View the Trading Profit and Loss of a Contract

Despatch orders may be traded with multiple despatch orders, and may also have an untraded portion that is compared with the set of mark-to-market terms. This contractual profit and loss displays aggregated data for all trades for all despatch orders in the contract that match the search criteria.

Security Note: Assuming you can view the contract, no specific security right is required for this activity.

Activity Steps

1. Open the Sales Contract or Purchase Contract.
2. Select the Profit And Loss node.

   This node only displays if a set of mark-to-market terms is selected on the Contract Settings node.

3. Enter the following search criteria as required.
   • P&L Date—Default: Current date.
   • Planned Despatch Start Date—Date from which to search for despatch orders by their planned despatch date. Default: The start date of the contract.
   • Planned Despatch End Date—Date up to which to search for despatch orders by their planned despatch date. Default: The end date of the contract.
   • Products—Products by which to optionally filter the despatch orders. Select from the products and brands configured to be contract products within the contract.
4. Click Search or press F3.
5. To view the detail of all line items, right-click in the Profit And Loss table and select Expand All from the menu.
6. To view a summary of the line items (that is, to view only the subtotals and totals), right-click in the Profit And Loss table and select Collapse All from the menu.