Item Category and Catalog in Inventory

Hi,
1) Item category in Inventory
2) Catalog in Advance product module
How the above are differnt in each of the modules in Oracle.
Please provid eme the details
Thanks
Hanumanth

Item categories is a flexfield that is with in inventory that provides a simple functionality where you can store limited information.
Advance Producut Catalog is functionality available in Product Life Cycle Management. You can think of this as a "Giant DFF" that can hold almost unlimited amount of information.
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Nagamohan

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While making a PR/PO we use both the item category and account assignment category. However, after saving the PR/PO, when i try to change the fields through ME22N/ME52N, the fields are greyed out. I dont think this can be controlled through the layout screen.
Is there anyway the fields can be made modifiable in ME22N/ME52N ?
Please help!
regards,
Soumyadeep.

Hi,
Well, actually you can control the Field settings in customization of Document Type. Check the following :
Go to SPRO>MM>Purchasing>Purchase Order>Define screen layout at document level
Click on the desired Document Type and see if the Field selection for Item Cat and Acct Assignment is checked for Display for that Document Type. If it is then change it to Optional.
Now, Go to SPRO>MM>Purchasing>Purchase Order>Define Document Type and see if the Field Selection Key is assigned to the (Updated just now) document Screen layout.
Hope this helps,
Best regards
Amit Bakshi

Link b/w item category and material group

Hi All,
Is there any link between item category and material group.
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Pavan

Hi Pavan,
Item Category
Item Category is a control field that allows the PR to follow the correct path for the correct path for that category of PR. The SAP system is delivered with a set of item categories
Blank -Standard
K- Consignment
L- Sub Contracting
S- Third Party
D- Service
U- Stock Transfer
Selecting an item category allow the display of certain fields and not others
For Ex: If PR item has an item category K for conignment then invoice receipts will not be allowed
Material Group
Material group is a method of grouping of similar materials.It is defined either by using classification or by configuration. It is important not only for seracing the materials but also in other areas of purchasing
A purchace inforecord can be created with out a material number but must require materail group and vendor
Material group is configured through Tcode WG21
And i do not find any link between them
I hope this gave you the clarity
In case of any more information required do get back
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Pavan

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 and mrp type combination not allowed in MTO

Hi,
i am working on make to order without variant configuration scenario,
while creating any customer order i am getting following error.
"This combination of item category YBTA(customized item category) and MRP type (i have used mrp type PD ) for material is not allowed.", due to this error i am not able to create any order.
Please help me to solve this problem.
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Edited by: abhijeet rachkuntwar on Aug 24, 2009 7:47 AM

I have the same problem. You have posted the question long time back. if you happen to solve the problem plz help me by answering your question. if not, I would appreciate help from all the experts here
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Exact difference between Item category and Account assignment category

Can anyone plz give the exact difference between account assignment category and Item category
Thanks inadvance

Hi,
Account Assignment Category: Key indicating whether an item is to be assigned to an auxiliary account (such as a cost center). The account assignment category determines which account assignment data (e.g. cost center, account number, etc.) is required for the item.
Item category: Identifier indicating the characteristics of an item. The item category determines whether the following are necessary or allowed with regard to an item:
Material number, Additional account assignment, Inventory management in the R/3 System, Goods receipt, Invoice receipt.
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Item Category and item category determination

Dear Guru's,
I have BOM for one material. I have done the full cycle from sales order to billing, everything is fine. I have mainatined combination for item catergory determination as OR+ Norm =Taq and ORNormTaq=TAE. and also maintained copy controls.
The same i have maintained for Consignment porocess.
Now i am having problem in the cases return delivery,consignment pickup and consignment returns..
What are the combinations to be maintained.. What are the standard item categories and assignments to be maintained..
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CS

hello,
these are very basic question and can solved if you search over the net or ask your instructor to recommend any book.
coming to your question
item category determination in sales document is done via following rule
sales document typeitem categorygroupusage+higher level item cat=item cat det in sales doc
OR + NORM =TAN
SCHEDULE LINE CAT determination in ITEM OF A sales document is done via following rule
item category+mrp type=schedule line category
TAN +PD =CP
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Mohit Singh

Item Category and MRP type for material is not allowed

Hello all,
I got a Error Message:
Transaction Z113 is not defined (Message no. V1347)
Diagnosis
This combination of item category Z113 and MRP type for material is not allowed.
System response
The system does not allow further processing of this item.
Procedure
Check your entry.
You can display the combination defined in table TVEPZ, which controls scheduling line category determination, and change it as required if you have the authorization to do so. The MRP type for the material may be changed in the material master.
The SD Configuration seems all right, I have:
Sls Doc Type (VOV8) ZA9 (no delivery type assigned)
Item Category (VOV7) Z113
Assigs Sls Doc & Item Ctgry (VOV4) ZA9/ZNOR/blank/blanl/Z113
ZNOR = Std Item-Av. chck Del
ZNOR defined in MM03/Sls Org 2
Define Schedule Line (VOV6) = Z7 (without delivery)
Z7 has FLAG on Prod Allocation
Assign Schedule Line (VOV5) = Z113/ND/Z7
At table: TVEPZ
I have the entry: Z113/ND/Z7
Guys, what would?
Please help me out because I am stuck in this issue.
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Barbara

