ML Changes 1610

SAPexperts | SAP S/4HANA 1610 Material Ledger Actual Costing: Understand the Fund...
Page 1 of 25
SAP S/4HANA 1610 Material Ledger Actual

Costing: Understand the Fundamental
Changes and the Impact on Conversion
by Ajeet Kumar Agarwal, Senior Business Process Consultant, SAP India (SDC)
November 21, 2017
Learn and understand the massive changes in material ledger actual costing with SAP
S/4HANA 1610. See how the technical and functional changes to this version of SAP
S/4HANA affect organizations that use actual costing in a source system and are migrating
from earlier SAP S/4HANA releases to SAP S/4HANA 1610.
Key Concept
Significant functional and technical changes were made to the functionality for material
ledger actual costing in SAP S/4HANA 1610. For example, four separate process steps
were merged into a single settlement step, and in the material ledger, several old actual
costing tables were integrated into two new tables, MLDOC and MLDOCCCS.
With the new magnitude of overall simplification of the actual costing process in SAP S/4HANA
1610, organizations can achieve significant reductions in run time. Now the material ledger close is
significantly faster. Four separate process steps (single-level settlement, multi-level settlement,
revaluation of consumption, and work in process [WIP] revaluation) are merged into one step (i.e.,
settlement). The changes made in the material ledger include various old actual costing tables being
integrated into two new tables, MLDOC and MLDOCCCS. However, this was not only a technical
change. The material ledger data store and processing logic also were fundamentally simplified.
Because of these changes in the material ledger, there is in general no backward compatibility, and
that is why no compatibility views exist on the table level.
I describe the changes made to SAP S/4HANA 1610 by answering questions that arose in the wake
of the release of this version of SAP S/4HANA and explaining their impact on various business
processes.
What Are the Supported Valuations with SAP S/4HANA

1610?
SAP S/4HANA supports all ERP valuation methods, and there is no change from a business
functionality point of view. SAP S/4HANA 1610 supports the following valuations:
• Standard Price
• Moving Average Price
• Actual Costing Optional
• Last in, first out (LIFO)/first in, first out (FIFO) valuation
• Transfer Pricing to enable Legal/Group and profit center valuation
Why Is the Material Ledger Mandatory in SAP S/4HANA

Enterprise Management 1511 and Higher?
http://sapexperts.wispubs.com/Financials/Articles/SAP-S-4HANA-1610-Material-Ledger-... 12/6/2017
SAPexperts | SAP S/4HANA 1610 Material Ledger Actual Costing: Understand the Fund... Page 2 of 25
Before SAP S/4HANA, the inventory valuation tables xBEW(H) (tables EBEW, EBEWH, MBEW,
MBEWH, OBEW, OBEWH, QBEW, and QBEWH) contained transactional and master data attributes.
With SAP S/4HANA, these tables still exist. However, these tables are used to store only material
master data attributes. The transactional fields LBKUM, SALK3, and VKSAL are retrieved from the
ACDOCA line items table with on-the-fly aggregation. The transactional field SALKV also is retrieved
from the material ledger table.
Hence, those fields are not updated anymore in the original xBEW(H) tables. As a consequence, the
material ledger has to be activated mandatorily. During a conversion to SAP S/4HANA 1610 or
higher, the configuration conversion step activates the material ledger automatically for all users
doing the conversion even though the users have not activated the material ledger in their source
systems. If the user is doing a new implementation, the material ledger activation has to be done
manually and the xBEW(H) tables need to be updated less often, leading to a higher throughput as a
result of fewer database locks (refer to SAP Note 2337368).
For more information on moving to SAP S/4HANA 1610, get advice from Bill Faison and Colin
Hart in SAPinsider's Q&A, Transition to Real-Time Analytics on SAP S/4HANA 1610 and SAP
BW/4HANA. To register for this Q&A, click here (http://sapinsider.wispubs.com/Assets/Q-and-
As/2017/December/real-time-analytics-on-SAP-S4HANA-1610-and-SAP-BW4HANA). For advice
on best practices for migrating to SAP S/4HANA, register for SAPinsider's Q&A, The Road to
SAP S/4HANA. In this Q&A Carl Dubler and Matt Makaila will answer questions about paving
a path to SAP S/4HANA and tools you can use. To register for this Q&A, click here
(http://sapinsider.wispubs.com/Assets/Q-and-As/2017/November/road-to-SAP-S4HANA).
What Are the Technical Changes to SAP S/4HANA

