difference between item category and intem category group....urgent pls

[Former Member]

hi,

Could you please let me know the difference between item category and intem category group.

[Former Member]

Item category group :

The item category group determines how a material is processed in the sales order. It defines, for example, that pricing does not take place for a free of charge item, such as a business gift; or that inventory management is not carried out for a service. When processing sales and distribution documents, the system uses the item category group to determine the item category. The system determines the item category based on the item category group of the material and the current business transaction, and proposes it in the respective document.

Item category : wiht item category u will controll sales doc at item, simple here u define that whether the paritcular item is relavant for pricing , billing , delivery or not .

for ex service item not relvant for delivey so here u have maintain the settings that the material is not relvant for delivery.

the relation between iterm category and item category group is :

item category group will determine item category.

further info : http://help.sap.com/saphelp_470/helpdata/en/43/3bcfea0bff11d2956700a0c9306667/frameset.htm

Reward if helps

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Hari Shankar

[Former Member]

HI

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.

Item category determination enables, the system proposes the corresponding item category for sales document type through item category group. t-code: VOV4

Fields in the item category determination:

Sales document type, item category group, item usage, and higher-level item category

Default item category, manual item category

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/43/3bcfea0bff11d2956700a0c9306667/frameset.htm

refer below for further details

Item category is for a particu;lar sales order item and it has integration with sales document type and material master.

In material master ,you must have seen the item category grp in basic data and sales area data.

That means your item category is assigned to the combination of sales document type and item category grp in the configuration.

Whenever you will create an order for a particular type and you will put your material then your item category will be determined automatically.

Configuration is done by spro---sd -sales-sales document item----assign item category

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SHESAGIRI GEDILA

[Former Member]

Hi,

Item category group, groups the products according to the specific attributes. Item category group helps in Determining the Item category. Where as Item category tells that the product is pricing relevent, billing relevent, whether the Item is a Standard item or Text item whethere it is returns item or not, Whether the Credit check should happen or not. Theses and all are controlled by the Item Category.