what is common distrn channel? give some examplles?

[Former Member]

what is common distrn channel? give some examplles?

[Former Member]

hi,

If you do not need the master data (customer / material and condition master data) to

be differentiated according to distribution channels, you have to set up a representative

distribution channel. The master data for the representative distribution channel

applies to all distribution channels for which you have set up this reference in

Customizing.

By doing this, you can minimize the effort of entering and maintaining master data.

In addition, you can update statistics for distribution channels without having to create

master data for the various distribution channels.

Consider you have three Dist Chnls (01, 02 & 03) and 10 customers who can buy thru either of these dist chnls. In order to enter a sales order you will have to extend the customers to all the 3 Dist Chnls, which means for 10 customers you will have 30 records in the tables. In real time scenario the number of customers and dist chnls are huge and they keep increasing. Imagine the amount of data you will have to maintain.

For this purpose SAP came up with the Common Distribution Channel Concept where you would identify the dist chnl for which you can maintain records and in the process reduce the number of records and also use it for the other dist chnls too.

If you create the dist chnl 01 as the common dist chnl and link 02 & 03 to it, you will have to maintain only 10 records and still can use it for all the 3 dist chnls. The same is applicable for the common division.

CHAN

[Former Member]

The commoin distribution channel & division reduces the master date creation.

I will explain u what we are doing in our project.

our client has domestic sales & export sales

DS-domestic sales & DE-Export sales

we have defined common DC=00

We are creating master data using common distribution channel but when creating sales order we sjhould enter export sales Dist channel C=DE

eg: customer=ABCD will be created in sales area 0001/00/00

0001- sales org / 00=common dist channel / 00=common division

but when sales order creation va01----> we will created in sales area 0001/DE/00

Note:

This is one method of doing. Depends upon client requiremnt it will vary.

eg: You can have two diferent sales org for dosmestic & export in that case

master data will have to be extended & sales order will be created according to exports/ domestic sales org.