1610?
SAP has made significant architectural simplification in SAP S/4HANA 1610, including material
ledger actual costing. The changes made in the material ledger include the following:
• Various actual costing tables have been integrated into two new tables, MLDOC and
MLDOCCCS.
• The content of most of the former material ledger database tables is now stored in table
ACDOCA, which allows simpler, faster (SAP HANA optimized) access to the data. The
attributes of the material ledger data model that are relevant for the inventory subledger
functionality are now part of table ACDOCA. The former tables are obsolete.
• Contents of tables MLIT, MLPP, MLPPF, MLCR, MLCRF, MLCD, CKMI1, and BSIM are
stored in ACDOCA. MLHD data is stored in BKPF.
• The new material ledger document tables MLDOC and MLDOCCCS replace most former
periodic tables (MLHD, MLIT, MLPP, MLPPF, MLCR, MLCRF, MLKEPH, CKMLPP, CKMLCR,
MLCD, CKMLMV003, CKMLMV004, CKMLPPWIP, and CKMLKEPH). For more information
refer to SAP Note 2352383.
Table 1 provides a snapshot of the replaced tables and their purposes.
Table 1 Tables replaced in SAP S/4HANA 1610
Note
For more information on the tables replaced in SAP S/4HANA, refer to SAP Notes 2352383
and 2354768.
What Are the Functional Changes with Material Ledger

Actual Costing in SAP S/4HANA 1610?
In SAP S4/HANA 1610 the material ledger data store and processing logic were fundamentally
simplified. Functional changes to SAP S/4HANA 1610 include:
• The material ledger close is significantly faster. The four separate process steps that I
mentioned at the beginning of this article are merged into one step, settlement.
• With the new material ledger, there is no longer the distinction between single- and multi-level
variances.
• Price changes during the period are now possible without using a late-price change.
• Completely new period status logic.
These changes in the material ledger mean that in general there is no backward compatibility, and
that is why no compatibility views exist for material ledger tables.
The actual costing closing cockpit was significantly simplified in SAP S/4HANA 1610. Figures 1 and
2 compare the actual closing cockpit before and after SAP S/4HANA 1610.
Figure 1 The actual costing closing cockpit before SAP S/4HANA 1610
Figure 2 The actual costing closing cockpit with SAP S/4HANA 1610
What Is the Impact of SAP S/4HANA on Reporting?

The Material Price Analysis transaction (transaction codes CKM3 and CKM3N) was refactored and
now provides a simplified, improved view of materials in plants with active actual costing. This view
replaces the former CKM3 view Price Determination Structure. The enhanced Material Price Analysis
transaction functionality in SAP S/4HANA includes these changes:
• No more single-level or multi-level variances are shown in different columns in CKM3; rather,
these variances are displayed in the same column and these variances can still be identified
whether the variance is single level or multilevel. Since single- and multi-level variances were
stored in different fields, they were shown in different columns in CKM3.You have only one
column for both single- and multi-level variances. However, the information is still there and
shown in CKM3. There is no longer a separate view for cost components, but instead, the
cost components are integrated in the main screen.
• The posting logic to FI has not changed. It still distinguishes multi-level rollup (transaction key
PRV) versus single-level postings (transaction key PRY).
• Multi-level variances: In table MLDOC you can find the multi-level price variances in the
records with POSART = MC for materials and AC for activities.
• Single-level variances: POSART = MI are the variances that are rolled up on the consumption
side to the next level. For a multi-level rollup, there always exists a pair of MI/MC records.
MC is for materials, and MI is for the variances that are rolled up on the consumption side to
the next level
• Plan/Actual Comparison is removed in the new CKM3 transaction code
• Technically, data is retrieved from tables MLDOC, MLDOCCCS, MLDOC_EXTRACT, and
MLDOCCCS_EXTRACT
This new CKM3/CKM3N functionality is explained with a few examples.
Execute transaction code CKM3. In the screen that appears input data in the Material, Plant, and
Period/Year fields as shown in Figure 3. In the View field select PS Price Determination Structure
from the drop-down list of options. The section highlighted in the red square in Figure 3 then
appears. In the Production section under Consumption in Figure 3, the data is for raw material
issued for semifinished goods (SFG) production.
Figure 3 Raw material valuation issued SFG production
Note
In Figure 3, COGM stands for cost of goods manufactured.
Now execute transaction code CKM3 again. In the screen that appears input data in the Material,
Plant, and Period/Year fields as shown in Figure 4. In the View field select PS Price Determination
Structure from the drop-down list of options. The section under Production highlighted in the red
rectangle in Figure 4 then appears. The data in the rows in this section is for raw material issued
for finished goods (FG) production.
Figure 4 Raw material valuation issued to FG production
Execute transaction code CKM3 again. In the screen that appears input data in the Material, Plant,
and Period/Year fields as shown in Figure 5. In the View field select PS Price Determination
Structure from the drop-down list of options. The rows highlighted in red in Figure 5 then appear.
The data in the second row under Production in the Receipts section (the row in which ATY
1305/1420 appears) is for the own price difference on production. The data in the second and third
rows under Production in the Consumption section are for the price difference passed on to
consumption — material issued for production.
Figure 5 Semifinished material valuation issued to FG
Now execute transaction code CKM3 again. In the screen that appears input data in the Material,
Plant, and Period/Year fields as shown in Figure 6. In the View field select PS Price Determination
Structure from the drop-down list of options. Then after you expand the Receipts folder, the first
marked red box in this folder displays the price difference on production allocated from lower level
materials, the second red box with ATY 1305/1420 shows production variances of its own. When
you open the Ending Inventory folder, the marked red rows in this folder show price differences
allocated to ending inventory at the time of periodic closing using transaction code CKMLCP, which
you can see in the Settlement row.
Figure 6 Finished material valuation
You can see single-level price difference and multi-level price differences in the same column.
Now I compare the processes you complete after executing transaction code CKM3 in SAP
S/4HANA 1610 versus the processes used after executing transaction code CKM3 in the SAP ERP
Central Component (ECC) system. Figure 7 shows view after executing transaction code CKM3 by
providing Material /plant and period.
Figure 7 Results after executing Material Price Analysis (transaction code CKM3)
in SAP S/4HANA1610
In Figure 7, multil-evel (marked in the first red box) and single-level (marked in the second red box)
variances are shown under the same column, and these variances are allocated to ending inventory
at period end close, which is shown under settlement. However, prior to SAP S/4HANA 1610 these
differences could be seen in different columns as shown in Figure 8.
SAPexperts | SAP S/4HANA 1610 Material Ledger Actual Costing: Understand the Fu... Page 10 of 25
Figure 8 Results after executing the Material Price Analysis transaction (CKM3)
prior to SAP S/4HANA1610
The cost component is added by default with SAP S/4HANA 1610 in the Material Price Analysis
transaction (CKM3) and there is no further option given in the view to select the cost component.
The Plan/Actual comparison is removed from SAP S/4HANA 1610, but it was available in prior
releases (Figure 8).
With SAP S/4HANA 1610, after you execute the Material Price Analysis transaction (CKM3), the
system provides you with four views (Figure 9), whereas after you execute Material Price Analysis in
the ECC system, you find 12 views available as shown in Figure 10.
Figure 9 Material Price Analysis transaction (CKM3) options available with

