difference bet'n item cat group & gen item cat group .

[Former Member]

can anyone know about difference bet'n item cat group & gen item cat group in material sales view?

[Former Member]

Dear,

Considerting the remaining answers above, Please have a look:

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

In Simple:

Item Category determines the processing of any Item/material that we enter in a sales order and in this way it also effects the procesing of any sales doc in which it is used.

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.

As per definition General Item Category Group & Item Category Group both are to detrmine Item Category in Sales Document.

the Item Category Group is used to determine Item Category.

General item category is a broader term and used other than SD processes

Regards,

Syed Hussain.

[Former Member]

thanks

[Former Member]

In my understanding General Item category group and item category groups are same..

It is a group specified in the material master record.

The system uses the item category group and the sales document type to determine the category of a document item. For example, in the SAP standard version the item category group NORM is defined for all materials kept in stock.

also check this..

Item category group from material master

A grouping of materials that the system uses to determine item categories during the processing of sales documents.

Procedure

Depending on the item category group that you apply and the sales document type you are processing, the system automatically proposes an item category in the document.

Example

In the standard system, for example, there are standard items, items that represent services (and do not require delivery processing), and items that represent packaging materials

karthick

[Former Member]

Hi Nainesh,

Item Catogery -

A grouping of materials that the system uses to determine item categories during the processing of sales documents.

The item category determines whether the following are mandatory or admissible for an item:

Material number

Additional account assignment

Inventory management in the SAP system

Goods receipt

Invoice receipt

General item category -

Materials grouping that helps the system to determine item categories during sales document processing.

If a group is configured specific to distribution channel, it has priority if the corresponding activity is distribution channel-dependent

The system automatically suggests an item type in the document depending on the item category group you assign and the sales document type you are processing

Regards,

Rahul.