Concept of item category

Hi Experts,
Could anyone please let me know the concept of item category.What is its relevance.It would be great if i can have some example.
Regards,
Rahul

Item Category is used to determine characterstics of the product. It controls everything for products. Eg: Product Dell Laptop, DVD writer, lan card etc. Item categroy of laptop will be different from DVD writer of laptop. Also we can maintain seperate profile at item level using item category. For details see help.sap.com

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Authorization check based on item category on sales order (VA01 or VA02)

I want to be able to restrict authorization of users based on item category. We only want certain users to be able to select a certain item category. I know I'm going to have to check one of the userexits in MV45AFZZ. The issue I'm having is the authorization object .
The item category is field VBAP-PSTYV.
What we are going is having a item category for emergency orders. But this requires more manual steps to associate with the original order. We already have the emergency item categories defined and working (no credit check etc) so there's no reason not to have them added to the original order. The issue is its use has to be restricted so when the user selects an alternative item category it checks whether they have the authority.
Any help would be appreciated

Hi,
You can achieve this through authorization objects.
Transaction
SU20 - Authorization Fields
SU21 - Authorization Objects
Create the field PSTYV in the Authorization Fields.
Then Create the authorization object and include this field along with the standard field ACTVT (which determines what activities can be performed by a certain user i.e. Create, Change or Display) & user-name
In your your-exit, you can either use the ABAP command AUTHORITY-CHECK or the function-module AUTHORITY_CHECK and pass the values for these fields. The system can perform the test based on this values & based on the sy-subrc value you can restrict the users that are not having the authorization to select item-categories for emergency orders.
Following link should help you:
[SAP Authorization Concept|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_wp/helpdata/en/52/671285439b11d1896f0000e8322d00/content.htm]
Hope that helps you.
Regards,
Saurabh

Revenue recognition in Item category

Dear All
Can you advise what exactly is revenue recognition in item category?.
I need to enter A in the field, but the field is greyed.
Thanks
Deepu Pillai

Dear Deepu,
The Concept of "Revenue Recognition" in Item Category is -
The material, with specified Item Category, is defined for income-accrual or not.
Now, Income-accrual means, say, in a month, you have "n" no. of orders to deliver, but might possible that Invoice and Payment, may get done or may not be.
So, to realise such income for a particular period, we run revenue-recognition (VF44). In VKOA, we maintain "Provisional Account" for such income.
Once invoiced, Accrued income G/L gets debited and Customer G/L gets credited.
[Revenue Recognition|http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_03/helpdata/EN/4d/fcd139f6e4cf2ce10000000a114084/frameset.htm]
As you asked for maintaining - Type "A" in Item Cat., go through
[Time related Rev. reco.|http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_03/helpdata/EN/59/aff23cd85c11d199d60000e8a5bd28/frameset.htm]
Another Type is "B"
[Service related Rev. reco.|http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_03/helpdata/EN/59/aff23fd85c11d199d60000e8a5bd28/frameset.htm]
Best Regards,
Amit
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BOM Item Category (urgent)

HI SAP Gurus,
We have an issue in BOM.
At first we cannot explode our BOM. The main item is in Item Category of NORM. So what we did is to change the Item Category group to ERLA. As I understand, If we use ERLA, the price will be in the Main Item and the component has no price.
1. Is this set up in CS01 is possible/correct?
Main Item 123
components as:
Item 10 material 123
Item 20 material 456
Item 30 material 789.
2. Our configuration in Customizing: Assignmet of Item Category as:
Sales Doc type     Item Cate Grp                         High Level                          Default Item Cat
OR           ERLA                    TAP
OR          ERLA          TAP          TAN
With this config, I tried/tested sales order creation and the result becomes:
Item 10     material 123     TAP
Item 20     material 123     TAN
Item 30     material 456     TAQ
Item 40     material 789     TAQ
Item 10 and 20 has a price which should not be since the only acceptable item to have a price is on Item 10 (main item) only. Also, Items 10, 30 and 40 keeps on asking for weight but item 20 already has. I checked in material master, and the weights were maintained correctly.
3. I also tried to change the config to:
Sales Doc type     Item Cate Grp                          High Level                          Default Item Cat
OR           ERLA                    TAP
OR          ER          TAP          TAQ
The Item 20 of sales order has now Item Cat of TAQ. However, it still asks for weight for 10, 30 and 40. But is now asking for price in Item 20 (w/c for me is correct).
Now the problem is in Delivery. The Pick Quantity column for Item 10 is disabled.
I really need help on this one. Immediate response is highly appreciated. Points will be rewarded.
Thank you so much for the help and taking time to read my questions/issues.

