SAP ABAP IMG Activity INFL_TBE_MM (Maintain Time Base and Exposure to Inflation Variants)
Hierarchy
☛ BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   ⤷ CA-GTF-CSC (Application Component) Country-Specific Objects
     ⤷ J1AI (Package) Extended inflation FI
IMG Activity
ID INFL_TBE_MM Maintain Time Base and Exposure to Inflation Variants  
Transaction Code S_AL0_96000406   (empty) 
Created on 20011114    
Customizing Attributes INFLATION_MM   Inflation Accounting for MM 
Customizing Activity INFL_TBE_MM   Maintain Time Base and Exposure to Inflation Variants 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name INFLATION_TBE_MM    

Use

In this IMG activity, you define the time base and exposure to inflation variants (TBE variants). You then assign a TBE variant to a material's inflation class, which the Inflation Index Adjustment report uses to determine a material's replacement cost. The procedure varies, depending on the original currency of the material:

  • Local currency

    The system checks the TBE variant to determine which inflation index is to be applied.

  • Foreign currency

    For materials specified in a foreign currency, the system uses the values in the TBE variant to determine the replacement cost by performing a double conversion. This is described in the following example, where you need to adjust your materials for May 20X1:

    • First, the system converts the local currency to the foreign currency, using the exchange rate on the inflation-index date for the month previous to the revaluation month, that is, for April 20X1. Note that the date of the inflation index to be applied might not correspond to the actual month, depending on legal requirements.
    • Then it converts the foreign currency to the local currency, using the exchange rate on the inflation-index date for the revaluation month, that is, for May 20X1.
    • Finally, the system calculates the material's replacement cost on the basis of the exchange rate difference.

Requirements

Standard settings

The standard system includes TBE variants for inflation adjustment at intervals of one day, one month, six months, and one year. If they match your requirements, you can use them or copies of them.

Recommendation

Activities

If you need to create a TBE variant of your own, proceed as follows:

  1. Create the header data, including the TBE variant ID and a description.

    You do not need to enter a posting variant for the purposes of Materials Management (MM). It is only needed for Asset Accounting (FI-AA).

  2. Create an entry for each interval.

    For example, if you want to create a TBE variant for inflation adjustment at monthly intervals, create one entry for each month (see example below).

    For each interval, enter two dates:

    • On the left-hand side of the table, enter the last day of the interval.
      • In the example, an entry has been made for the last day of each month.
    • On the right-hand side of the table, enter the date of the inflation index that is to be applied to this interval.
      • Typically, you use the index published for the last day of the interval, in which case, enter the same date as on the left-hand side. In some cases, however, you are required to use an inflation index from a previous interval.

Once you have created the TBE variants, assign them to material master records through the material inflation class. You can also assign the TBE variant directly to a material master record, in which case it overrides the value in the material's inflation class when you run the Inflation Index Adjustment report.

Further notes

Example

For the purposes of this example, assume that:

  • Your fiscal year runs concurrently to the calendar year
  • You are required to adjust your materials for inflation at the end of every month

In this case, you make twelve entries in this table (see below), one for each interval. Because the intervals are the same each year, you can enter the year as 9999, which denotes a recurring interval.

Year    Month    Day    Post    Month    Day    Prev. year

9999    1    31        1    31

9999    2    28        2    28

9999    3    31        3    31

9999    4    30        4    30

9999    5    31        5    31

9999    6    30        6    30

9999    7    31        7    31

9999    8    31        8    31

9999    9    30        9    30

9999    10    31        10    31

9999    11    30        11    30

9999    12    31        12    31

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID    
Mandatory / Optional 1   Mandatory activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 2   Non-critical 
Country-Dependency I   Valid for countries specified 
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type C   Customizing Object 
Assigned objects
Customizing Object Object Type Transaction Code Sub-object Do not Summarize Skip Subset Dialog Box Description for multiple selections
J_1AINFTBV C - View cluster SM34 Time Base and Exposure to Inflation Variants 
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20020327 
SAP Release Created in 470