Attributes of Material type.

Dear All,
What is the purpose of attributing of Material types ???

Hi somasundaram,
Material Type
Materials with the same basic attributes are grouped together and assigned to a material type.
This allows you to manage different materials in a uniform manner in accordance with your
company's requirements. Examples of material types are given in the graphic below.
Features:
When you create a material master record, the material type you choose determines:
Whether the material is intended for a specific purpose, for example, as a configurable
material or process material
Whether the material number can be assigned internally or externally
The number range from which the material number is taken
Which screens appear and in what sequence
Which departmental data you may enter
What procurement type the material has; that is, whether it is manufactured in-house or
procured externally, or both
Together with the plant, the material type determines the material's inventory management
requirement; that is:
Whether changes in quantity are updated in the material master record
Whether changes in value are also updated in the stock accounts in financial accounting
In addition, the accounts affected by a material entering or leaving the warehouse depend on the material type.
Reaward if this information is useful any more information you require do get back
Regards
Pavan

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Attribute of Material Type

Dear Sapusers
What are the Attributes of material type can you focus on this please
Rgds
Ana.

Hi,
Define attributes of material types
Each time you create a material master record, you must assign it to a material type . You use the material type to define the attributes of a material master record. Material types are used in the following neighboring areas, where they are also configured in Customizing:
Profit Center Accounting
Product Cost Planning
Sales and Distribution (availability check)
Valuation
Bills of material
Routings
Consult with these areas if necessary.
In this IMG activity, you define the attributes of each material type.
Under Views, you specify the following:
          o Material type text
          o Material type key
          o If required, an authorization group to protect access
          o Procurement type allowed (internal and/or external)
          o Check of number ranges if material numbers are assigned externally
          o If required, a default value for the item category group in sales data (consult with Sales and Distribution)
          o Whether materials of this material type are costed with a quantity structure or not
          o Views and relevant fields that may be processed; that is, the user departments that may maintain a material master record of a particular material type
Under Quantity/value, you specify the following:
          o Any special processing allowed
          o Management on a quantity or value basis and, if so, in what valuation areas
          o Price control (standard price or moving average price/periodic unit price)
Under Account assignment, you specify the following:
          o Information on how the material is assigned to the stock and consumption accounts in Financial Accounting
Once you have maintained the material types, you must also define the number intervals before you can create a material master record.
Actions
      1. Group the materials that you want to manage together in the SAP R/3 System according to the above criteria.
      2. Define the attributes of each material type.
      3. Adapt the preset material types to suit your company's needs, defining new types if necessary.
          o Give each material type a key.
          o Enter a text for each material type.
          o Define the attributes of all new material types.
Note 1
If you allow different quantity/value updating, you must activate the material type for each valuation area for this updating. You do this under Diff. val. areas.
Note 2
In Customizing for Valuation and Account Assignment, you can also maintain the price control by choosing Define price control for material types.
for any further info , pl refer below link
[http://help.sap.com/saphelp_40b/helpdata/fr/87/23ee347a34d111a4620060b03c3b0e/frameset.htm]

Problems with reference field in material type

Hi,
I have problem with field reference in material type creation.
When I define a self-defined field reference ZERS (copy of standard field reference HERS) for a own defined material type ZERS (copy of material type HERS), I get the following error message:
Field reference ZERS has not been set up
Message no. CZ127
Diagnosis
You have specified a field reference that has not been set up.
Procedure
Set up the new field reference or use an already existing field reference.
I do not understand why because the entry ZERS is present in table T130A.
Here is the IMG config I have made:
1. Logistics general->Material Master->Field selection->Maintain field selection for Data Screens (here I made copy of field reference HERS and named it ZERS)
2. Logistics general->Material Master->Basic Settings->Material types->Define attributes of Material types (here I made a copy of material type HERS and named it ZERS. I then tried to set the field T134-FLREF "Field reference" to ZERS, but then the error message appears)
Does anyone know what config I am missing?
Or any reason why the error message CZ127 is coming up?
Thanks

Must have been system error, I deleted all entries and did it all over again, it worked.

How to create new group for material type

Hello all experts,
Im unable to create a new group for materials types, diff groups for FG and raw materials material type??
Could you pls help ??
Thanks in advance.

Hi
When you create a new material you have to specify the material types like finished goods or raw material like that in the initial screen
For this new material types can be defined in
SPRO -> Logistic - General -> Material Master -> Basic Settings -> Material Type ->Define attribute of material Type
T code OMS2
After specifying the material type and giving organizational data like plant, storage location,sales org etc we go on to create the material
In one of the tabs the material groups should be specified and from MM point of view it is a reqd entry
this can be defined in
Define Material Group
SPRO -> Logistic - General -> Material Master -> Setting for Key Field -> Define Material Group
T .Code: OMSF
I beleive this is what you are asking about
Regards
Raja

Material type to plant assignment

Hi all,
where in SPRO, we can assign material type to plant??
Regards,
Aisha Ishrat
ICI Pakistan Ltd.