selection value from SAP S/4HANA 1610
Figure Material Price Analysis transaction (CKM3) options available with

10 selection value prior to SAP S/4HANA 1610
Additonal options were added to the new Material Price Analysis transaction in SAP S/4HANA 1610.
For example, you can see the closing document, closing history, source document, and WIP
reduction. These options were not available with Material Price Analysis in ECC.
The functionality for the Valuated Quantity Structure transaction (transaction code CKMLQS) has
been designed to display the multi-level valuated quantity structure for individual material. The aim
of the multi-level valuated quantity structure is to provide an overview of the actual quantity
structure of the multi-level processes, valuated with the actual prices from the actual costing.
Now execute transaction code CKMLQS and enter data in the Material, Plant, and Period/Year fields.
After you execute the transaction, the system displays the screen in Figure 11.
Figure Multi-level valuated quantity structure

11
Implement SAP Note 2378468 for report CKMLQS. I recommend that you also apply SAP Note
2495950 to enable that the Valuated Quantity Structure transaction can be called directly via a
button from transaction codes CKM3 and CKM3OLD if this is not available in your SAP S/4HANA
1610 version.
Figure 12 shows a comparison of period status updated in the Material Price Analysis transaction
before SAP S/4HANA 1610 and with SAP S/4HANA 1610. To verify the period status, execute
transaction code CKM3 and populate the Material, Plant, and Period/Year fields. Then click the
Information on Period Status icon under period status. You can then observe that the period
statuses are different in SAP S/4HANA 1610 versus lower releases.
Figure Period status

12
Period status can be verified as explained above from transaction code CKM3 or from table
MLRUNLIST.
Now it is possible in the standard system behavior to change the standard price even if the goods
movement has been posted. However, you cannot change the price if the material status is closing
entries completed.
Now it is no longer required to use a late price change (LTPC) with SAP S/4HANA 1610.
You might use the Allow Open Status for Previous Period check box from the parameters on the
Preparation step after executing transaction code CKMLCP. Use this new check box only in
exceptional cases. In general SAP does not recommend selecting this check box (Figure 13). If you
press the F1 key on your keyboard, SAP Help documentation explains in which scenarios this option
should be checked. If you select this check box, materials or activities are processed in the Cockpit
Actual Costing transaction (transaction code CKMLCP) even though their period statuses in the
previous period are not closing entries completed.
Figure The Allow Open Status for Previous Period check box
13
Normally, the status check of a previous period should be used in following scenarios:
• In a test environment to allow testing of the material ledger period close in the Cockpit Actual
Costing transaction (transaction code CKMLCP) for a recent period although the Cockpit
Actual Costing transaction has not been executed for previous periods.
• In a productive environment for the very first material ledger period close after the material
ledger has been set to productive.
• In a productive environment, if the Cockpit Actual Costing transaction for the previous period
was processed incompletely owing to errors and it is no longer possible to complete post
closing for the open materials or activities (for example, because results have already been
reported).
• For details refer to KBA 2515611 - S/4HANA 1610 CKMLCP: errors ML4HMASTER 106 or
ML4HMASTER 107, or Close previous period first
What Tables Have Been Updated in SAP S/4HANA

