Copying Item Costs

You can copy item costs from:

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One period to all periods

One organization to another organization One organization to all organizations

One period to:

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all subsequent open and frozen costing periods in the same calendar or all open and frozen periods in a different calendar

You can also update component costs while copying. You can alter the copied component costs by a flat amount or by a percentage. To copy item costs: 1. Navigate to the Copy Item Costs window. Source and Target Parameters 2. Enter the inventory organization from which you are copying item cost data in the Organization Source field. 3. Enter the inventory organization to which you are copying item cost data in the Organization Target field. To copy cost data to all inventory organizations, leave this field blank. 4. Click All Organizations box to copy cost data to all inventory organizations in the given legal entity. If this box is checked, then the target inventory organization (inventory organization to) is cleared. 5. Specify a valid legal entity in the Legal entity field. The specified legal entity or organization must belong to the specified target calendar. 6. Enter the cost calendar from which you are copying cost data in the Calendar Source field. 7. Enter the cost calendar to which you are copying cost data in the Calendar Target field. 8. You can copy cost data from one period to another or to all periods in the same or different calendars in the Period Source field. Enter the cost calendar period from which you are copying costing data. Note: You can copy component costs from a frozen or closed period to an open one. However, you cannot copy costs to a closed period from an open one. You can only copy new item costs into a frozen period.

9. Enter the cost calendar period to which you are copying cost data in the Period Target field. To copy costing data to all periods, leave this field blank. Note: You can copy component costs from a frozen or closed period to an open one. However, you cannot copy costs to a closed period from an open one. Only new item costs are copied. 10. Click All Periods box to copy cost data to all subsequent open or frozen periods in a given calendar. If this box is checked, then the target period (Period Target) is cleared. 11. Enter the cost type code from which you are copying costing data in the Cost Type Source field. Cost type codes are defined using the Cost Type Codes window. 12. Enter the cost type code to which you are copying costing data in the Cost Type Target field. Cost type codes are defined using the Cost Type Codes window. When you try to copy costs to Actual Cost type, a warning displays. When you run the Actual Cost process, all the copied costs are deleted. 13. Select the Copy Costs from Lower Level at Source to This Level in Target option to copy the cost components from the Lower Level at source to This Level in target. 14. To restrict the copy to a range of items, specify the opening end and the closing end of the item number range in the Item (From and To) fields. 15. To restrict the copy to a range of item cost categories, specify the opening end and the closing end of the cost category range in the Cost Category (From and To) fields Increase/Decrease 16. Indicate the percentage by which component costs should be increased or decreased as a result of the copy process in the Percentage % field. For example, if you enter 10% and the cost being copied is $1.50, the resulting cost will be $1.65 17. Indicate the monetary amount by which component costs should be increased or decreased as a result of the copy process in the Amount field. For example, if you enter $.25 and the cost being copied is $1.50, the resulting cost will be $1.75.

Existing Costs 18. The Existing Costs field contains following options: o Remove Before Copy: Select Remove Before Copy option to remove current component costs as a result of the copy process. The current cost will be copied based on the other criteria you have entered, but the original component cost will be deleted. o Replace During Copy: Select Replace During Copy option to merge the current and copied component costs during the copy process. The resulting cost is different from the one that was replaced. For example, assume the current period cost of a component is $2.35, but you want to copy $2.00 as the component cost into the next calendar period. If you select Replace During Costs for this option, $2.00 will be copied into the next period.