Hi,
We assign Material type to Valuation area which is either Company code or Plant.
This will be assigned in Quantity & Value updation for that Particular Material type.
Path is
SPRO-Logistics genMaterial masterBasic settings-Material types--Define attributes for Material types.
Here select the Material type and then select the quantity & Value updating.
You will find all the valuation area there select your valuation area(Plant) and select the check box which means the quantity & Value will be updated with respect to this material type whenever you do any goods movement or any changes to the material which is created based on that material type
rgds
Chidanand

Material type control

What is Material type control

actually in the detail of material type, in the TAB the internal and external purchase order.
in the same screen we can define which all views is required for tat mtrl type, if it is a special mtrl type, item cat. grp,
field ref. etc the path to this menu is.....................SPRO>>Logistics general>> basic settings>>material type>>Define attributes for material types.
Hope this wll help you
Regards.................

Material Type - Screens

Hello Experts
In SPRO (Logistics - General -> Material Master -> Basic Settings -> Material Types -> Define attributes of Material types) for the type material XXX I selected the following screens: Accounting / Classification / Purchasing / Basic data and storage. But when I am creating a material of the type material XXX it appears the following screens: Basic Data / Classification / Purchasing / Foreign Trade: Import Data / General Plant Data / Storage / Accounting. Why the screen Foreign Trade: Import Data appears ? It is ossible to remove this screen? How can I achieve that?
Thanks in advance,
Best regards,
JP

Hello JP,
This depend on the Maintenance Status E (that include Purchasing & foreign trade import screen)...
By the maintenance status E it is indeed not possible to see for a specific Mat. type only the purchasing view. But you are free
to create a specific screen sequence (see customizing transaction OMT3B), which contains only this single main screen and assign then this special screen sequence to your mat.type . Please have a look at customizing transaction OMT3E, where you maintain the influencing parameters for the screen sequences.
Regards,
Mauro

How to find List of views that material type supports?

Hello Gurus,
How to find List of views ( Basic Data1, Basic Data2, Sales org1, sales org2, etc.. ) for material types.
is there any table or something to find.
Thanks & Regards
Raj

You can search the function module SELECTION_VIEWS_FIND in this forum. You will get the sample code.
Apart from that if only you want to know what are all the views assigned to a material type and try to enhance it then it should be from SPRO.
Go to transaction SPRO.
chose Logistics - General>Material Master>Basic Settings>Material Types>Define Attributes of Material Types
execute and you will get the list of material types.
Now dbl click on the desired material type and you will get an area called as User departments. Here what are all the views are selected those views only appear while you are trying to create (or Change/Display) material master.
Regards
Shiba Prasad Dutta

Material type not getting displayed in the cube........

Hi,
In my infocube material type for one of the material is not getting displayed.
When I check in the content of the cube for this material all the fileds are getting displayed except material type.
However it is present in the material master data from which it is put into the update rules to populate in the cube.
Its getting displayed for some other materials , so we cant say that mapping is wrong or problem with update rules.
Can some body let me know what could be the reason.
Thanks,
Jeetu

Hi Jeetu,
can you check in your cube if you have for one material, entries with AND entries without the MATL_TYPE? If this is the case then you were loading transactional data before having the corresponding material master data.
You should adapt your scenario:
- first do not use the standard attribute derivation during your URules: performance is very bad.
- implement a start routine filling an internal table with your material and MATL_TYPE for all entries of material in your datapackage.
- implement an update routine on the MATL_TYPE with a READ on this internal table an raise an ABORT = 4 if the MATL_TYPE is initial or the material in not found.
Now to fix your situation you'll have to reload your cube or alternatively just reload your missing MATL_TYPE MATERIAL from your cube itself and selective delete those which are empty.
hope this helps...
Olivier.

How to change material type and industrial sector of the exsisting material

Hi,
There is an issue where user wants to change material type and industrial sector of the exsisting material .Is it posible to do so??
IF not ,how can we delete that material from material master so that another material with same number and required material type and industrial sector can be created.
Points will be definitely rewarded.
Thanks
Rohit

Hi Rohit,
You can change the material type in MMAM trxn code if the material dosenot conatain any open purchase requisitions, open reservations & open purchase orders. Also material stock should be zero.
Remember the new material type should have same attributes same as old material type.
OLD Material New Material
1) Standard Price 1) Standard Price
2) Manufacture part 2) Manufacture part
profile actvated profile actvated
3) Quantity & Value 3) Quantity & Value
Updation in all areas Updation in all areas
4) should have same GL 4) Should have same GL acs
acs
It is not possible to change Industry sector once created.
If you want to delete the Material, you can flag it in MM06 trxn code.
Reg,
Ashok
Dont forget to Assign points if useful.

