Re-opening a period for posting in MIGO

[Former Member]

I would like to make a post in 12/2010 but only 01/2011 and 02/2011 are allowed. I've done a search online on how to re-open a period for posting in MIGO, but they all suggest MMPI. From reading the OSS notes, this seems like it would affect a lot of our data which we don't want. Is there another method you would suggest that is much safer?

Thanks,

[fabio_almeida · Accepted solution]

Hello,

It is possible to reopen a previously closed period. However, it isn't

advisable to do because the valuation data of the previous period could

get affected. If you decide to proceed with the process, please review

the documentation of program RMMMINIT (To see this documentation, please

do the following: SE38, RMMMINIT, and select the documentation button

and display).

Take into account the documentation of the program RMMMINIT:

"Caution

Be careful if the period used for initialization precedes the current

period in the control record for the company code since this can result

in an inconsistency between goods movements and material master segments

This is because the stock information in the material master segments is

assigned to the new current period in this case."

Please also review the note 70545 regarding the initialization

process. Although this note is NOT valid for your release, it provides

good information on the use of initialization for correction purposes.

Additionally, please review the note 369637 in this regard as well.

PLEASE FIRST PERFORM THIS IN A TEST/DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM PRIOR TO MOVING

TO PRODUCTION AS YOUR VALUATION DATA FROM PREVIOUS PERIOD WILL BE

AFFECTED. If you are satisfied with the results, then you can move it

to production.

Also see the SAP On-line documentation (http://help.sap.com):

Logistics - General (LO)

-> Logistics Basic Data (LO-MD)

-> Material Master (LO-MD-MM)

-> Period closing

In addition, as you know, please check the following note as well:

487381 - RMMMINIT: Protection against unintentionial execution

I hope this information helps you.

Regards,

Fábio Almeida

MM Consultant

[Former Member]

Thank you. In the end I've been able to avoid re-opening any periods.

[JL23]

just one: post either into January or February.

I would consider MMPI in case a period got accidently closed in the middle of a month, whihc would then effect thousand of movements.

But just to fix one movement, I would not go the risk and open an old period