valuation type

Asset Accounting (FI-AA)

Basic criterion for calculating the asset value.

In a depreciation area, in addition to the acquisition and production costs and ordinary depreciation, the following special valuation types can be calculated:

• revaluation

• investment support measures

• special depreciation

• unplanned depreciation

• transfer of reserves

• interest

Materials Management (MM)

Subdivision of a valuation category in split valuation.

For example:

A company manages its stocks of a material using the valuation category "Quality", which is made up of three different valuation types:

• high quality,

• average quality, and

• inferior quality.

SAP Retail (IS-R)

A subdivision of a valuation category in split valuation.

Example:

A company manages its stocks of a material using the valuation category "R", which is made up of two different valuation types:

• Promotion stock

• Standard stock