Material types in material master

Hi ,
What is the material type do we require in handling CS scenario?
Is it necessary to create BOM's for all the equipment?
Please respond
Thanks and Regards
Ashish

hi
1) A grouping together of materials with the same basic attributes such as raw materials, semifinished products, or finished products.
All materials must be assigned to a material type which determines:
Whether the material is intended for a specific purpose such as a configurable material or process material
Whether the material number can be assigned internally or externally
The number range from which the material number is drawn
Which screens appear and in what sequence
Which user department data you may enter
What procurement type the material has; that is, whether it is manufactured in-house or procured externally, or both.

Purchase Requisition restriction at Material Type level

Hi MM Guru's
as per Client requirment
we want to restrict the Purchase Requisition creation at Material type level (i.e system should raise the error messege when we try to create the PR against Finished Goods) is that possible
if yes how can we restrict the PR ?
Thanks in advance

Hi,
Please do the following setting in SPRO-LOgistics general-Materila master- Basin setings- DEfine attribute for materila type . Here select FERT as materila type and go to details and select tab
Internal and external urchase orders and give zero -External POs not allowed.
While creating PR for this materila type, system will issue error message.
REgards
Ram

Material Type not assosiated with Materials

Hi ,
I have a report in BW, where there are 4 Materials that are being displayed for which there are "no assosiated" Material Types and this information is coming from R/3 where these Materials have been assigned to a Material type .
These Materials and Material types are being entered through the respective variables when runing the report. When i click on the Materail variable to enter the values i dont see the 4 Materials( the one stated above) listed here. When i select material type as "not assigned" the report displays these 4 Materials in the report.
I also checked the master data in 0MATERIAL and i dont these 4 materials.
Please help me in solving this
Regards
Arjun

I would like to clarify u one thing here.
1) Material Type is an Attribute of Material.
2) The values to these are entered through Variables while executing the report.
3) When I select the value for material type as "Not assigned" , only then these 4 material values get displayed.
4) From Point 3 above , it means that the data is loaded into BW.
5) I dont see these 4 Material values in all the following cases:
a) When i try to enter the Material values through the variable screen while running the report.
b) When i check the material values in the master data 0material.

Material Type for Software

What would be an appropriate material type for sellable software? Dien? Fert? thx

A material type is nothing than a description plus some customized attributes. for one company the predefined material types work right away while others may have to tweak them to their needs.
what is a spare part ERSA for one company, may be a FERT for an other company, it depends on your business.
I am working in a chemical company, a Pipe or an ellbow is just a spare part for us. A company that manufactures pipes and ellbows has those items as FERTs, a company that builds tankfarms has these items as raw materials.
what is a software, probably a FERT for the company that developes it. But the predefined nature of a FERT is quantity and value managed. Which would make sense for software too, if the software is on a CD and the CD in carton.
For a company that buys the software - if it is so expensive like SAP software - it is probably an asset.
you said you do not store software, this means you would need to customize the FERT material type to your personal needs or create an own material type.What other views do you not need in case of software? if you dont store materials, then the MRP views can become obsolete, storage location view is certainly obsolete, WM views are not needed, work scheduling view probably not needed.
Can you manage the material only by value? to my knowledge value only materials are only possible in a retail system.
It is not really possible to give you a recommendation what material type you should use, as this is pretty much dependend to your business and local requirements.

Filter the data loads by material type = FERT or UNBW

Hi All,
I have to load the data from DSO to Cube in which I have to filter by material type = FERT or UNBW, actually this material type is the nav attribute of 0material. But I dont have this 0material or 0matl_type in the source i.e. DSO. How can I achieve this filteration during the loads? Is there a way I can achieve this in startroutine? Or is it a must to include this 0material or 0matl_type in the source i.e. DSO
Thanks In advance,
Shreesh.

I see that there is no Material also in your lower level DSO. So now you need to findout atleast one key to compare with the look up object so that the corresponding entries can be tracked.
If atlease Material is there there then you can make a lookup on the Material type Master data and use the selections for the respective Material types for selections and extract the corresponding Marerial relavant documents from lower level DSO.
As its not there you need to find the other key and the respective Master data present for the key lookup if not then the lower level DSO needs to be enhanced.
So check for the details..

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