HI Erza29,
BOM can be done in 2 ways
ERLA -(Above structure material)
--IItem category group Header item is TAQ
--Item category group Sub item is TAE
LUMF -(Below Structure Material)
--Item category group Header item is TAP
--Item category group Sub item is TAN
--Do the assignment of Item Category in VOV4 as follow
Sales Doc typeItem Category Group Default Item Category
OR+ ERLA+ TAQ
Sales Doc typeItem Category Group High Level     + Default Item Category
ORERLATAQ+TAE
--Go to MM02 in sales organization2 tab you have to change the item category group as ERLA & save it.
--Go to T.Code CS01
Main Item 123
components as:
Item 10 material --123
Item 20 material --456
Item 30 material 789.
--Go to T.Code VK11 & enter the condition type
--Here the sub item prices should be equal to the main item price.
Main Item 123---1000-Price
Item 10 material 123300 Price
Item 20 material 456400 Price
Item 30 material 789--300 Price
--Raise the sale order in VA01 & enter the main item material & qty
--Click on item overview here you can see the sub items with the main item & you can see the price & weight only for the main item not for the sub items.
--Item category will be TAQ for main item & Sub item is TAE
--In ERLA concept we do pricing & delivery only for the header item only.
--IN LUMF it is Vice Versa.
Let me know if your problem is solved
Regards
Pradeep

VOV7 - Item category Fields

Please explain me the functionality of the following fields in VOV7
1. revenue recog
2. Delim. start date
3. Bill of material / Cofiguration
4. Configuration strategy
5.Material varient action
6. ATP material varient
7. Varient matching
8. Manual alternative
9. Param effectiveness
Service management tab
10. Repair procedure
11. control of resource related billing and creation of quotation
billing form
DIP profile.
Even if you answer 2-3 fields usage..points guaranteed!!
Venkat

Bill of material / Configuration
4. Configuration Strategy:
o The value of this field determines the configuration strategy for the line item. That means it can understand if the correct dependencies are selected or not.
o Controls which checks and processing are run automatically or are allowed during configuration.
o The configuration strategy is a group concept which can also be used for item categories.
o You can set various fine-tune controls for each strategy, for instance whether the system is to run a check for required characteristics or for multiple selections of characteristics.
5.Material varient action
o The value of this field determines the system response when the system finds material variant for selected characteristics.
o Controls how the system reacts when it determines that an existing configuration is already used as a stockable type.
o When defining a stockable type, the system may then determine a considerably earlier delivery deadline as no separate make-to-order production is required.
6. ATP material varient
o The value of the field determines whether the system has to carry out ATP check on material variants.
7. Varient matching
o This will activate variant determination.
o This indicator determines variant configuration.
8. Manual alternative
o This indicator allows the user to choose manual alternatives for BOM items during sales order processing.
o If a multiple BOM occurs during bill of material explosion in SD, you can determine, for each item type, whether you want to select the alternative manually. In this case, you reach an alternative selection screen with specifications on the lot size range.
9. Param effectiveness
o This indicator controls that the item can be maintained with parameter effectivity.
o Parameter effectivity determines the conditions under which object changes are effective.
o By integrating with the Engineering Change Management cross functionality. The BOM items properties can be changed by passing certain parameters like customer number, serial number, date etc.
Service management tab
10. Repair procedure
· Repairing procedure is the procedure in which we specify stages and actions that are to be carried out for the service item.
· Set of rules according to which sub-items are created in the repair order.
· In the standard system, repair procedures are assigned to each item category which is used in repairs processing.
· The repair procedure consists of the following:
o Stages (for example, repair registration)
o Actions (for example, repair goods, send temporary replacement)
· By assigning actions to stages, you set up the rules by which the system determines what sub-items are required during a particular phase of repairs processing
Control of resource related billing and creation of quotation
Billing form:·
The value of this field specifies how the billing is to be carried out for the resource related items.
·     The billing form specifies whether a flat rate or the dynamic items are invoiced individually when performing billing using a resource-related billing document.
·     Following are the options:
o     Fixed rate
o     Costs
DIP profile:
·     Name of the dynamic item processor profile (DI processor profile).
·     The dynamic item processor is a tool that the system uses to summarize data (for example, line items, and totals records) into dynamic items in sales price calculation, resource-related billing, or data determination.
·     Dynamic Item is a service item.
·     In IMG we define DIP Profile for dynamic item and assigned it at item category level.
·     The DI profile controls how the system summarizes the data into dynamic items. A DI processor profile can have different usages.
Regards
AK
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Return of Free goods item - Problem in item category

