Cost Management Profile Options

Profile Option	User	System Administrator				Requirements
	User	User	Resp	App	Site	Required?	Default Value
CST: Average Costing Option					Y	Required	System derived
CST:Cost Rollup - Wait For Table Lock			Y	Y	Y	Required	None
CST: Cost Update Debug Level		Y	Y	Y	Y	Required	None
CST: Exchange Rate Type					Y	Required	None

CST: Average Costing Option

For average costing organizations, choose the type of average costing. The options are Inventory and Work in Process or Inventory only.

CST:Cost Rollup - Wait For Table Lock

Indicates whether the cost rollup waits until the desired information is available or errors out after 10 attempts.

CST: Cost Update Debug Level

Indicates none or the level and type of debug messages to print in the cost update log file.

Regular: Every subroutine.

Extended: Every SQL statement.

Full: Same as Extended and keeps any temporary data in the database.

CST: Exchange Rate Type

Indicates how to convert foreign currency. The options are period average rate or period end rate. This profile is also used to control the exchange rate type used for the Margin Analysis Report, the Material Distribution Report, and the WIP Distribution Report. When entering a foreign exchange rate for one of these reports, you must specify the exchange rate type. For reporting profit and loss results, different countries use different financial standards.