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item category means

Former Member
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Hello Experts.

Please explain me what exactly mean by item category.why it is needed and what are the types of it

and what would be the impact of it. Please explain me in a layman language with example.

I seen this statement in sd book by glenn williams

The sales item category is one of the most important fields in the SAP sales order. It controls

the sales document flow and also impacts the schedule line category. The item category

of the sales order affects the delivery and finally impacts the billing process as well.

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Lakshmipathi
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Dear shiva

Item categories are defined to provide additional control functions for the sales documents and thus meet the demands resulting from different business transactions. A separate control is defined for each of these item categories. For example, the functions of a standard item are completely different from those of a free-of-charge item or a text item.

The system uses an item category to process a material differently in each sales document type. For example, you can define a different control for a material in an inquiry and a material in an order.

When you create a sales document, the system determines the item category for an item according to settings in the item category determination table for the sales document type, item category group, item usage, and higher level item.

The item category determines together with other settings, for example in the material master, the following:

==> The procurement type

==> In which kinds of stock the material can be managed

==> The account assignment category

To define an item category, you answer the following questions:

=> Is a material number a required entry?

=> Is the item to be checked against stock?

=> Is the item a text-only item with no further functions?

=> Are different-sized sections of the item to be entered?

=> Are negative quantities allowed?

=> Are sub-items supported?

=> Is the item a plant maintenance (PM) structure element?

=> Is the item an intra material?

=> Is the item a document item or class item?

=> Which screens are selected and which fields appear on the item detail screens?

thanks

G. Lakshmipathi

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Former Member
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Shiva,

Go to transaction VOV7 and explore using F1 try to create your own item category using a business scenario.

At a glance:

The item category controls what the item does in the sales doc & in any later processing for that business transaction. It controls the sales doc & affects the schedule line category.

The system uses an item category to process a material differently in each sales doc type: in inquiry, the standard item is priced but not relevant for delivery. For the free of charge item, no pricing & no delivery. But in sales order both the items are relevant for delivery and pricing is carried out for the standard item.

Item categories are defined to provide additional control functions for the sales documents and thus meet the demands resulting from different business transactions. A separate control is defined for each of these item categories. For example, the functions of a standard item are completely different from those of a free-of-charge item or a text item.

Regards

former_member396676
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