RE: Item Balance STDUC vs. Itemasa UCDEF and Itemasb STDUC

Eric,

If the cost is not zero, the system should generate a CA transaction.  If
you have GL interfaces turned on, zeroing the field before month end, will
result in invalid transactions being sent to GL.  Not certain about impact
on COM/SA, but I'd imagine that the cost values would be wacky.

Kevin Fox
kdfox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric A. Wolf [mailto:eric_a_wolf@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 3:31 PM
To: mapics
Subject: Item Balance STDUC vs. Itemasa UCDEF and Itemasb STDUC


To the list...
My customer is trying to use the IM Month End Close option of updating the
Unit Cost Default with the Stand Unit Cost.  It does not seem to be working
for all items.

According to the MAPICS FAQ, the CU transaction will only be written if the
STDUC field in the Item Balance record is zero.  When I zero the field out
(in Test), change the Itemasa UCDEF to 999.99, run a Cost Rollup, IM Month
End close, I finally do get the CU.  After the close, I get a UCDEF of
15.999 which seems to be right.

What impact on COM and SA (yes, I said SA), will zeroing out the Itembl
STDUC have regarding capturing costs for shipments and sales?  I think I
know the answer but wanted to check to make sure.

TIA...
Eric