Material should be determined when then the stock is not available

Question

Dear All,
One of our scenario is to do material determination. But the alternative material should be determined only when the actual material is not in stock.
Kindly suggest the solution.
Regards,
Mullairaja

Answer 1

As rightly said by friend Anirudh V B,
                 its possible through Material Determination. But not possible without ABAP coding.
With the help of ABAP with min coding you can achieve this,
like,
let the ABAPer write coding to check the stock availability of the entered material before triggering "material determination" records.
To do this availability check , then can jsut use the existing Function modules : BAPI_MATERIAL_AVAILABILITY (OR) AVAILABILITY_CHECK.  if the stock found zero / nil, let the "materail determination should trigger, else process as normal .
            its already available, doenst need / take much time , but ABAP involvement is needed to fulfill your requirement.
Regards,
Reazuddin MD