SAP Note 744090 - Value Flow Monitor: Explanation and recommendations

Component : Actual Costing/Material Ledger -

Solution : https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/744090 (SAP Service marketplace login required)

Summary :
SAP Note addresses issues post-material ledger period-end closures with unexplained differences on price difference accounts. Featuring solutions and updates for identified concerns via multiple other notes, it also includes functionalities of Value Flow Monitor (VFM) accessible from Release 470 with Enterprise Extension 110. VFM, an advanced variant of Value Flow Analyzer, helps analyze undistributed or excluded variances using transaction CKMVFM and offers performance-oriented recommendations. The note clarifies selection screen options, implementing adjustments (e.g., reconciliation thresholds), and system performance tips for optimizing VFM usage, regularly updated to ensure efficacy and relevance.

Key words :
material lista flat alv list, material ledger period-end closing, required current data definitions, saved extract data requires, alternative valuation run function, single-level price determination, single-level price determined, multiple-level price determined, price limiter quantity logic, relevant price difference accounts

Related Notes :

908776Not included/not allocated and not distributed
875669CKMVFM: Runtime error RAISE_EXCEPTION "NOT FOUND"
861709CKMVFM: FI documents are not displayed
857671CKMVFM: Change CKMLRUNSCALE to MLAVRSCALE
857043CKMVFM: Short dump OBJECTS_NOT_NUMLIKE
856837CKMVFM: Incorrect plus/minus sign with FI differences
855568Transaction CKMVFM: Performance improvement
855387Make the price limiter logic controllable
849398CKMVFM: Performance
849065CKMVFM: TSV_TNEW_PAGE_ALLOC_FAILED
805391CKMVFM: No data is selected
803383CKMVFM: C+073, error reading material ledger period records
800762Transaction CKMVFM: Syntax error in Note 768814
783347CKMVFM - Different corrections
770270Transaction CKMVFM: Short dump TSV_TNEW_PAGE_ALLOC_FAILED.
768815Transaction CKMVFM: Short dump TSV_TNEW_PAGE_ALLOC_FAILED
768814Removing Value Flow Monitor - AVR
767958CKMVFM: Program termination with message type X
755401Enhancement Transaction CKMVFM: Extract and FI accounts
745766CKMVFM: C+099 internal errors in FORM/FUNCTION TREE_SHOW
718227Value Flow Monitor: Runtime error
715186Transaction CKMVFM terminates with runtime error TIME_OUT
710018CKMVFM: Status check when deleting price limiter quantity
621340CKMVFM/CKMVAL (Value Flow Monitor): Enhancement of FI balanc
614354CKMVFM,CKMVAL: Incorrect values in 'Not Allocated' column
603966CKMVFM, CKMVAL: Runtime error COMPUTE_BCD_OVERFLOW
524289Material ledger: Balance on price difference accounts
323719Price Limiter and Price Limiter Quantities
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