1610?
The material ledger data includes the following categories:
AB = Beginning Inventory
PC = Price Change
ZU = Receipts
VP = Other Receipts/Consumption
VN = Consumption
EB = Ending Inventory
NV = Not Distributed
KB = Cumulitive Inventory
NC = Not Allocated
The difficult thing is that on the database level in table MLDOC the quantities and values for
beginning inventory and ending inventory are not persisted any more for each period. Instead, they
need to be calculated dynamically by aggregating all quantity and value changes from previous
periods. It is best to calculate this information based on table MLDOC_EXTRACT.
Table MLDOC_EXTRACT holds information about quantity and valuation changes. Transaction-based
updates, such as goods movements or invoice receipts, usually update tables MLDOC and
MLDOC_EXTRACT in parallel. However, table MLDOC_EXTRACT can be compressed. After
compression, the table contains only one entry per cost estimate number, period, and currency type
valuation view. Table MLDOC_EXTRACT allows fast and efficient calculation of the total quantity and
total value by cumulating all records for specific cost estimate numbers.
During period shift (transaction code MMPV) the tables MLDOC_EXTRACT are compressed
automatically for periods older than the previous period. Manual compression via program
FCML4H_RMLDOC_EXTRACT_COMPRESS is possible and recommended by SAP in case of very high
number of material movements. For further details refer to SAP Note 2354768.
Execute transaction code SE16N and pass the cost estimate number for the material as shown in
Figure 6. You then see the individual line item records in the screen in Figure 14.
Figure Update of table MLDOC for the material shown in Figure 6

14
Execute transaction code SE16N and pass the cost estimate number for the material as shown in
Figure 14. You then see the screen in Figure 15 in which you can see the compressed records per
period or currency with quantity and values as ending inventory.
Figure Update of MLDOC_EXTRACT table for the material shown in Figure 14

15
If you need the quantities and values for beginning inventory and ending inventory for each period,
then use reporting table FCML_REP_V. If you do not need the quantities and values for beginning
inventory and ending inventory for each period, it will be better to read data directly from table
MLDOC. Reading directly from table MLDOC also has advantages if you want to be able to look into
details of single goods movement documents, because FCML_REP_V has data only on a level,
summarized by category, item type, and production process number, as shown in Figure 16. In
Figure 16 note that the marked EB category represents ending inventory, AB represents beginning
inventory, ZU represents receipts, and VN represents consumption.
Figure Update of view FCML_REP_V for the material shown in Figure 14

16
The Core Data Services (CDS) view provides a unified data model across all application domains
FCML_REP_V has been optimized. Now it shows Beginning Inventory (Category AB) and Ending
Inventory (Category EB) also when no costing run has been created for the period, and when no
goods movements have been posted in the period. To get the optimized version, implement SAP
Note 2456976 CDS-View FCML_REP_V Beginning Inventory for periods w/o MLRUNLIST.
In case you cannot get the required information directly out of tables MLDOCCCS_EXTRACT and
MLDOCCCS, a new CDS view FCML_CCS_REP_V can be implemented via SAP Note 2467741.
ACDOCA_M_EXTRACT
With this model, material inventory documents (journal entries) are inserted into table ACDOCA.
Actual inventory quantity and value data are no longer persisted in the material ledger tables and
inventory valuation tables in the key figure model (for example, tables CKMLPP, CKMLCR, MBEW,
and MBEWH). All actual inventory quantity and value data are calculated on the fly from the material
inventory entries in table ACDOCA.
To increase performance a second table, ACDOCA_M_EXTRACT, has been introduced, from which
the actual inventory quantity and value data are calculated instead of from table ACDOCA.
ACDOCA_M_EXTRACT has a small subset of fields from ACDOCA, and each inventory valuation
relevant record inserted into ACDOCA during the material inventory document posting is also
inserted into ACDOCA_M_EXTRACT.
Records in ACDOCA_M_EXTRACT are periodically condensed. That means that the single material
inventory documents are aggregated to new condensed records per material and per period. The
new condensed records are inserted into ACDOCA_M_EXTRACT, and the contributing records of the
single material inventory documents are deleted from ACDOCA_M_EXTRACT. These condensed
records result in a periodic reduction in the number of records in ACDOCA_M_EXTRACT compared
with ACDOCA.
Because of the reduced number of records in ACDOCA_M_EXTRACT, requests for actual inventory
quantity and value data perform better after this process. This process is called precompacting for
table ACDOCA_M_EXTRACT and is executed by default as part of period-end closing.
Execute transaction code SE16N and then pass on the cost estimate number to view the table in the
output screen shown in Figure 17.
Figure Table ACDOCA_M_EXTRACT update

