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Feb 18, 2009 at 04:41 PM

KSPI - Price calculation returns error depending on which periods you plan

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Hi guys,

I wanted to share this with you to see if this is a 'Bug', or if it's just the way I'm doing it. Here is step by step of what I did.

1) Created activity-independant cost planning for cost center # 3000 (KP06), for $10,000. It's broken up into periods as below:

Period 01

Period 02 $5,000

Period 03 $5,000

Period 04

Period 05

Period 06

Period 07

Period 08

Period 09

Period 10

Period 11

Period 12

2) Created activity input planning (KP26) for activity type LBRHR for 1,000 hours, broken up as follows into periods:

Period 01

Period 02

Period 03 500

Period 04 500

Period 05

Period 06

Period 07

Period 08

Period 09

Period 10

Period 11

Period 12

Then I execute KPSI for periods 1-12. In addition, I'm using pricing method '2', which is based on the average calculation. So theoritically it should take the total of $10,000 and divide it by 1,000 LBRHR and get an average periodical price of $10 per hours. In addition, I have the equivNo of '1' for all periods in the activity planning (KP26).

Now when I perform KPSI, I get the following error message. "Cost center CTR SC01/3000, cost element 611000: Splitting is not possible. Cost element 611000 cannot be split for cost center CTR SC01/3000, period(s) 2, because:the total of the activity type equivalence numbers is zero. Therefore, there is no splitting base for this cost element. OR

the target costs for cost object hierarchies are zero. This means there is no distribution basis for this cost element."

So when I change my activity planning in a way that I have the quantity planned starts on and/or before period 2 instead of period 3, then it works fine. So it seems like the system needs the activity quantity planning (KP26) to start in the same period or on an earlier periods as the first cost planning (KP06) period. In this example it needs activity planned in period 002 or earlier.

Is this the way it's supposed to be working?

How can I have it, so that it works even if the activity planning (KP26) is entered in periods after the periods that had cost planning (KP06)?

I appreciate your input and ideas.

Thanks

Edited by: Ehab Mansour on Feb 18, 2009 8:41 AM

Edited by: Ehab Mansour on Feb 18, 2009 8:42 AM

Edited by: Ehab Mansour on Feb 18, 2009 8:42 AM