PAC Beginning Balance Extension lets you initialize the beginning costs and beginning quantities in periodic average costing.
Cost Management calls the PAC beginning balance extension in Periodic Average Cost Processor, while setting up the beginning balance for the current PAC period. Ensure that the cost element by level costs are in CST_PAC_ITEM_COST_DETAILS, PAC item costs are in CST_PAC_ITEM_COSTS, and PAC layer quantity information is in CST_PAC_QUANTITY_LAYERS. For WIP completion items, operation requirements, applied value, applied quantity, relieved value, relieved quantity information to be populated in CST_PAC_REQ_OPER_COST_DETAILS.
When this extension is called, the system determines whether it has been implemented and returns a value accordingly. The return values are as follows:
1 - The extension has been used and beginning balance is set for the current PAC period, cost group, cost type.
-1 - The extension has not been used. Copy beginning balance from previous PAC period.