Higher level item category & Usage

Hi All,
Can some one please provide a detailed explanantion on higher level item category and usage with an example.
Best Regards,
Ramesh

item cat detm
order type   + item cat group + high level itemcat + usage =   item cat
in an order item cat is determined in the following way
order type     = manually enterd at intial screen level
item cat grp = picks from MMr sales org 2
<u>high level item cat</u> = this is picked from sales oder line item ITEM CAT FEILD ok
ex -- in a sales order u have 3 line items
1 mat1    TAN
2 mat2    ZTAN
                              here z tan is determined by OR + NORM + TAN + - = ZTAN
means the higher level item cat of line item oder can also influence the next line items item catg if maintained in vov4
usage = even this place a vital role in determining item cat
you can find this field in CMIR customer material info record from wher you ge thtis field
ex if you maitain usage in VD51 then
OR + NORM + - + - = TAN
OR + NORM + - + xxxx = XTAN
this xxxx(usage) is maintained in VD51 from where the system picks up and checks wether a proper item cat is mainted for this comb in VOV4
ok

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Can you explain about Higher-level item category and item usage?

Hi all
Can you explain about Higher-level item category and item usage?
thanks all

Higher level item category and Item usage are used in the item category determination.
Let me take an example of Item Category TANN (Free of charge Item)
Item category Determination: Sales Document type + Item Category Group + Usage + Higher Level Item Category
TA + NORM + FREE + TAN = TANN
Higher Level Item category: The category on which this item category is dependent. meaning for TAN , TANN is a free item. Therefor TAN is the higher level item category.
Item Category Usage: It controls system response during document processing. The line item has an specific usage according to that usage it has to respond. Free for free items, text for text items etc.
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AK
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Item Category Usage: Free

Hi
Want to know significance of Usage Free, know that used in VOV4 , but scenario where this is used , for eg when we define TAN and higher level Item Vcat as TAN the result is TANN.
Also I have searched the usage field in MARD/MARC/MARA, no mention of usage field
Document type                                     OR
Item cat group                                     NORM
Usage                                                 FREE
Higher level item category                  TAN
Default Item category                         TANN
Regards
Rohit

Hi bahlrohit1,
Usage field will tell what is the purpose of Particular Material
Example:
FREE: For free goods Material
CHSP: Batch Items
TEXT: Text Materilals..etc
Higher level item category and Item usage are used in the item category determination.
Let me take an example of Item Category TANN (Free of charge Item)
Item category Determination: Sales Document type + Item Category Group + Usage + Higher Level Item Category
TA + NORM + FREE + TAN = TANN
Higher Level Item category: The category on which this item category is dependent. meaning for TAN , TANN is a free item. Therefor TAN is the higher level item category.
Item Category Usage: It controls system response during document processing. The line item has an specific usage according to that usage it has to respond. Free for free items, text for text items etc.
Please go thru the below issues
Re: "item usage"
Thanks,
Swamy H P

Item Category Usage query

Hi Gurus
Please tell me how item category usage is getting assigned to a material?
We define item category usage...
We assign it to a sales doc typ, item category group to get item category.
But how it is getting determined for a material? Where is the link?
Regards
Murali

hello, friends.
i've actually been thinking about this issue since i started posting. yes, you can find item usage in customer-material info. but where is item usage assigned so that this is relevant in item category determination (as in: sales doc type + item category group + item usage + higher level item category = item category)?
how does the system, for example, know that usage is blank (for normal processing) or 'FREE' for free goods? is the item usage in the condition records created?
where does the system find the indicator (item usage CHSP) when batches are involved?
although there have been many helpful threads, including the 'where used' list, a definitive answer would be very much welcome.
regards.
Edited by: jonathan yap on Feb 27, 2008 3:10 PM

Service item not relevant for pricing if used with higher level item catego

Hi,
We have a service item e.g S900 with Item category ZTAD.
This line Item automatically creates a Service Order.
Requirement is , if this service item is used with an Equipement Item,
Item 10 --> Equipment
Item 20 --> Service
--> There would be price required for the Equipment ( Condition type ZPRO - Mandatory )
--> System should not ask for the price of Service Item, as it would be inclusive in the Equipmetn charges.
--> In short if the Service item is used as Sub item with Equipment, it is not relevan for pricing.
I tried copying ZTAD and creating a new item cateogry which is not relevant for pricing...would that be the correct approach, but facing several issues related to Automatic Service order generation.
what could be possible ways to achieve above.
Regards
Trupti Deulkar

