Use Latest Work Definitions for Cost Rollup

When defining a cost scenario, you can specify whether the latest or active work definitions must be used to calculate the costs by the Roll up Costs process.

In a cost scenario, you can select the Use Latest Work Definitions options to indicate that the Roll up Costs process must consider the current active work definition from Manufacturing to calculate the costs. In the case of configured items, the process uses the latest configuration options based on the active work definition of the base models.

If this option isn't selected, the Roll up Costs process uses the work definition structure used to calculate the current standard cost of the regular items. For configured items, the process uses the configuration options used to calculate the current standard cost.

In the case of a cost scenario for regular items, this option is applicable only if the cost rollup scope is set to All Item, Selected Items, or Selected Item Categories. In the case of a cost scenario for configured items, this option is applicable only if the cost rollup scope is set to Selected Items, Selected Item Categories, or Where Used.

The table here lists the impact of selecting or not selecting this option in the case of cost scenarios for configured items.

Rollup Scope	Use Latest Work Definitions Selected	Use Latest Work Definitions Not Selected
Selected Items	Costs of manufactured configured items are rolled up based on the latest configuration options and active work definitions of base models.	Costs of manufactured and procured configured items are rolled up with the configuration options used in the prior cost scenarios to rollup the current standard costs.
Selected Item Categories	Costs of manufactured configured items are rolled up based on the latest configuration options and active work definitions of base models.	Costs of manufactured and procured configured items are rolled up with the configuration options used in the prior cost scenarios to rollup the current standard costs.
Where Used	Costs of manufactured configured items are rolled up when the active work definitions of the base models include the specified components and resources.	Costs of manufactured and procured configured items are rolled up when the configuration options used in the prior cost scenarios to rollup the current standard costs include the specified component and resources.