Duplicate material code

[Former Member]

Hi MM Experts,

Let me know how to avoid duplicity of material based on material descrition?

I want that whenever new material is created we should have tool to check based on the material description to avoid duplicity.

Thnx

AC

[andrzej_chmura · Accepted solution]

Hi,

few line of ABAP code in enhancement MGA00001 will solve it.

You can use this customer enhancement for the material master for the following purposes:

To extend existing checks

To add checks for customer-defined fields

To change data (certain limitations apply here)

Andrzej

Edited by: Andrzej Chmura on Jul 23, 2008 4:27 PM

[Former Member]

Dear,

There is no such kind of option..

Always search first against description..

You can be specific in terms of product code or manufacturer part no.

go for avoiding duplicacy in terms of part no. it will automatically reduced the duplicacy in description..

[Former Member]

I think the best way which I have found to avoid the duplicity of material code is put the manufacturer part number in the material master . This is the only key parameter on the basis of which we can search the item code before creating any new item code .

[Former Member]

Hi,

Yes when you use manufacturing part number then we can avoid the duplicate Material numbers. But to some extend only. You can have 2 SAP materials for 1 Manufacturing number also.

You can make the material number internally generated. so that the same material number cannot be created again.

Thanks & Regards,

Kiran

[Former Member]

What is the difference between Vendor part number maintained in Info record and Material part number in material master .

Can we use Vendor part number for search in material master to create new code for avoiding duplicity?

[Former Member]

Hi Amit,

Does your issue solved if yes how ?

In my opinion every compny / implemenation might facing this issue.Let us know have u worked on solutions to address the issue.

Ramesh

[andrzej_chmura]

Hi,

few line of ABAP code in enhancement MGA00001 will solve it.

You can use this customer enhancement for the material master for the following purposes:

To extend existing checks

To add checks for customer-defined fields

To change data (certain limitations apply here)

Andrzej

[Former Member]

Hi Amit,

Does your issue solved if yes how ?

In my opinion every compny / implemenation might facing this issue.Let us know have u worked on solutions to address the issue.

Ramesh

[Former Member]

Hi,

I dont think there is any way to check for duplicacy based on material description.

You can create a Z transaction for material creation with the help of ABAPers & include this condition.

Reward if useful.

[Former Member]

Hi

You can create a new material X123 in MM01,But next time if u enter the same material in MM01,as per standard SAP,it will message out the "Materal already there and it will be extended",either it will be new views or to a new plant

Regards

Amuthan M

[dhrubacharan_behera]

Hi,

As far as my knowledge in standard sap it is not possible to validate the Material Description field .

Dhruba

[Former Member]

dear

see whenever you try to create with same mat no...sytem wont allow you to do it...because it will tell material already exists...

this not possible because the material no which we have assigned is always buffering...

try to create same material it wont allow you.

regards,

rewa

[Former Member]

dear

see whenever you try to create with same mat no...sytem wont allow you to do it...because it will tell material already exists...

this not possible because the material no which we have assigned is always buffering...

try to create same material it wont allow you.

regards,

rewa