Change MM PR or PO Item Category Settings

Hi all,
I know the standard SAP doesn't allow creation of new item categories. However, is there a configuration within SPRO that allows changing of their individual settings?
If this question was previously answered in this forum, please kindly point me to the link.
Thanks in advance.
Steven

Hi Steven,
Unfortunately, no, you cannot, this is explained in SAP Note 61345 OMH4 Attributes of item categories cannot be changed
Table T163 (Item categories) has the character of an SAP system table.
The indicators for account assignment and GR/IR control may not be
changed by customers. Using transaction OMH4 you can change merely the
external identifier and the text of the item category: the attributes
can only be displayed. The only field that can be influenced through
Customizing is the statistics update group (T163-STAFO): the relevant
Customizing transaction is OMGO. For this reason, this table has been
assigned to delivery class G (Customizing tables) in the Data
Dictionary.
Regards
Mauro

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