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MMPI program documentation:
Short text
Initialize Period for Material Master Records
Description
This program must be viewed in conjunction with the period closing
program (RMMMPERI). It does the following:
o Sets the current period
However, do not use this program to set the new period at the end of
a period, and use it only in addition to the period closing program,
never instead of it.
o Creates or updates the control record
o Makes it possible to create material master records if you are
initializing a company code for the first time
However, to initialize company codes, you are recommended using the
IMG activity Maintain company codes for materials management instead
of this program.
You can also use this program to correct data inconsistencies, for
example, due to user errors when running the period closing program, or
that occur as a result of skipping several periods in a test system.
However, first make sure you understand why the inconsistency arose and
then decide whether running this program is the correct way of resolving
it.
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 (see the
following example).
Example
Current period 02
Opening stock balance 0 pieces
Goods receipt 10 pieces
Period used for initialization 01
According to the material master segment, there are 10 pieces in stock
in period 01, although 10 pieces were posted to stock in period 02
according to the goods movement document.
Requirement
o Be sure you are fully aware what this program does before running
it.
o The material ledger must not be activated.
o To run this program in background mode, you must have created a
selection variant for it.
Output
This program issues a log indicating whether the company code(s) were
initialized successfully. |
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