Hi,
System will ask the price for item category TAD bcoz service also chargble,in your case insted of TAD use TANN as free,
You can define based on your higher level item category for Ex : OR + Normusage(Blank)Higherlevl item (Blank)= TAN
you can config like this ORNormUsge(Blank) + TAN = TANN
like this you can do it this correct way or els you can manually enter the item catagory (TANN) at sale order line item level.
Thanks
Vinayak.
Edited by: vinayak4all on Jul 12, 2011 2:45 PM

High-Level items (item category LUMF, Sales BOM Usage 5) in PO's

One of our plants supplies High-Level Items to their customers. The GenItemCatGroup MARA-MTPOS_MARA and the Item category group MVKE-MTPOS for these items is = LUMF. These are essentially Phantom items, which they do not stock.
Weu2019ve created BOMu2019s for these items with BOM Usage 5
The components for these BOMu2019s are GenItemCatGroup MARA-MTPOS_MARA and the Item category group MVKE-MTPOS = NORM
In our sales orders, the high-level (LUMF) item comes in with Item Category TAQ, and all sub-items come into the order as TAE.
The TAQ items are relevant for pricing. The TAE items are not.
The requirements in MD04 are as follows: No requirement for the LUMF item (phantom item). Requirements DO appear for the sib-items.
Everything seems to be working fine as far as Sales Orders are concerned.
Our problem is that this same plant will also sell the same LUMF high-level items to other plants within our organization via Purchase Order (Type NB).
When an NB purchase order is processed, the MD04 only shows requirement for the LUMF Phantom Material. There are no requirements generated for the sub-items.
What do we need to do so that the NB Purchase Orders with LUMF items react the same way that sales orders do, as far as demand in stock requirements, pricing, etc?

Ashish,
Suppose the material is completed then the value is shown against final product. In that case we use Item vategory Group ERLA. The maina item category will be shown as TAQ. The Subitem will take item category TAE (text item)
If the material is still not complete then the value is ascertaind through sub items in that case LUMF item category is used and item category for the main item is TAP and for sub items it is TAN.
In any case we will change the item category group as (ERLA or LUMF) in the material master of the final material "Computer". Where as the subitems item category will be "Norm".
Note: If you use standarad Order = OR, and standard item category group ERLA in the Finished MAterial Conmputer, then system will automatically assign item categories for Main item = TAQ and SUb Items = TAE.
Standard process and ORder = OR
Then Execute MM02 for finished material or Main materialo alone i.e., "Computer", Assign Item Category Group = ERLA and save. Then create BOM CS01, CS11 Single level the output will be
COMPUTER = TAQ
SCREEn = TAE
HERdisk = TAE
Key board= TAE.
Similarly if you proceed process by changing Item category group = LUMF for main material i.e., Finished goods "Computer" then
COMPUTER = TAP
SCREEn = TAN
HERdisk = TAN
Key board= TAN
If you are changing the document type prefixed with Z , then you need to proceed with "Assign tem Catgeory"
Regards
Sathya

Item Category Usage

We define Item Category Usage in 0VVW T code . But I want to know , where we can maintain it so that system picks up the usage for that particular item in sales order when we maintain the usage for an example FREE ( Free Goods ) in item category determination ?
Example :
In item category determination we maintained
item category group -   NORM
Sales doc type          -   OR
Usage                      -    FREE
Higher level item       -    Blank
Item Category          -     TANN
So from where does the system picks up this Usage ( FREE ) for that item
Regards
Bhushan

Hi,
Check here
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_crm40/helpdata/en/51/710b3bbe61e405e10000000a11402f/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_03/helpdata/EN/dd/55fb13545a11d1a7020000e829fd11/content.htm
Free Goods not getting Determined at the Order Level
Re: Free goods
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Amit

Item Category usage & Main Item Category(Transaction Process)

Hi Friends,
Can you help me to know the details of Item Category usage & Main Item Category in Transaction Process.
I couldn't able to find the usage of these, while we are assigning Transaction type, Item category group, Item category usage & Main item to the Item category determination, the system is taking Transaction type data from Leading transaction type & Item category group from Product master data, then what is the use of Item category usage & Main item, where we need to maintain these details in system, Is it mandatory?, How come we know this is mandatory while doing configuration?..........
Can you let me know the use of Item Category usage & Main Item Category in Transaction Process.
Thanks & Regards.......
Arun

Hi Arun,
Item category usage is mailnly used for text items not for products..
its not all mandatory.
In item category determination only Transaction type, Item category Group and Item category is mandatory,
The main item category is necessary only when ur lower level item is dependent on ur higher level item.
For more Info read the documentation in SPRO.
Regards,
PePe

User Exits for Item Category Determination based on Item Category Usage

Hi Gurus,
If I need to create a new item category usage code and perform item category determination using the new item category usage code, is there a user exit or function module which is able to perform this?
Thanks & Regards

Hi Lawrence Tam,
If you are going to create a new item category usage to determine an item category, you need to add a new line in transaction VOV4 for the new combination of sales document type + Item Cat. group + usage + high leve item cat. to determine the item category.
Thanks in advance,
Mariano.

