Calculate Item Costs

The Calculate Item Costs Job scheduled process calculates the cost information of all the components, assemblies and subassemblies.

This retrieves material costs of all child items, performs the roll up of the material costs of the component items (leaf) and calculates the total cost of assemblies and subassemblies.

When to Use

Run this scheduled process periodically to retrieve costs on the components and roll up the costs for the assemblies and subassemblies.

Privileges Required

  • Manage Item (EGP_MANAGE_ITEM_PRIV)
  • Manage Scheduled Processes (FND_MANAGE_SCHEDULED_PROCESSES_PRIV)

Specifications

Review the following before setting up this scheduled process:

Specification Description
Job type Ad hoc job
Frequency Depends on the volume of items and updates to the item costs
Time of Day As and when required
Duration Based on the data volume
Compatibility There’s no current functional need to run multiple instances of this process simultaneously.

Parameters

None

Troubleshooting Information

  • You can view the status of the process in the Scheduled Processes work area.
  • The validation errors and warning messages are displayed in the error log.
  • Interactive warning validations aren’t performed.
  • After you submit the program, you can perform the following actions as provided in the Scheduled Processes work area: Resubmit, Put on Hold, Cancel Process, and Release Process.