Change Merchandise Category for Article

[Former Member]

Hi

Can you please tell me the procedure for changing the Merchandise Category for an article and also let me know the implications for the same. Purchase and Sales for the article have been done.

Thanks in advance

Poonam

[Former Member]

Dear Poonam,

You can try the way given below

1. Change material groups i.e. base material groups

2. then you need to go to transaction WG02 (changing

material groups) via menu options MG environment --> Hierarchy

level --> Change - to change hierarchy levels

3. ou change characteristics profiles using transaction WG02

(changing material groups) via menu options MG environment -->

Char. profile --> Change

Award Point

Regards

[Former Member]

WG02 does not exist. The ques was pertaining to IS-Retail.

Anyways thanks.

[Former Member]

Its WG22

[Former Member]

Hi Poonam,

l use the following link for your query

http://www.sapfans.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=274960

Regards,

Mani

[hnmuralidhara]

Hi Poonam,

This process shows how to can change the assignment of articles to merchandise categories and merchandise category levels in merchandise category hierarchies. This process is called as Reclassification.

To do this, you have to carry out Process Flow as below;

(1) Define the planned date for the reclassification version and assign a change identification.

(2) Select the objects to be reclassified:

Article

Merchandise category

Merchandise category hierarchy level

(3) If an article is to be moved to a merchandise category which has a characteristics profile assigned to it, decide if the article should be assigned to the merchandise category directly or to the characteristics profile.

The system checks the characteristics of source and target objects: reassignment is only possible if the characteristics and characteristic values of the source also exist in the target.

(4) The system checks the level at which stock is managed in the affected sites: if in at least one site the stock is managed at a higher level than the article level, reclassification is only possible if the value-only article remains the same or if no stock exists anyway.

(5) Process the error log and change the reclassification version, as necessary.

Save the reclassification version. This is a simulation version, meaning that it does not take effect until it is actually activated. You can change this version right up until its activation date.

(6) By activating ("updating") the reclassification version, you confirm that the relevant objects are to be moved on a specified date and - if articles are being moved - that the merchandise categories are to be changed in open purchase orders and allocation table items (optional). New listing conditions can be created and old ones deleted, as required.

(7) If necessary, you update the Information System (manual function).

Bye,

Muralidhara

[bjoern_panter]

Hi,

this is the big difference between core and retail.

In Core system you can change the Material category with MM02

In Retail, you have to do a reclassification via transactions WRCR or the more complex WRC4/WRCV

If you want to switch teh MATKL for a lot of articles including all depending sales documents etc, please contact the SAP SLO team. They have special solutions developed to convert data.

But this is a complex process, so I hipe the WRCR will work for you.

Regards

Björn

[former_member335292]

Hi Bjorn/Murali,

WRC4 and WRCV can certainly help in reclassifying the merchandise category...but in this case is it possible to have a retrospective sales also...i.e...the invoice/billing document will have the old merchandising category or the reclassified merchandise category?

Rgds,

Aram.

[Former Member]

If its for IS Retail, u can use WRCR to change mer-cat for single Article or create an lsmw for same