How is item category determined?
ITEM CATEGORY IS DETERMINED IN TRANSACTION BASED ON -FOUR FACTORS:SALES DOC TYPE + ITEM CATEGORY GROUP + USAGE + HIGHER LEVELITEM CATEGORY=(DETERMINES) ITEM CATEGORY.
What is Extract used in condition tech. in pricing?
condition tech is the main backbone of pricing without condition there is no pricing
Condition tables + access sequence + condition type + Pricing procedure = Condition technique
What is the difference between plant and storage location?
- plant is place where Production/assembling of material is done as per PP-module, place where Storage/purchasing of material done as per MM-module and for sales plant is place where sales and service is provided.
- Storage Location is a place allotted inside a plant for the purpose to maintain the stock. The same considered for all modules (PP, SD, & MM)
What is the difference between item proposal and material determination product proposal?
Item proposal and product proposal are the same.
Item proposal is the list of materials and order quantities that can be copied into the sales order from the customer master data.
We use VA51 to create the item proposal. Here we get a number. This number is then linked to the customer master data in the sales view. This is very commonly used.
Material determination is very closely related to item proposal /product proposal and is used to swap one material for another in the sales order using the condition technique. I have not seen Material determination procedures used in the projects I have worked.
Item Proposal or Product proposal:
"Item proposal is same as product proposal & SAP uses the two terms interchangeably.
"An item proposal is a list of materials and order quantities that can be copied into the sales order. Items can also be selected from a list and copied into a sales order."
1) Use transaction [VOV8] to configure the document type ("MS" for product proposal).
2) Use transaction [VA51] to create a proposal.
3) Enter the item proposal on the sales area data (sales tab) of the customer master record.
4) In [VA01] to create a sales order, Select Edit & propose items."
Material determination:
"Material determination uses the condition technique to swap one material for another when certain conditions apply. Material determination is triggered by the material entered in the line item of the sales order.
Use transaction [VB11] to create a material determination condition record. And [OV12] for configuration of material determination.
Material determination is useful when old product is becoming obsolete or a new product is released by the company at specific date."
What are the statuses?
General SAP Status Management
Use
Use the general SAP status management if you require user status.
Status
The current processing status of an object is documented by one or more statuses. A status is an indicator that fulfills two functions:
It informs you that a particular status has been reached (for example, The order has been released)
It influences the number of business transactions you can perform.
If you execute a business transaction, this can then set or delete one or more statuses for the specified object.
You can set any number of statuses for an object.
Statuses can be displayed in two different ways in the system:
As a 30-character text
As a 4-character identification code
Both display variations are language dependent.
The system displays the active status of an object in list form or in a status row. The status row may contain up to a maximum of eight statuses. You use the status profile to define the position in which the application status is displayed in this row. The system can output several statuses in the same position. The system uses the Priority column in the status profile to determine which status is actually displayed The list display shows all active statuses (arranged according to position and priority).
A status can be either active or inactive: A status can
Allow a business transaction
Allow a business transaction with a warning
Prohibit a business transaction
If a business transaction is allowed with a warning for a particular object, the system issues a warning message when you execute the business transaction. You can then decide whether to ignore the warning and continue with the business transaction.
You want to flag a released internal order for deletion. However, the internal order has not yet reached the Closed status. In th case, the system first issues a warning indicating that the order has not yet been closed.
To use a business transaction, the following is required:
At least one active status must allow the business transaction.
No active status may prohibit the business transaction.
General SAP status management distinguishes between system status and user status.
System Status
The system sets a system status informing the user that the system has executed a certain business transaction for an object. You can only influence this status by executing a business transaction that changes the system status.
If you release an internal order, the system automatically sets the Released system status.
User Status
You can set a user status in addition to the existing system status. You specify the user status in a status profile, which you create for each order type in Customizing. You can specify and activate any number of user statuses.
In a production order you can simultaneously set the Released, Pre-closed printed, and Finally confirmed statuses.
The system status and the user status influence the business transactions in the same way.
Status Profile
A status profile contains a user-defined quantity of user statuses and rules. You can define status profiles in customizing for each order type. See the Define Status Profiles activity in the IMG:
The status profile allows you to:
Define the user status and document its functions with a corresponding long text.
Assign a status number that specifies the order in which the system reaches the user statuses.
Define an initial status, which is then automatically set when an object is created.
Determine that a user status is automatically set when you execute a business transaction.
Permit or forbid specified transactions, if a status is active.
Status Number
User statuses can be used to determine a sequence for the different steps involved in processing an object. For each step, you specify a user status and give it a status number You should assign these status numbers so that they are reached in ascending order.
If you assign a status number to a user status, specify a lowest and highest status number for the user status. These numbers limit the status number interval from which the subsequent user statuses can be chosen.
You require the user status to monitor individual steps during construction of a building. You create the following user status in a status profile:
Status number Status Short text Lowest status number Highest status number
10 PLAN Planning 10 20
20 APRV Plan approval 10 30
30 CNST Construction 30 40
40 HDVR Handover 30 50
50 CMPL Completed 50 50
The system usually works through the statuses in numerical order (status numbers). In this example however, it would be impossible to change directly from status PLAN to status CNST, because from status number 10 you can only switch to maximum status number 20 APRV. Similarly, once you reach the CNST, you can no longer return to the PLAN or APRV statuses.
Activities
To activate general SAP status management for internal orders, assign the status profile that you require to the appropriate order type in customizing for internal orders (see the Define Order Types IMG activity).
What is the purpose of sales document type?
Sales documents is nothing but data container, and its a proof of transactions to simplify business process document categorized into 3 types :sales document, delivery document , billing document sales document :sales related data is going to be captured here to map different process transactions sap has categorized into 4 types.
Presales order: inquiry, quotation (IN, QT)
Standard order: OR, cash rush
Customer outline agreement: Scheduling agreement-DS & contracts
Customer complaints: credit, debit (G2, L2)
The functions of sales document type are:
It can determine whether the sales doc of that type is blocked or not, No. ranges for the documents, whether a reference doc is mandatory or not, whether it should read cus.material info record, whether the system should run credit checks and how it should respond etc..
A sales document type fulfills a requirement of a specific business transaction.. for example in a cash sale you would require the delivery to be happening immediately after the order and you would require a invoice slip to be handed over to the customer immediately after his purchase. These things are customized in your Cash sales(CS) document type..
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