I am trying to create return order of Free sample billing
(ZFDP). The return order type for the free sample is ZFDR.
We have specified Item category for the ZFDR is RENN (Free good item) in IMG Activity -> Assign Item categories.
When I create order and save it, it prompts me to enter G/L Account.
This material is free. It should not prompt G/L Account for it. There is no revenue recognition specified for the item category. I tried changing item category to ZKLN i.e Free of charge item. This item category does not prompt for G/L Account while creating order. but I can not use this item category because it prompts me for Avialability. I can not remove the Avaialabilty check for it because the same item category is used in the Free sample order where availability check is required
In ZFDP order type, we are issuing 100% discount by using R100
discount condition. Please let me know how can I solve this problem.
I think there is some problem in my item category itself. .
My setting for Item category in IMG - Define item category is
same for both ZKLN and RENN. Only difference is RENN has returns
tick and pricing field is blank. In ZKLN pricing is defined as B- 100%
discount. I also tried changing the pricing option of RENN to B.
But still it is asking for G/L Account.
I can not use ZKLN instead of RENN because my ZKLN is used in the
Free item Sales order.
Please help.
Regards
Saurabh Gothivrekar

Hi
I got answer to my query. YOu need to specify the bill type while defining sales document type. This bill type should not have account assignment mentioned in it.
I changed the bill type, which does not have Account assignment procedure attached to it.
It has solved my problem

Mis match in attributes of item category B and Blanket PO item details

Hi
I could not able to create a Blanket PO with document type FO and item category B (limit).
Normally for a blanket PO, GR is not allowed and IR is mandatory. So, I could able to see these checkboxes for GR (not set and grayed) and IR (set and grayed) in the item details of the PO in delivery and invoice tabs. But I end with an error message that 'GR is not set is used is not allowed' (exactly i don't remember but some thing like that)
Before creating a blanket PO, I found that in 'attributes of item categories', that for the item category B, GR is set and IR is not set (in customizing-OMH4). Of course, one cannot change the attributes of item categories.
I suppose due to this mis-match in the attributes of item categories and that in the PO, I'm getting an error message while creating a blanket PO and could not able to save.
Also I have checked all the system messages for the message displayed. No where(i.e. in any message class or category and for that message number) I found any such message defined with error in 'attributes of system messages' for purchasing, material master, inventory, invoice verification etc.
I suppose this error message is coming somewhere from the application program for the PO.
So, what can be the solution
waiting for your reply.
thank you

