Periodic Average Cost Report

When to Use

You should run this process when you need to review the periodic average cost information. This report is typically generated at the end of the financial reporting period.

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View Item Cost (CST_VIEW_ITEM_COST_PRIV)

Specifications

Review the following before setting up this process:

Specification	Description
Job Type	Ad hoc job/on demand.
Frequency	You can generate this report at the end of a reporting period to review item costs for any outliers. You should avoid scheduling this process and run it on demand as and when there's a need to review the periodic average cost of the items.
Time of Day	Any time.
Duration	Runtime of this process will vary based on the number of 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	Use cost organization to review the periodic average cost information for a specific cost organization.	Cost Organization Name	N/A	N/A
Cost Book	Required	Use cost book in combination with cost organization to review the periodic average cost information for a specific cost organization and cost book combination.	Cost Book Name	N/A	N/A
Period Name	Required	Use period name to review the periodic average cost information for a financial period.	Period Name	N/A	N/A
Category Name	Optional	Use category name to review the periodic average cost information for a specific item category.	Item Category Name	N/A	N/A
Item	Optional	Use item to review the periodic average cost information for a specific item.	Item Name	N/A	N/A
Include Items with No Change in Cost from Prior Period	Optional	Select this parameter value to Yes, if you want to include items for which periodic average cost didn't change.	Yes/No	N/A	Default value is No.
Valuation Type	Optional	Select the valuation type to review the periodic average cost information for a specific valuation type.	Asset Consigned Expense	N/A	N/A
Cost Summarization Option	Optional	Use the cost summarization option to define the level of summarized information required.	Summarized None Cost Element Type	N/A	Default value is Summarized.

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: Periodic Average Cost Default Report Format: HTML (default), CSV, Excel, PDF, Data, RTF, PowerPoint	N/A
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.