User-defined characteristic value grayed out in assignment to profitability segments in VA01

[former_member610376]

Hello all,

I kindly ask for your help regarding a grayed out field for a user-defined characteristic during assignment to a profitability segment of particular items in a sales order (VA01).

When I create a sales order in VA01, select one of the items in the order, and go to tab 'account assignment' and 'profitability segment' for this particular item, one of the (user-defined, not fixed) characteristics is grayed out and cannot be set/changed for a specific item of the sales order. The characteristic automatically takes over the characteristic value that I set in the sales order billing header data and cannot be changed for each of the particular items.

My client wants to be able to make a joint billing for items which have a different (user-defined) characteristic value.

Any help with this matter will be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,

Neza

[former_member610376]

Thank you for your answer. In the end SAP note 638097 solved the issue.

[Lakshmipathi]

Have a look at OSS note 729381

[Lakshmipathi]

takes over the characteristic value that I set in the sales order 
billing header data and cannot be changed for each of the particular 
items.

If the Business requirement does not meet just because you were maintaining at header level, then, why you should maintain that? Not clear on this

[former_member610376]

Sorry, I was a bit unclear. In case I don't maintain the characteristic value at header level, then at item level the characteristic remains empty, but still grayed out for any other input.