Thank you for your answer. I haven't mention this point in my thread but I have already tried this.
I have tried matching the GR and IR controls of account assignment category with PO GR, IR controls and also with item category B, GR, IR controls. Still i am getting the same error and could not able to save the PO
Also I have checked the field settings for PO for all categories like transaction relevant, item category relevant, etc in customizing.
Main problem is both GR and IR controls are being grayed in PO. Other wise I could able to change them as per my wish and could able to avoid the error even though the GR and IR controls in PO are correct as per the process requirement.
If possible, please check the GR and IR controls for item category B (in my system it showing that GR is set with binding and IR is not set with binding). But it should be reverse as per the process requirements and in limit PO it is showing correctly. i.e. with GR is not set with binding and IR is set with binding.
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Mis match in attributes of item category B-limit and PO item details

Hi
I could not able to create a Blanket PO with document type FO and item category B (limit).
Normally for a blanket PO, GR is not allowed and IR is mandatory. So, I could able to see these checkboxes for GR (not set and grayed) and IR (set and grayed) in the item details of the PO in delivery and invoice tabs. But I end with an error message that 'GR is not set is used is not allowed' (exactly i don't remember but some thing like that)
Before creating a blanket PO, I found that in 'attributes of item categories', that for the item category B, GR is set and IR is not set (in customizing-OMH4). Of course, one cannot change the attributes of item categories.
I suppose due to this mis-match in the attributes of item categories and that in the PO, I'm getting an error message while creating a blanket PO and could not able to save.
Also I have checked all the system messages for the message displayed. No where(i.e. in any message class or category and for that message number) I found any such message defined with error in 'attributes of system messages' for purchasing, material master, inventory, invoice verification etc.
I suppose this error message is coming somewhere from the application program for the PO.
So, what can be the solution
waiting for your reply.
thank you
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srinivas vandana

Thank you for your answer. I haven't mention this point in my thread but I have already tried this.
I have tried matching the GR and IR controls of account assignment category with PO GR, IR controls and also with item category B, GR, IR controls. Still i am getting the same error and could not able to save the PO
Also I have checked the field settings for PO for all categories like transaction relevant, item category relevant, etc in customizing.
Main problem is both GR and IR controls are being grayed in PO. Other wise I could able to change them as per my wish and could able to avoid the error even though the GR and IR controls in PO are correct as per the process requirement.
If possible, please check the GR and IR controls for item category B (in my system it showing that GR is set with binding and IR is not set with binding). But it should be reverse as per the process requirements and in limit PO it is showing correctly. i.e. with GR is not set with binding and IR is set with binding.
thank you

How to restrict free goods determination based on item category

Hi All,
We have a process where when goods for a sales order are returned , we add a line item to same sales order with a return item category.
The issue is we have free goods determination activated for this document type and it works even for the returns item added to this order latter, whereas we don't want free goods determination to work for the returns item.
Can anyone please advise how this can be achieved.

Hi,
I can think of one of the probable solution for your requirement.
Your need to create new condition table with item Category as one of the key combination. I think you need to update the item category in field catalog as well as in Doc Structures. Then maintain free goods condition record all the item categories except for the Return item category. This way you can exclude free goods activation for return items.
Note : If the number of active item categories are more then it may be difficult to maintain condition records for the item categories.
Hope this will help
Regards,
Sanjay

How to control Changing of item category in sales order Manually

Hello Gurus,
How to restrict manual changing of item category in sales order?
Reason for it:
When ever they want to give some free goods to customer , they are changing Item category in Standard Sales order at item level then deliverying free goods to customer
looking for your inputs
Thanks in advance
Regards
Venkat

Hello,
There are two possible ways:
1. In Item Caterogy Determination remove the Manual Item Categories so that system will determine the Item Category only from defined options.
2. Use T-SHDO - create Screen Variant & make the item Category Feild as Display only.
Hope this helps..
Thanks,
Jignesh Mehta

Problem in item category

Hi ..
Im facing an error while creating PO due to item category. 'B' i.e. l'imit'.
When i checked the fields of item category B', i found that in IR indicator field in invocie control section , filed FIRM IN PO is ch.. i want checked.. i wnat to uncheck this .. but it is in display mode .. how we can edit that field..
thanks
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Sending multiple email for free goods item category??

