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Description
This program must be viewed in conjunction with theperiod closing program (RMMMPERI). It does thefollowing:
- Sets the current period
However, do not use this program to set the new period at the end of aperiod, and use it only in addition to the period closing program,never instead of it.
- Creates or updates the control record
- 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 theIMG activityMaintain company codes for materialsmanagement instead of this program.
You can also use this program to correct data inconsistencies, forexample, due to user errors when running the period closing program, orthat occur as a result of skipping several periods in a test system.However, first make sure you understand why the inconsistency arose andthen decide whether running this program is the correct way ofresolving it.
Caution
Be careful if the period used for initialization precedes the currentperiod in the control record for the company code since this can resultin an inconsistency between goods movements and material mastersegments. This is because the stock information in the material mastersegments is assigned to the new current period in this case (see thefollowing 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 stockin period 01, although 10 pieces were posted to stock in period 02according to the goods movement document.Precondition
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