on 01-06-2014 3:30 PM
Hi,
I am trying to understand the concept of having two different field in Material master for Product hierarchy
One under Basic Data1 and other under SalesOrg2.
Whats the need of having it under general view as well as Sales Org View?
Can it be different in any case?
If yes, please provide a business example for same
Thanks,
Aayush Jain
Product hierarchy defines the product and its composition. In a sales cycle, after billing document a PA (profitability analysis) document is created in which product hierarchy is populated and used in CO-PA reporting.
By assigning the hierarchy number to the material, one can determine a classification of the material. This hierarchy can be used in pricing with each level being used as a field in the condition technique.
Product Hierarchy is used for Profitability Analysis and also in Sales Reporting based on PH. In the standard system, the product hierarchy consists of up to 3 levels. The first and second levels have 5 digits each and the third level has 8. The maximum number of digits are 18 (Calles 5/5/8 Schema).In Standard SAP, the product hierarchy in the Basic and Sales Org2 views are in Edit mode and not necessarily to be the same .The product hierarchy in basic data deals with Sales reporting within the organization and in sales org2 deals with Profitability Analysis with respect to Pricing.
In my current Project, these have to be the same. We have a Z_programme that runs daily in the background to copy the PH in Basic Data (MARA) to Sales view 2 (MVKE) to make sure that both are same.
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Hi All,
Any idea about this question.
Regards,
Aayush Jain
SAP SD Consultant
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Hi,
JP has tried to expand what I have told you briefly.
I do understand that the help is the same in both the places.
I believe if you use some real world examples may be you will understand it better. I am sure you understand the Basic Data Screens in the Material Master are applicable for a whole host of Material Types and each material type represents a particular usage of a particular material.
The above usage means this field is very open for interpretation and usage. Also your Domain Industry Experience can help you to apply the usage. Nobody said, SAP is easy to understand.
I will make one attempt to explain what I think is the usage.
have different usages as the names themselves say.
The way the Non Stock Materials can be used grouped in a hierarchy could be different than the way the Finished Products can be grouped. So there you may have the same field but use it differently and attach them in different views.
I cannot do better than that. You also know that this is a voluntary forum so having the right expectations from members may help too.
You have a good one.
Thanks.
Hi,
Product Hierarchy in the Sales View is to categorize Products based on their Characteristics and Grouping from a Sales point of view like for example -> Pricing, Reporting, Etc.
I have not used Product Hierarchy from the Basic Data Views, but from what I read in the help, which you can do too, is that it is used for mapping Hierarchy of Competitor Products for Marketing Purposes.
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
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