Hi,
we have requirement to send email (Z report in smartforms) automatically when sale order save in tcode VA01/VA02.
we made reqd config in tcode NACE and we set access sequence on ORDER TYPE and it's working fine. but the problem is that when order booked for item category free goods it sends multiple emails. (i.e. no. of line items = no. of email) for one order no. All other item category is working fine. only problem with the free goods.
I am an abaper. all config are made with the consent of SD consultant.
pls help.
thanks
Radhashyam Sahoo.

If you are an ABAPer, then it sounds like you simply need to debug the processing to identify where/why the fault occurs. As for the NACE settings, you should understand the config as well as your functional counterpart. It will make you a better developer and help you understand the processing code.

Standard and free goods item category

Hi
I have created one standard materia XYZ. in MM01( for Sales org 1000/ Dist. channel 10/ plant 1000.) and i have assigned TAN to this . Now i also need to process XYZ as free goods in some transactions.If I extend this material for the same organizational levels and assign TANN to my material XYZ. then at the time of creating sales order how the system will respond?
Or should i have to change the item category in VF01 every time when i want to give XYZ as free goods?
what should be the right procedure?
Regards
Jyoti

Hi Jyoti,
You mentioned that some times you send it as free item for this you better to enter TANN item category manually in the sales order no need of enter the item category in the VF01.
Before entering the TANN in the sales order for free item you do the itemcategory determination in VOV4 transaction with TANN as like this
Document typeItemcatogory group-->Default itemcategory(DfltC)as TANManual item category as TANN(Mltca).
Now you can able to enter TANN itemcategory manually in sales order.
I hope it will help you,
Regards,
Murali.

Usage in Free Goods Item category Determination

Hi,
I have configured the Free Goods and it is working fine and I had to utlize the SAP standard Usage "FREE" in the Free Goods Item category determination as per the below:
Sales Doc Type    It.Cat.Grp.     Usage   HLevItCat. DItemCat    MitCat
ZOR1                    NORM           FREE        ZAN1         ZANN
ZOR1                    NORM                            ZAN1         ZANN          TAX
I know this "Usage" is available in CMIR and I don't find it in any other places. So, if any materila for which there is no CMIR, then in that case where should I use this "Usage"? Because I want to change the standard SAP Usage "FREE" to "ZREE". How can I change it and assign it? Please guide me.
Thanks,
Jans

Hi,
Try to do as mentioned below.
step by step process for free goods.
1. need to create the free goods condition(condition tables/access seq and types) and pricing procedure and then assign the same to sales area, doc. Priccing proce and cust pri. Procde.
2.you need to maintain the condition records( tcode: VBN1) and maitain the data as mentioned
above(check Notes 2 sheet)
3. if you don't want the free goods item to be created, then you need to add the NRAB condition type to the pricing procedure(document pricing procedure not Free goods pricing procedure) and need to maintain the condition record for this
condition in VK11.
once all this is done, you can see free goods price reduced in the net price and if additional item is added, then you will the quantity (as per condition record) for that free good.
Thanks,
Srini.

For Z Po order type - Item category field is greyed out.

Hi MM Experts,
I am an ABAper working on PO creation with respect to PR( PR with account assignment N) for Z order type . The requirement includes to update item category of PO with B , But for this Z order type both PO transaction Create/Change(ME21/ME22) the field item category has been greyed out ( Non editable). I checked the SPRO setting for this order type ( SPRO-MM->Purchasing-PO->Define Screenlayout at document level .The field item category has been made as optional.
Please let me know why this field ( item category still showing in display mode) and How to make it as editable .I need it as editable in ME22 to implement the new requirement of updating that field with item ategory B.
Thanks in Advance
Pravee.

Hi All,
Since I was creating a PO with respect to PR - after running through all the screens the item category field was becoming non editable, But during the create in one of screen the field item category was still editable, so I updated the item category with B during the create and created the PO, I have used BDC to do the same and its working fine. Thanks for all your inputs.
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