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Hi:

There is an "Update Unit Cost" toggle when changing the Status of a Production Order.

Is it possible for the "Update Unit Cost" toggle to default to always being on?

What does this setting do, anyway?

Thanks!

John

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YUN ZHU 100,974 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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As far as I know, it cannot be done except customization.
Hopefully other experts can give you better suggestions.

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Suresh Kulla 50,278 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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You can customize an event on the page and subscribe to set it as true by default. The settings update the production order items and recalculate the unit cost.

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Khushbu Rajvi. 22,424 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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You can customize the behavior using an event subscriber or modification in the AL code.

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Jainam M. Kothari 16,520 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hello,

"Update Unit Cost" toggle to default to always being on, it appears that this cannot be done through standard settings and would require customization.

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Gerardo Rentería Ga... 26,790 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi

You could run it by code and through the protected variable always activate it.

Protected Variables

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Holly Huffman 6,554 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi there! Good morning, evening, or afternoon - depending on where you are :)

Hope you are well today!

When the UPDATE UNIT COST is switched on while changing the status of a Production order, it recalculates the unit cost of the finished goods based on actual consumption of materials, resources, and other costs incurred during production.

the system updates the unit cost of the produced item to reflect the actual costs (rather than relying on estimated or standard costing)

this ensures the inventory value of finished goods is accurate (which is important for financial reporting & cost analysis)

this feature is especially important for items using costing methods that are not standard (as those are fixed)

Hope this helps some!

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Ramesh Kumar 7,555 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi,

You'll need to customize the system and force the user to update the unit cost as part of the production order release—something like triggering the unit cost upon release.

We did the validation of pricing as part of sales order release process in the past.

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Ramesh

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Andri Wianto 406 on at

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Currently, there is no setup.

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Dhiren Nagar 2,886 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @JE-20081519-0,

You can subscribe to the below event through AL code and update the value of ReqUpdUnitCost to true.

[IntegrationEvent(true, false)]

local procedure OnAfterSet(ProdOrder: Record "Production Order"; var PostingDate: Date; var ReqUpdUnitCost: Boolean; var ProductionOrderStatus: Record "Production Order"; var FirmPlannedStatusEditable: Boolean; var ReleasedStatusEditable: Boolean; var FinishedStatusEditable: Boolean)

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end;

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