17
Precompacting for table ACDOCA_M_EXTRACT is executed by default as part of period-end closing

transaction MMPV After you execute transaction code MMPV an entry with GLFY 9999 and period
999 is updated. This represents the closing stock of the material ledger completed period as shown
in second marked box in Figure 17.
Where period is updated as 009.2016 / 010/2016 those shows periodwise stock as well as values
as shown in first marked red box in Figure 17.
For calculating current closing stock the last closing entry (i.e., period 999 FY 9999 + all the entries
that have document numbers updated) should be considered.
For more information refer to SAP Note 2342347.
Execute transaction code SE16N. This action opens the screen in Figure 18. In the Search for Table
field enter a table name (e.g., MLRUNLIST) and populate the fields under the Material and Plant
columns for the relevant item. (For my example, the item is enclosed in the red rectangle. Enter
COGM-F-01 for the material and COG4 for the plant.) Press the Enter key on your keyboard to save
your data. In this example, the highlighted item in Figure 18 shows that actual costing closing is
completed for this material for the period 09/2016 in valuation area COG4.
Figure Table MLRUNLIST update (also refer to Figure 6)

18
The closing entry is completed for the COGM-F-01 in plant COG4 for period 9/2016.
What Functionality Has Changed in SAP S/4HANA 1610
to Complete an Alternative Valuation Run (AVR)?

In the Cockpit Actual Costing (transaction code CKMLCP) and AVR Cockpit (transaction code
CKMLCPAVR) transactions, there is an additional parameter named Application (Figure 19). This
means that the application can be chosen so that it is possible to process alternative valuation runs
via transaction code CKMLCP and actual costing runs via transaction code CKMLCPAVR.
Figure AVR options (CKMLCP or CKMLCPAVR)

19
There is a new icon next to the display<->change icon to switch the application from Costing Run to
Run Reference and back in the toolbar of the Cockpit Actual Costing and Alternative Valuation Run
Cockpit transactions, as shown in Figure 19.
When the application is switched to Run Reference, a run reference can be created, changed, or
displayed. A run reference is a reference that contains all settings of an AVR. It can be used when
creating an AVR, but it is only mandatory for creating AVRs for parallel COGM. It can also be created
for a single period run, for a year-to-date run, or for a rolling run.
There are two options for creating an AVR: Create a classic AVR, which is the same as before SAP
S/4HANA 1610, or create an AVR with a run reference, which means the settings are taken from the
run reference and can’t be changed. Only the plants must be chosen.
In SAP S4/HANA 1610 all AVRs use periodic posting logic as is explained in SAP Note 633010. The
classic delta posting logic is no longer available.
A restriction in SAP S/4HANA 1610 is that currently there can’t be a periodic run and a posting AVR
with same end period—except for the specific parallel COGM scenarios. For example, that means if
users are running CKMLCP every period end, then AVR cannot be run. For example, if the user is
running CKMLCP every period end 1 to 12, which is the normal actual costing process, then if
another user wants to run AVR for the period 1 to 6 and 7 to 12 as a cumulation run, it would not
work. For more details on this process, refer to SAP Note 2354768.
What Is the Impact on an Organization That Converts to

SAP S/4HANA 1610?
There is a significant impact on the users in an organization that is currently using material ledger
actual costing and is migrating to SAP S/4HANA 1610. Therefore, it is very important to understand
the overall functional and technical changes SAP made in the SAP S/4HANA 1610 release. I explain
how an organization should analyze the actual costing post migration to SAP S/4HANA 1610.
Material Ledger Type Conversion
In SAP S/4HANA 1610 you no longer can use a material ledger type that references currency
settings defined in FI or Controlling (CO). (The old check boxes that you no longer can use are
Currency Types from FI and Currency Types from CO.) Instead, you have to explicitly define the
currency and valuation types that are relevant for the material ledger. Refer to SAP Note 2291076.
Note
During material ledger configuration, the conversion step for the existing material ledger type
0000 is automatically converted to a new material ledger type and assigned to all the plants.
Therefore, there is no need to create a material ledger type manually during conversion.
To define a material ledger type, execute transaction code FML_MIG_CUST and follow menu path
SPRO > Conversion of Accounting to SAP S/4HANA > Preparations and Migration of Customizing >
Preparations and Migration of Customizing for Material Ledger > Migrate Material Ledger
Customizing. This path takes you to the screen in Figure 20.
Figure The Migrate Material Ledger Customizing screen

20
After you execute the program in update mode by clicking the execute icon in Figure 20, check the
following transactions:
• Define Material Ledger Type (transaction code OMX2)
• Material Ledger Assignment of Valuation Area (transaction code OMX3)
• Material Ledger Activation in n Valuation Areas (transaction code OMX1)
After you execute the migration step as explained in the instructions before Figure 16, first check
the settings after you execute transaction code OMX2. This action opens the screen in Figure 21.
Check whether the new material ledger type besides 0000 exists. Check whether manual currency
type option is selected with ML types other than 0000 as explained in Figure 17.
Figure Define a material ledger type

21
If this is a new implementation, then you need to create ML types other than 0000 and select the
indicators under the Manual column for the currency settings as shown in Figure 17.
Now select the value in the field under the ML Type column (e.g., 9300) in Figure 21 and click the
Define individual characteristics folder. You see the screen shown in Figure 22.
Figure Define individual characterstics in the ML type

