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Dear sap gurus,

1.kindly explain me the diffrence between gen item category group and item category group.

is there will be any situation both item category differs

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Difference between General Item Category Group & Item Category Group.

General Item category Group is an extension item category group. Example: if one select item catagory group as NORM, but under item category group, NORM can further be classified as Service item, packagaing item or Normal item using "general item category group". Also, General item category group is maintained at client level, this field can be maintain from basic data view. Thus in case item category group is missing, then general item category group is used for item category determination.

item category group determines how a material is processed in the sales order. When processing sales and distribution documents, the system uses the item category group to determine the item category and proposes it in the respective document. Item category group is defined in the material master record.

Example, in the standard SAP System, the item category group NORM is defined for materials kept in stock and the group DIEN for services and non-stock material

Also Pl refer these url's where the same kind of query was handled.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/dd/55fb13545a11d1a7020000e829fd11/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_crm40/helpdata/en/35/26c751afab52b9e10000009b38f974/content.htm

Regards,

Rajesh Banka

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Former Member
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divya,

the same has been answered a lot of time till now in the forum.. might be a good choice always to search ones...

and briefly the gen item cat group tells about the material type like non stock(NLAG), packaging(VERP) services (LEIS) etc where as the item cat group helps determine the item cat.

regards

sadhu kishore

Lakshmipathi
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Dear Divya Nair

1) General Item Category Group

Materials grouping that helps the system to determine item categories during sales document processing.

If a group is configured specific to distribution channel, it has priority if the corresponding activity is distribution channel-dependent.

The system automatically suggests an item type in the document depending on the item category group you assign and the sales document type you are processing.

Example

In the standard system, there are normal items, items that signify services (and therefore need no delivery processing) and items that signify packing material, for example.

Yes it will differ in case you maintain the pricing at component level and it needs to be exploded in sale order. In that case "Item Category Group" should be with the combination of "LUMF / ERLA".

Thanks

G. Lakshmipathi