Budget check for material price change

[Former Member]

Hello Mentor, In our project, we have a requirement of budget check at MR21 (material price change). As a result, it is possible to control budget consumption within approved available budget. While executing transaction through MR21, system allows to post transaction even if insufficient budget in WBS.  At present system, control for budget check for WBS exists at all the level of budget consumption but it does not exist at MR21 level. Can you please advise, how I can do it, as standard SAP Availability control tolerance limit do not have any tolerance group for budget checking for material price change (MR21). Looking forward for your reply. Thanks, Amlan

[pardhreddyc]

Dear,

MR21 is the price change for MATERIALS with respect to plant and company code.

In what way the materials undergoing for price change is related to your WBS element budget.Hope you have assigned the material already and you made price change, then here you need to consider the commitments of the project.Are you assigning the material after doing the price change or not.

After doing price change if you assign it in P.O then system will consider, but you already made P.O an d done price change, then system will not consider. Here you need to consider the status of the P.O also.

Regards,

Pardhu

[Former Member]

Hi Paulo,

Can you provide some idea in this matter.

Thanks,

Amlan

[Paulo_Vitoriano]

Hi Amlan,

I am honestly not aware that with MR21 you can revaluate a project stock for specific WBS.  Usually you do revaluate unrestricted stock.

Project stock normally used for purchased items, mostly long-lead and high value.  That kind of business case does not require any revaluation.

If indeed it is possible to revaluate a project stock and it does not reflect on the availability control, then I would open an SAP message with SAP support.

Regards,

Paulo

[Former Member]

Hi Amlan,

Budget check will be done against commitments and actuals. Material price change is not a commitment on WBS. Please check availability control group in budget tolerance configuration. Project System, Cost, budget, Define tolerance limits.

Thank you.

[Former Member]

Hi Mentor, We have valuated stock in project. Now while changing price through MR21, value of project material getting change (increase or decrease subject to changes) and it  is consuming budget, without checking availability.  As a result, system is showing negative budget sometimes if there is insufficient budget.Therefore, we want to implement a error message for transaction code MR21, which will restrict users to complete the transaction if there is insufficient budget. Thanks, Amlan

[Former Member]

Hi,

When you post the document through the Tcode : MR21. check the accounting documents where it effects in P & L items or not.

If effects in P&L item, then the Cost Elements are assigned in PS Cost Element Group. If not, then assigned the Cost elements in Cost Elements in Cost Element group.

with regards,

uttam maity

[Paulo_Vitoriano]

Hi Uttam,

There is no such thing as PS Cost Element group.  Quite disagree with your post. Sorry about that.

Neither makes sense from the process perspective.

The material price should decrease to get some cost into P&L, but it should be a dummy project to capture revaluations as default account assignment.  If material is on project stock it is there already by means of the balance sheet account.

Regards,

Paulo

[Paulo_Vitoriano]

Hello Amlan,

I am not really sure about your scenario, is it valuated project stock?  Changing material price means material is not consumed yet, so it is on stock.  The only stock to reflect on WBS is the valuated project stock that requires material BS accounts to be defined as cost elements category 90.

Regards,

Paulo