22
Verify whether all the required currency types are included in Figure 22. Note during conversion,
currency types are taken over from the source SAP system, and if the material ledger is not active in
the source system, then the default currency type 10 is added.
For my example, two currrency types are entered in Figure 22, but you can add up to three currency
types.
After the ML Type is set up as explained in the instructions before Figures 21 and 22, then execute
transaction code OMX3 to assign material ledger types to valuation areas as shown in Figure 23.
Figure Assign a material ledger type to a valuation area

23
In Figure 23 check that all the plants that are assigned to a material ledger type have a green status
box. Now execute transaction code OMX1. This action opens the screen in Figure 24.
Activate the material ledger with relevant price determination
Figure
24
In this step, you activate the material ledger for one or more valuation areas. If the material ledger is
active for a valuation area, all materials in that valuation area are valued using the material ledger.
To activate the material ledger:
• Set the Material ledger active indicator for the valuation areas for which you want to activate
the material ledger.
• With price control V in activity-based material price determination (indicator 2 in the material
master), the moving average price is calculated. If the price control indicator is S, the material
is valuated at the standard price. The moving average price is calculated for information
purposes.
• In single- or multi-level material price determination (indicator 3 in the material master), the
valuation price (standard price) remains unchanged and a periodic unit price is calculated for
the material valuation of the closed period. This option is only possible for materials with price
control indicator S.
Note
If you activate the material ledger for a valuation area (Plant), you should also activate it for
all other plants in the company code. This step ensures that the accounts in FI are reconciled
with the accounts in MM.
Check whether actual costing is active in the source system by following customizing menu path
SPRO > Controlling > Product Cost Controlling > Actual Costing/Material Ledger > Actual Costing >
Activate Actual Costing. This path takes you to the screen in Figure 25.
Figure Activate actual costing

25
Note
In the old system (i.e., before SAP S/4HANA 1610) you can check whether actual costing has
been activated by viewing table T001W-MGVUPD = X.
In this step you activate actual costing for materials and the update of activity consumption in the
quantity structure. The activation is separate for each plant.
You need to select a setting for updating the consumption of activities and processes in the actual
quantity structure. Three different settings are available:
• 0 = Update is not active
• 1 = Update is active but not relevant to price determination. Consumption is updated in the
quantity structure but not taken into account upon price determination.
• 2 = Update is active and relevant to price determination. Variances between the activity
prices/process prices posted during the period and the actual price at the end of the period
are adjusted subsequently.
To include this price in actual costing, choose option 2 Activity update relevant to price
determination in the column Activity Consumption Update in the Quantity Structure. Click the save
icon to save your changes.
What Steps Do I Need to Complete for Data Migration to

SAP S/4HANA 1610?
To migrate data to SAP S/4HANA 1610, follow menu path SPRO > Conversion of Accounting to SAP
S/4HANA > Data Migration > Start and Monitor Data Migration. This path takes you to screen in
Figure 26 wherein the rows in the red box show migrated material ledger data and the rows in the
green box show migrated purchase order and production order history.
Figure The data migration cockpit

26
I now describe the migration steps shown in Figure 26.
M10: Migrate Material Ledger Master Data

This activity ensures that the material ledger is activated for all valuation areas because it is
mandatory in SAP S/4HANA. The activity creates material ledger master data (tables: CKMLHD,
CKMLPR, CKMLPP and CKMLCR) in all material ledger currencies for periods more recent than the
last period of the previous year.
Data in MLDOC is created from the last period of the previous year to the current period for all
valuation areas where actual costing is activated. Cost component split data is created in table
MLDOCCS based on MLDOC entries.
In addition, all existing inventory aggregate values (tables MBEW, EBEW, QBEW, OBEW) and their
complete historic data (tables MBEWH EBEWH, QBEWH, OBEWH) are migrated into the new
universal journal entry table ACDOCA and ACDOCA_M_EXTRACT. Period records more recent than
the last period of the previous year are converted into material ledger currencies using the standard
exchange rate type. If you are already using the material ledger, existing material ledger records
(tables CKMLPP and CKMLCR) are transferred into ACDOCA and ACDOCA_M_EXTRACT with all
existing currency information.
This migration activity does not activate actual costing because actual costing is still optional in
SAP S/4HANA. However, if you are already using actual costing in the migration source system, ML
data for actual costing is transferred to new ML data structures.
M20: Check Material Ledger Master Data

After you perform the material ledger master data migration activity, this activity checks and verifies
the migrated data. For instance, existing values from the inventory and material ledger tables are
compared with aggregation via table ACDOCA.
M11: Migrate Material Ledger Order History

If the material ledger was not active in any valuation area before SAP S/4HANA conversion, this
actvity ensures that all existing purchase order history table records (tables EKBE, EKBEH, EKBZ,
EKBZH) and production order history table records (tables MLAUFCR and MLAUFCRH) are converted
into the material ledger currencies.
M21: Check ML Production Order and Purchase Order History

