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item category & item category group

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Hi

What is the Function of item category and item category group?

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hi,

read this help file.

Using the item category group, you group together different material

types for item category determination from the SD view. For every

material type, you can define a default item category group which is

proposed by the SAP System when you create a material master record. For

more information on setting default values please refer to the section

"Define material type defaults.

In the sales document, the system determines the item category from the

item category group of the material and from the sales document type and

proposes this item category in the document. You assign item categories

to sales order types and item category groups elsewhere. You can find

further information on this in the section "Assign item categories".

Actions

If you define your own item category groups, the keys should start with

the letter Z, since this name convention is kept free in the standard

SAP System for this purpose.

1. Check whether you can use the item category groups in the standard

version.

2. If you want to create new item category groups, you must enter an

alphanumeric key with a maximum of 4 characters as well as a textual

description.

Item Catgeory:

In this menu option, you define item categories for sales documents. The

item categories that are contained in the standard SAP R/3 System

together with the sales document types represent the usual business

transactions.

You have the following options for defining your own item categories:

o Copy an existing item category and change it according to your

requirements.

o Create a new item category.

Recommendation

If you define your own item categories, the keys should begin with the

letter Z since SAP keeps this range free in the standard system and

protects it from being overwritten during release upgrades.

If you define your own item categories, you should copy similar item

categories that are defined by SAP and make the required changes there.

In this case, all the specifications of the existing item category are

copied - even the assignment to the sales document types. In particular,

the data for example concerning partner determination, pricing or

document flow which you do not edit on the detail screen of the item

category is also copied. Consequently, you can test the new item

category for the settings made without having to edit the other menu

options.

When copying sales document types, item categories and schedule line

categories, the SAP system automatically creates a log with the copied

data. Using the log, you can check whether all of the copied data

applies to your item category or whether you must make changes.

Note

If you create or copy a new item category that is to be used for a

delivery, you must also define a delivery item category with the same

name. The SAP system automatically transfers the item category that was

found for the sales document item into the delivery item.

Activities

If you only need to make minor changes to the existing item categories

(e.g. changed description), then you change this as appropriate. Minor

changes refer to parameters that have no controlling character.

If you need to make further changes, define a new item category by

copying a similar item category supplied in the standard system and then

change this according to your requirements. In this way, you can for

example define an item category for which a certain type of pricing is

carried out, or for which the data must not differ at header and item

level but which otherwise matches an existing item category.

If you want to create an item category, proceed as follows:

1. Enter an alphanumeric key with a maximum of four characters.

2. Maintain the respective specifications of the detail screen.

3. Also consider the additional functions on item category level and

the item-specific settings in the general sales and distribution

functions.

Regards,

Murali