Period Layer Inventory Valuation Report

Use the Period Layer Inventory Valuation Report to review all receipt layers with quantity remaining that make up the inventory balance at the valuation unit level. You can run this report for the current date or any prior periods.

When to Use

You can run this process anytime during the period to review receipt layers with remaining quantity, unit cost and value. This report is most applicable for actual cost method but can also be used for perpetual average and standard cost methods.

Privileges Required

• Run Layer Inventory Valuation Report (CST_RUN_LAYER_INVENTORY_VALUATION_REPORT)

Specifications

Review the following before setting up this process:

Specification	Description
Job Type	Ad hoc job/on demand.
Frequency	You are encouraged to generate this report at least once per reporting period. You should avoid scheduling this process more frequently than necessary for your business purposes. Avoid scheduling the process on a frequency that might overlap. Ensure that you maintain a lag between the end of a scheduled process and the start of the next scheduled process.
Time of Day	Any time.
Duration	Runtime of this process will vary based on the number of inventory transactions in the period.
Compatibility	The process is designed to automatically detect incompatibilities and will gracefully branch around the incompatibility, log errors, and exit when necessary. However, it's highly recommended to schedule the processes in such a way as to avoid overlapping process runs.

Parameters

Parameter	Optional or Required	Description	Parameter Value	Special Combinations Required	Notes
Cost Organization	Required	Provide the cost organization for which you want to view inventory layer transactions.	Cost Organization Name	N/A	N/A
Cost Book	Required	Provide the cost book in combination with the cost organization to review the inventory layer transactions for a specific cost organization and cost book combination.	Cost Book Name	N/A	N/A
Inventory Organization	Optional	Provide inventory organization to review the inventory layer transactions for a specific inventory organization.	Inventory Organization Name	N/A	N/A
Subinventory Code	Optional	Provide subinventory code to review the inventory layer transactions for a specific subinventory.	Subinventory Code	N/A	N/A
Period	Required	Provide the period for which you want to review the inventory layer transactions.	Period Name	N/A	N/A
Valuation Type	Required	Use valuation type to review the inventory layer transactions for a specific type.	Asset (default) Consigned Expense	N/A	N/A
Valuation Unit	Optional	Provide valuation unit to further filter the inventory layer transactions for by specific valuation unit.	Valuation Unit Name	N/A	N/A
Project Number	Optional	Provide project number to review the inventory layer transactions for a specific project.	Project Number	N/A	N/A
Country of Origin	Optional	Provide country of origin to filter the inventory layer transactions by specific country of origin.	Country Name	N/A	N/A
Item Type	Optional	Use item type to review the inventory layer transactions for a specific item type.	Item Type	N/A	N/A
From Item	Optional	Use this to define the initial point of the item number range for filtering the inventory layer transactions.	Item number	N/A	Only useful when your item numbers are defined in a sequence.
To Item	Optional	Use this to define the end point of the item number range for filtering the inventory layer transactions.	Item number	N/A	Using the From Item parameter without the To Item parameter may result in slower performance.
From Item Category	Optional	Use this to define the initial point of the item category range for filtering the inventory layer transactions.	Item category number	N/A	Only useful when your item categories are defined in a sequence.
To Item Category	Optional	Use this to define the end point of the item category range for filtering the inventory layer transactions.	Item category number	N/A	Using the From Item Category parameter without the To Item Category parameter may result in slower performance.
Include Negative Inventory	Required	This attribute should be set to Yes if you are reconciling. You can set it to Negative Rows Only if you want to review items with negative inventory at valuation unit level.	Yes (default) No Negative Rows Only	N/A	N/A
Include Zero Cost Items	Required	Select Yes if you want to include items with zero cost	Yes (default) No	N/A	N/A
Cost Summarization	Required	You can specify whether to summarize the total cost or show costs at the cost element level in the report.	Yes-Total Costs (default) No–Cost Element Level	N/A	N/A

You can optionally set the advanced parameters listed here.

Option	Description	Value	Notes
Schedule	Use this option to select the frequency of generating the report.	As soon as possible Using a schedule	N/A
Output	Use this option to control the layout & output file format of the report.	Name: User-defined Layout: By Item, Valuation Unit, Deliveries No Summarization (default) Format: HTML, CSV, Excel, PDF, Data, RTF	Which layout to use: To review the receipt layers and total amount for each item and valuation unit combination, select By Item, Valuation Unit, Deliveries. To review the inventory layer values in a flattened view, select No Summarization.
Notification	Use this option to trigger notifications for the users.	Recipient Condition	N/A

Troubleshooting Information

• You can view the status of the process in the Scheduled Processes work area.

• Error and warning messages encountered while running the process are displayed in the process log file.

• When the process is submitted, you can Resubmit, Put on Hold, Cancel Process, Release Process as provided by the Scheduled Processes work area.

• To run the process, you must have data access to the appropriate cost organization.