This activity verifies whether all production and purchase order history records have been converted
into the material ledger currencies.
For further detail refer to SAP Note 2352383.
Note
All the material ledger cutomizing and data migration steps are mandatory to execute even if
companies have not activated the material ledger or actual costing in the source system and
are migrating to SAP S/4HANA 1610.
To convert from SAP S/4HANA 1511 to SAP S/4HANA 1610, you need to execute the
FCML4H_STARTUP program to update new SAP S/4HANA 1610 material ledger tables as
table ACDOCA would have already been updated with SAP S/4HANA 1511 data conversion
steps.
What Tips Should I Learn About Reading Old and New

Actual Costing Data in SAP S/4HANA 1610?
When material ledger data is converted owing to the simplified material ledger data model in SAP
S4/HANA 1610, this conversion is not based on single material documents or price change
documents. There is one entry per period, per currency type and valuation view, per category (e.g.,
receipts), per process category (e.g., production), and per production process.
Reading Old Data (Before Conversion)

Here are some tips for reading old data before converting to SAP S/4HANA 1610:
• You may use your old reports that point to the old tables and read old data before
conversion. Compatibility views are not necessary.
• You may also use adapted custom programs that point to the new tables, but keep in mind
the conversion logic.
• Keep in mind that all material-related goods movements or price changes from previous years
are converted to the MLDOC tables as if the goods movement or the price change had taken
place in the last period of the previous year (summarization).
• Remember that data of the current year is converted not based on single material documents
or price change documents, but is summarized as follows: one entry per period, per currency
type and valuation view, per category (e.g., receipts), per process category (e.g., production),
and per production process.
• Data older than the last period of the previous year (related to the time of system conversion)
cannot be displayed by executing transaction code CKM3 because the old data has not been
converted to the MLDOC tables. To show data older than the last period of the previous year,
you can use transaction codes CKM3OLD (Material Price Analysis) or CKM3PHOLD (Material
Price History). Figure 27 shows the differences in the screens in the SAP system after
executing transaction codes CKM3 and CKM3OLD.
• CKM3OLD does not show postings created after system conversion.
Figure Differences in screens after executing transaction codes CKM3 and

27 CKM3OLD
Reading New Data (After Conversion) in a Custom-Developed

Query
New data posted after conversion to SAP S/4HANA 1610 is stored in the new tables. You have to
adapt your custom programs and queries to read the new tables.
Recommendations for Organizations Doing a System

Conversion
If your organization is planning a conversion to SAP S/4HANA 1610, here are some
recommendations to consider:
• Before system conversion is started, all material ledger costing runs—whether it is an actual
costing (transaction code CKMLCP) or an alternative valuation run (transaction code
CKMLCPAVR)—need to be finished (e.g., the step post closing has been successfully
executed with no errors and no materials with a status of open). Reason: After system
conversion to SAP S/4HANA 1610 or later, it is not possible to do any changes on costing
runs created before the system conversion.
• You cannot change material ledger costing runs or run steps of material ledger costing runs
during the process of system conversion.
• You cannot activate or deactivate material ledger actual costing during the process of system
conversion for one or more plants.
• Material ledger custom codes should be reviewed and reworked as there is no compatibility
view. Therefore, material ledger custom reports also do not work because they are based on
the old material ledger data structure.
A Review Quiz
1. True or false. In the SAP S/4HANA 1511 on-premise version, there was no issue regarding a
material ledger with 200 custom programs.
True. The changes in the material ledger with actual costing were introduced with SAP S/4HANA
1610. You can find information on this change in the Simplification List (PDF document) and various
release notes.
2. Normally, SAP provides compatibility views to continue to use custom programs, but table MLxx
does not have views in the SAP S/4HANA 1610 version.
True. The changes in the material ledger with actual costing are so massive that it does not make
sense or is impossible to provide compatibility views. Depending on the information you want to
read, you need to adapt your customer-specific reports to read the new tables.
3. If users have created SAP query reports by using standard query functions or ABAP reports, with
SAP S/4HANA 1610, SAP query reports have to be changed referring to the new material ledger
table.
True. The queries have to be adapted if you want to read new data. Provide the queries so that you
can be guided to the correct new tables.
4. Transaction code FCML_FILL is required in SAP S/4HANA 1610.
False. In SAP S/4HANA 1610 transaction code FCML_FILL is not needed anymore because the data
base views FCML_MAT_V and FCML_REP_V can replace the former database tables.
5. There are not any database views (CDS) available as per the new material ledger database
design in SAP S/4HANA 1610.
False. Via SAP Note 2433831/ 2467741 you can implement new database views (CDS)
FCML_MAT_V, FCML_REP_V, FCML_PROC_V, FCML_CCS_REP_V. These views can be consumed in
the same way as database tables and already contain much of the information you require.
6. There is a material ledger help desk available that supports the new design.
True. The Material Ledger Consistency check report is available to suppport SAP S/4HANA 1610 and
can be used to find the inconsistency in material ledger tables. However, these reports can be run
only in test mode, and the correction can be done only by a responsible SAP development team. For
the same reason you need to open an SAP Note message to fix the material ledger inconsistency.
This new report can be implemented using SAP Note 2433733 along with the prerequisite notes
mentioned in SAP Note 2433733. The transaction code for this report is FCMLHELP.
7. There are not any important SAP Notes to which you should refer while implementing or
migrating to SAP S/4HANA 1610 with actual costing.
False. The following SAP Notes must be referred to if your organization is moving to SAP S/4HANA
1610:
• 2332591 - Technical Changes in Material Ledger
• 2416935 - Material Ledger with Actual Costing in S/4HANA 1610: Important Notes
• 2354768 - Technical Changes in Material Ledger with Actual Costing
• 2352383 - Conversion to S/4HANA Material Ledger and Actual Costing
• 2416935 - Material Ledger with Actual Costing in S/4HANA 1610: Important Notes2427356 -
OMX1: valuation area cannot be added with ML type 9000
• 2433733- ML Helpdesk tool in S/4HANAML Helpdesk tool in S/4HANA
8. The late price change process (LTPC) is required with SAP S/4HANA 1610.
False. With SAP S/4HANA 1610 you can change the price directly after executing transaction code
MR21 in the period in which goods movement has been done without using the LTPC option.
Therefore, the LTPC option is no longer required with actual costing in SAP S/4HANA 1610.
Ajeet Kumar Agarwal

