sd screen in material master

[Former Member]

hi gurus

In sd screen2, there are two item categories. one of them is general item category group and the other item category group. what is the difference between them. I read f1 help but description of that two categories are the same. can anyone explain me please..

[Lakshmipathi · Accepted solution]

In short;

Item Category Group - It controls which item category should come in sales

Item Category - It controls how the sales order should be processed

thanks

G. Lakshmipathi

[Former Member]

Dear Kemal,

General item category grp is used in the sales processes like BOM, where we have higher item category and the default item

categories.

General item category grp would refer to the higher level item category and item category grp would refer to the default item category

General Item category Group is an extension item category group. Example: if one select item catagory group as NORM, but under item category group, NORM can further be classified as Service item, packagaing item or Normal

item using "general item category group".

Also, General item category group is maintained at client level, this field can be maintain from Basic Data View of Material Master. Thus in case item category group is missing, then general item category group is used for item category determination.

Item category group determines how a material is processed in the sales order. When processing sales and distribution

documents, the system uses the item category group to determine the item category and proposes it in the respective document. Item category group is defined in the Sales Org View 2 of Material Master Record.

Example, in the standard SAP System, the item category group NORM is defined for materials kept in stock and the group DIEN for services and non-stock material

If you have any concerns revert back the same

With Regards

Amjath

[Former Member]

Hi there,

Item catg determination : Sales order + Item catg grp + usage + High level Itam catg.

In the sales order, select teh material & press F8. It will take you to material master. Go to sales org 2 view.

The 2nd Item catg grp in the material master sales org 2 is the one which is used in determining the item catg in a sales order.

General item catg grp is the generalized item catg grp of the material. It is not mandatory & may be different from the 2nd item catg grp..

But the 2nd Item catg grp is mandatory in sales order.

Regards,

Sivanand

[Former Member]

Hello,

Item Category Group is one of the component which along with the Sales Doc Type, The Item Usage and Higher Level Item Category decide about the Item Category in a sales doc.

Eg: We can use ERLA as item cat group and carry out the header level pricing or we can LUMF and do the item level pricing in case of a Sales BOM.

General Item category Group is an extension item category group. It talks about further classification of a material.

Like NLAG- non stock material can be used to identify bom header items, service items.

General item category group is maintained at client level, this field can be maintain from Basic Data View of Material Master. Thus in case item category group is missing, then general item category group is used for item category determination.

Prase

[Former Member]

Hi there,

General Item Catg Grp is the item catg which is used in determining the item catg.

2nd Item categiory grp is the group which is used to determine the item catg in this particular sales order.

In the sales order, see the item catg which is determined in the item overview screen.

Select the material master & press F8 to go to the material master. See the 2 item catg grp that are mentioned in Sales Org 2 view.

In VOV4, check what item catg grp determines the one which is in the sales order. You will be able to understand.

Regards,

Sivanand