mat. determination

[Former Member]

Hi gurus,

how to create multiple materials for material determination. and in what scenario do we need to use this.

siva

[Former Member]

Dear Siva,

please see also following SAP consulting/FAQ notes:

- 412789 (Restrictions for product selection)

- 550396 (FAQ: Material substitution and product selection)

- 870085 (FAQ: Product proposal)

- 869601 (FAQ: Cross-Selling)

- 863767 (FAQ: Listing/Exclusion)

- 865302 (Listing/Exclusion: Defining own requirement)

Best regards,

Klaus-Martin

[Former Member]

Hi,

In the transaction OVRQ ( substitution reason ), you need to configure strategy and outcome. You need to set strategy as manual.

While maintaining condition record, you need to specify multiple materials for a single material.

Please note, only one material will swap the original.

Thanks & Regards,

CLn

[Former Member]

Hi siva,

Creating Multiple Materials in Material Determination

Material Determination is used to swap one material for another.It is possible to get a list of materials for substituiton,but remember you can substitue only one material from the list.

This can be done through substituiton reason T Code [OVRQ]

See the substitution reason number for Manual Material Selection

- check the Entry box

- check the Warning box

- select A for Stategy

- save.

Go To VB11 to create Material Determination (taking into consideration that all the previous steps for material determiantion i.e. maintaining condition types,maintaining procedures for material determination and assigning procedures to sales doc. types have been done)

Create one material determination,dont forget to give the Subst reason on top and also on the line.

Click the Variants Icon on top left-Sreen opens

Specify different materials you want to swap with the material you have enterd

Note that the subst reason is already copied on the screen

Remember materials should be of the same sales area,atleast Divisions should be same.

We need to create multiple materials when we feel more than one substitute can be proposed for a given product. Also, say if

X product 100 gm is not available, we can suggest may be a 200 gm, 300 gm like that, so that we finally endup giving what the customer is looking for. Moreover if the available alternative is not in stock, we can propose the 2 nd and 3 rd alternatives to make up.

Pl. reward if it helps.

Thanks & Regards

Sadhu Kishore