sd and mm item cat and acc assignment

[Former Member]

hi,

i notice SD and MM also have item category but only MM has account assignment.

1) may i know what is item category for both MM and SD? the item cat is same usage for both SD and MM?

2) why MM has account assignment but SD doesn't have?

thanks

[Lakshmipathi · Accepted solution]

Accounting document generates in MM or SD based on the movement type and not based on item category.

thanks

G. Lakshmipathi

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

hi,

can have example why you said accounting doc created is based on movement type? why SD also got movement type?

also what is the use of item cat and account assignment?

thanks

[Lakshmipathi · Accepted solution]

why you said accounting doc created
    is based on movement type?

Because in OMJJ, for each and every movement type, you would be defining the account assignments and in SD this movement would be assigned to your schedule line category. Further, this schedule line category would be assigned to your item category in IMG.

Hence it is not the item category that determines whether to generate accounting document or not but the movement type in schedule line category which you can check in VOV6.

thanks

G. Lakshmipathi

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

hi,

then what is the use of item cat and account assignment? can explain with example?

thanks

[former_member550050 · Accepted solution]

Hi

Qn No 1 SD item category and MM item category are entireley different

SD item category controls all the functions of that item that is material in the entire sales Process and we can change or customize many of the controls in SD thro VOV7 and define new item categories too

MM item category is almost fixed and standard keys are given by standard SAP itself like Third party item, subcontracting item,STO item etc like that they are provided readily in the standard which we have to use for that appropriate processes and no customization is allowed

Qn No 2 Logically in a business the material is already there or maintained with all accounts etc are perfectly defined (OBYC settings) and that material is used in sales

During sales process during PGI the same is used or if OBYC is not maintained properly that will hit you in PGI

In SD account assignment category is maintained in the schedule line controls in VOV6 and for most of the normal items that is maintained blank and the same will get determined from MM

But in a third party order schedule line cat CS and individual purchase order schedule line cat CB here the procurement of the materials is triggered from sales order that means

A sales order triggers the entire movement of the materials in third party order and individual purchase order

Hence in third party order schedule line cat CS and individual purchase order schedule line cat CB the account assignment categories are to be mentioned mandatory in VOV6 because this will control the whole process

Regards

Raja

[former_member217082]

Hi

For your First query , Item category in SD is different and in MM item category is different . In SD the item category is generated when you create a sales order and in MM the item category is used as one of the

key combination of Item category & account assignment.

For your Second query , MM has account assignment because , a Purchase order document type,(NB) and other document types for all these document types are made up of the combination of the Item category & account assignment.

Regards

Srinath