Ajeet Agarwal is an SAP S/4HANA product expert with more than 17 years of total experience,
including 12 years of consulting experience in SAP FI/CO.
He has been part of many full-cycle implementations, rollout and support projects as FI/CO
lead. His areas of expertise include product costing, material ledger, Profitability Analysis (CO-
PA), the SAP General Ledger, Asset Accounting and FI/CO integration with other SAP modules.
He has also worked on the classic general ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and
Bank Accounting.
He works as a senior business process consultant at SAP India (SDC) and part of the SAP
S/4HANA Regional Implementation Group (RIG) for the Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) region,
where he guides partners/customers on SAP S/4HANA conversions and new implementation
projects, and trains them on SAP S/4HANA new innovations.
See more by this author (/Financials/search?q=Ajeet+Kumar+Agarwal&exact=Checked)
You may contact the author at agarwal.ajeet@gmail.com (mailto:agarwal.ajeet@gmail.com?
cc=editor@financialsexpertonline.com).
If you have comments about this article or publication, or would like to submit an article idea,
please contact the editor (mailto:editor@financialsexpertonline.com).

ML Changes 1610

Enviado por

Dados do documento

Direitos autorais

Formatos disponíveis

Compartilhar este documento

Compartilhar ou incorporar documento

Opções de compartilhamento

Você considera este documento útil?

Este conteúdo é inapropriado?

Direitos autorais:

Formatos disponíveis

ML Changes 1610

Enviado por

Direitos autorais:

Formatos disponíveis

SAPexperts | SAP S/4HANA 1610 Material Ledger Actual Costing: Understand the Fund...

SAP S/4HANA 1610 Material Ledger Actual

What Are the Supported Valuations with SAP S/4HANA

Why Is the Material Ledger Mandatory in SAP S/4HANA

What Are the Technical Changes to SAP S/4HANA

Table 1 Tables replaced in SAP S/4HANA 1610

What Are the Functional Changes with Material Ledger

What Is the Impact of SAP S/4HANA on Reporting?

Figure 3 Raw material valuation issued SFG production

Figure 4 Raw material valuation issued to FG production

Figure 5 Semifinished material valuation issued to FG

Figure 6 Finished material valuation

Figure 9 Material Price Analysis transaction (CKM3) options available with

Figure Material Price Analysis transaction (CKM3) options available with

Figure Multi-level valuated quantity structure

Figure Period status

What Tables Have Been Updated in SAP S/4HANA

Figure Update of table MLDOC for the material shown in Figure 6

Figure Update of MLDOC_EXTRACT table for the material shown in Figure 14

Figure Update of view FCML_REP_V for the material shown in Figure 14

Figure Table ACDOCA_M_EXTRACT update

Precompacting for table ACDOCA_M_EXTRACT is executed by default as part of period-end closing

Figure Table MLRUNLIST update (also refer to Figure 6)

What Functionality Has Changed in SAP S/4HANA 1610

to Complete an Alternative Valuation Run (AVR)?

Figure AVR options (CKMLCP or CKMLCPAVR)

What Is the Impact on an Organization That Converts to

Material Ledger Type Conversion

Figure The Migrate Material Ledger Customizing screen

Figure Define a material ledger type

Figure Define individual characterstics in the ML type

Figure Assign a material ledger type to a valuation area

Activate the material ledger with relevant price determination

Figure Activate actual costing

What Steps Do I Need to Complete for Data Migration to

Figure The data migration cockpit

I now describe the migration steps shown in Figure 26.

M10: Migrate Material Ledger Master Data

M20: Check Material Ledger Master Data

M11: Migrate Material Ledger Order History

M21: Check ML Production Order and Purchase Order History

What Tips Should I Learn About Reading Old and New

Reading Old Data (Before Conversion)

Figure Differences in screens after executing transaction codes CKM3 and

Reading New Data (After Conversion) in a Custom-Developed

Recommendations for Organizations Doing a System

Ajeet Kumar Agarwal

Você também pode gostar