Sales order creation

[sharad_chauhan]

Dear one and all,

Very basic questions about sales area:

When creating a sales order, you enter sold-to-party and press enter. A pop-up menu appears that displays all the customers sales areas. However, these are different from the sales areas defined for customer if you check it in XD01>customer's sales areas.

1. Why are they different?

2. Can a sold-to-party be defined in a sales order for a sales area for which it don't exit?

3. How is the sales area determined in a sales order linked to the Sold-to-party, Sales document type and the material?

Thanks & regards

Sharad

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

If you are using common distribution channel (VOR1) and/or common division (VOR2), then the customer is created for only a particular sales area and no need to extend the customer to all the other sales areas (sales org is same and only dist channel and/or divsion are different) because the common concept is being used. A sale order can be created for the customer in any of the sales areas to which the common distribution channel and/or common division are referencing.

Regards,

GSL.

[former_member550050]

Hi

When a sold to party exists in multiple sales areas and when you create an order for him only the list of sales areas in which he lies will appear

Suppose customer x lies only in sales areas 1000,10,00 and 1001,11,00 and 1001,11,01 then only these three will appae in the popup screen

If anyother sales area appeard then i doubt whether it is a SAP system

Sales areas can be linked to document types in IMG

You can define a particular doc can only be used in certain sales areas

For your second qn the ans is no

Sales area is the most important thing in S.D and if a customer is not defined or created for a sales area i dont understand how that sales area will come in that popup

Regards

Raja

[Former Member]

Sharad,

1) I am not sure why there is a mismatch in sales areas. Are the number of sales areas in XD02 more than the sales areas that are displayed in the popup in the sales order? Or is it completely different? Did you press on All Sales Areas button or Customer Sales Areas button. Please try again. Goto XD03, enter sold-to number and click on customer's sales areas and see what result you are getting.

2) No

3) The determination of the sales area in a sales document is linked to the sold-to party. After the sales area is determined, you can only enter material that is extended to the Sales Org + Distribution Channel of the sales area. Also, Sales document types can be permitted for certain sales orgs. But determination is based on Sold-to.

Regards,

Chandan