Copy higher level item texts to lower level items

Hi All ,
I want to copy the texts of the higher level items into lower level items
i created a logic how to copy the texts from higher level to lower level
but the problem is there are so many textid's in higher level items,
how to determine the all id's dynamically with out hard coding,
is there anytable exists to determine the text id's automatically depending on the salesorder and itemno
helpful answers will be rewarded fully
regards
krishna

Hi,
You have to go as below:
With Sales Order Item, you get Item Category i.e VBAP-PSTYV.
With Item Category, go to table TVAP to detemine field TXTGR i.e Text Determination Procedure
Now check table TTXERN with fields TDOBJECT = VBBP - Denotes Sales Order Item
and TXTGR retreived from TVAP. Retreive the results of TDID which are the text id's associated for that sales order item.
So the relation is VBAP -> TVAP -> TTXERN.
Check and let me know if you have any problem.
Kind Regards
Eswar

Higher level item in PO

Dear All,
There is a field called "Higher-level item" in PO.. When I try to fill it manually, there is warning message "Sub-items of this category cannot be created manually". So what is the purpose of this field ? How will it be used ?
Thanks in advance,
Anil

Hi Anil,
The subitem functionality in purchasing is available with IS-R add on component.I.e industrial specific retail solutions this funtionality is available. But in standard r/3 you can't maintain item as subitem in purchasing.
In retail you can create PO for generic article. Line item of variants will be filled for field EKPO-UEPO(Higher level item)
for example item 11,12,13 are variants of generic article line item 10. Line item 11,12,13 will be filled with item 10 in filed (ekpo-uepo)
Kind regards,
Lorraine
Edited by: Lorraine Donnelly on May 6, 2011 11:32 AM

Item category usage - how to configure

My client requirements are
Need a new Usage code (item category usage)
description = "Included with System "
The users will use this to add items to the sales order as Free Goods but the revenue for the items is already embedded in the main item
How to configure this?
Also are there any additional updates required to allow the usage code to be used ?
Thank you!

Hi
Usage indicator is something else. Just go through F1 help and see for what purpose we can use this field. What you are looking for is free goods configuration. This has been discussed so many times. Search with thext free goods and see if you find something. If you have some other requirement then come again with more explanation.
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Change Higher Level Item of the Sub-Item in Repair Order

Hello
We have a in-house-Repair order created from Compliant.
This repair order has main Line Item of type 'Repair Request' having Item no 1000.
From this Line, we are creating new main lines 'Return for Repair' 1001
and 'Diagonsis' lines 1002 through Actions(appearing as buttons on the Items Assignment Block).
Both these lines have Higher Level Item as 1000.
From the Diagonsis 1002 line, we are generating new Debit Memo line 1003(higher as 1002 ) by selecting a new button . This is billable and to be charged to the Customer in ECC.
How do I change the Parent/Higher Level Item value from 1002 to 1001(Return for Repair) for charging the Customer.
I found an action used for generating the Debit Line in CRM.
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Edited by: Remo J on Jul 30, 2011 11:00 PM

Hi Remo,
Did you implement the in-house repairs completely?
Did you also work on ECC billing and controlling integrations?
would really appreciate your response on this.
Regards,
Itisha

Updation of higher level item text to lower level item text

Hi All,
while creating sales order VA01 i need to pass the value of higher level item text to lower level item text
for that i read the text of the higher level item text using the fm read_text
and pass the text to the lower level items using save_text and commit_text
this coding works only when the lower order item text is empty
my queries are
1. if the lower level item having some text that text will be replaced by the higher level item text, that is happening but showing error that I/O error , how to solve this
2. while gone to VA02 and add one more item then also same error is happening how to solve this please help me.
regards
krishna

got the solution

Where is the item category usage data stored?

Where is the item category usage data stored?
I'm checking the CRM system of my customer. My customer uses CRM & ERP system. Both BP data and prodact data are connecting from ERP to CRM. In Item category determination on CRM system, Item category usage exists as a condition. I know where I customize the usage setting. However,I don't know where ithem category usage data is stored. Product master data? or BP master data? Does anyone have this information?
BestRegards
Miki

If you are refering to Item category group, then this is stored o product master data on sales organizational specific data.
If you are refering to Item category usage then there is a different logic. Item category usage is is mainly hardcoded in ABAP programs. For example one logic is hardcoded for interchengabilty scenaro. In some cases you can even use badi implementation.
Regards.

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