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06-25-2010 6:21 AM
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Hi all,

I have to change the material type of the material from HALB to FERT. I want to know what all I have to take in to consideration (prerequisite ) before changing it so that it should not effect the existing system, specially from FICO point of view.

Regards

Pooja

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Hi,

Changing material type (MMAM)

you have to first close all Open PR/FRQ/PO document.

any other Stock in transit doc. and other goods movement doc. if open status you have to clsoe.

Then you have empty the stock at particular material master through 542 move. type.

then you can do MMAM - material type change,

SAM

Edited by: Saminathan Gopalan on Jun 25, 2010 9:54 AM

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Hello

Material type can be changed from t code MMAM.

But requisite for material type change.

Close all Open PO/PR and Service PO.

Stock should be Zero

Close all Production orders

Regards

Sapman man

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Former Member
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Hi,

Option 1:

Goto TCode MMAM - This TCode is for changing the material type and not valuation class.

If you change the material type in MMAM transaction automatically, the valuation class will be changed in material master. The system will take the changed material type valuation class that was created for that material type.

Option 2:

Goto TCode MM02 - Accounting View 1 - This TCode is to change the valuation class directly.

Whether you can or cannot change the valuation class directly without changing the material type depends on your own company img settings.

If you want to change the valuation class, there may be because of one or more of the following already exist for the material:

1) Valuated stocks in the current period or in the previous period.

2) Open purchase orders may be there.

3) Production orders which a goods movement has already taken place.

For this first you have to do the following:

ü If valuated stocks already exist, you can change the valuation class only:

a) Post the stocks of the material to an interim account.

b) Change the valuation class in the material master record.

c) Post the stocks of the material back to their original account.

ü If open purchase orders already exist, you can only change the valuation class if you first flag the corresponding purchase order items for deletion.

ü If production orders exist for which a goods movement has already taken place, you can only change the valuation class if you first set the status of the production orders to deleted

By this you can keep the same material type as FG and can assign the proper valuation class.

pherasath

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Check this link [HOWTO change the Materials Type of a material master|http://sapmm.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/howto-change-the-materials-type-of-a-material-master/]

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Hi all,

Thanks to all of you. u people r right but after closing the production order also and activating the deletion flag, still the warning message is coming. production order exist .

this is a new material and there is only one order for that material which has already been delevered. for changing the material type I did the teco , closed.but after that also error message was coming than I activated the deletion flag.

Tell me now what to do? whether I should proceed ignoring the warning message or there is some thing more to do .

Regards

Pooja