resolution
To verify that a released cost estimate exists:
- go to the Material Cost Estimates view in the Inventory Valuation work center.
- Find the respective material - business residence combination.
- Check the Valid from date: It is the same or in the same period as the valid from date of rollup run ABC, DD.MM.YYYY.
You can find out more about the estimated cost history as follows:
- In the Inventory Valuation work center go to the Materials view.
- Find the respective material -business residence combination.
- Choose Maintain Valuation Data.
- Find and select the respective Estimated Cost entry, valid from DD.MM.YYYY.
- Now choose View Cost History.
- In the new screen you can see when exactly an estimated cost was changed via the Created On attribute.
- Take note of the creation date and then navigate back to the Material Cost Rollup run to find the respective run.
See Also
2749405 - 'Action RELEASE Not Permitted for Status Released' Warning in Actual Cost Release Run.
Help Document: Material Cost Estimate Runs.
Keywords
Inventory Valuation, Costing Process, Material Cost Estimate Run, Warning message, released cost estimated, materials, not processed tab.
, KBA , SRD-FIN-COR , Cost & Revenue , Problem
Product
SAP Business ByDesign 2405
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