Barbara, this may be tied to Strategy Group on the Material Master (I can't read enough into the detail)
Item Category determination + MRP Type for your schedule line type ties to a Sched. Line category(this you know)
New Rqmts class gets tied to a Rqmts Type
New Rqmts Type gets assigned to rqmts class
Strategy, assign the Rqmts Type to it
Strategy Group, Assign the Strategy to it
MM02 [MRP3 view] strategy group should be the one that ties together (all the other ties
It may be something in this area that you need to trace through ?
Bill

Service item Category and pricing relevance

In regular sales contexts Item categories can be customized for Pricing relevance and billing relevance.In Service context there are no such settings for Pricing and billing relevance.
The only settings for service item category in service context are the ones for resource planning, Confirmation, costing, service type and valuation type and counter managemnet etc.
How does Pricing work in the case of a Service order with item category Ex. SRVP.
Can some one answer this question?
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Hi Rani,
What you can do is assign Business Transaction Category
SALES (BUS2000115) into your Service Item Category.
To do this, just go into Item Category maintenence,
select your Item Category (service), then click on
Assigment Business Transaction Category (located on left
tree menu). Currently, may be you only see BUS2000116 assign to it, then add/create new entry and select BUS2000115.
Now you have this Pricing Relevance setting.
Hope this help.
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Different Item Category and single invoice.

Hi Experts,
A customer has 2 materials one is third party mat(TAS),Second one is normal mat(TAN)..These both items entered in one sales order and his requirement is he wanted in single invoice with out splitting? How can we do this?
Is it possible then how.of not then why not?
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Rohit

Rohit,
Very Interesting scenario, it can be made possible.
But first let me tell you both the process, to convince my solution.
a. TAS item category is used in third party scenario. wherein delivery will happen from third party vendor. Invoicing will be addressed to us by the vendor using which we will invoice the customer.
This is order relavent Billing process.
b. TAN item category is used in standard process wherein delivery and invoicing takes place. This is delivery relvant billing process
Both are totally different, but if you insist you please contact your ABAPER to get a customised invoice.
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Sathya

Item category and pricing type

Dear All,
I have an requirement of special Sales order from end user.
In our business scenario, while creating invoice, we click on update button (conditions tab) and choose pricing type B to get the present/updated price.
But now we have some special customers for whom we have to maintain the same price of items till the total quantity gets despatched. Even if the price of item gets updated, the same should not get updated even we click on update button.
During making of invoices we have a practice of mrerging many sales order into one delivery and merging many deliveries into one invoice.
Right now we have many normal invoices created with item category TAN(pricing type is maintained as G).also we have made special orders with item category ZTAN. How do i bill them together, without changing pricing type G To B in TAN, in which the special orders dont get updated but the normal orders get updated by clicking update button ?
Can anyone pls tell me, can i create a new pricing type in which i can update items with any item category except ZTAN?

I have tested with one open sale order where the pricing date for a material is 22-04-09. For that material, I have changed the pricing in VK11 with effective date as 28-04-09 and saved.
In VA02, I clicked the "Update" button in condition tab and system is not picking the revised price. This means, what I said earlier holds good.
To summarise, in copy control for your item category, if you maintain "G" for the field "Pricing Type", and if you change the pricing condition in VK11, system will not consider the revised price in existing sale orders unless the pricing date is within the validity period in VK12.
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Change in item category and settlement of old sales order not possible

Hi
I have to settle sales orders in VA88 and transfer data to COPA. I want to do directly without result analysis. So, in the item category, I removed the result analysis key. And the settlement goes thru.
My issue is that there are orders in July 2010 which have to be settled, but it does not work since the changes in item category has happened this month in Aug 2010 and the July sales order are also invoiced.
Pl suggest a solution to settle the July sales order to COPA.
Thanks
kamala

Hi Kamala
I see only one possibility... The old sales order consists of some GL accounts posted in it which is not mapped in the allocation structure...
Alloc Str has 2 parts - i.e. One, it consists of a group of cost elements it has to handle and Two, it consists of the valid settlement receivers like PSG, CTR, etc
You say, this alloc str works well with new sales orders.... The 2nd part of alloc structure (i.e. valid receivers) applies equally to all sales orders.. But what can really differentiate the 2 sales orders is the cost elements posted on it...
I dont foresee any other posslbe reason
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Ajay M

User Exit VA01 - change item category and add lines

Hi all,
I am trying to implement the following requirement:
- Sales order is created in VA01
- Availability check is carried out in APO / GATP
- Based on the results the item category in the sales order needs to be changed (in case of open quantities)
- In case of partially confirmed lines a line split is required
I am currently investigating two scenarios:
- User exit move_field_to_vbap: at this point of time the availability check hasn't been carried out. Thus I am thinking of running a GATP simulation and changing the item category depending on the GATP results and adding new lines if applicable.
- User exit check_vbap: at this point of time the value vbap-kwmeng and vbap-kbmeng is available and the item category can be changed based on that. Problem: All item category depended fields are already derived. A recalculation would be required. Same for added lines.
Did anybody implement the same requirement? Any hints are highly appreciated.
Thanks,
Martin

Can u be more clear.
This are the exits used for the VA01
SDTRM001            Reschedule schedule lines without a new ATP check
V45A0002            Predefine sold-to party in sales document
V45A0003            Collector for customer function modulpool MV45A
V45A0004            Copy packing proposal
V45E0001            Update the purchase order from the sales order
V45E0002            Data transfer in procurement elements (PRreq., assembly)
V45L0001            SD component supplier processing (customer enhancements)
V45P0001            SD customer function for cross-company code sales
V45S0001            Update sales document from configuration
V45S0003            MRP-relevance for incomplete configuration
V45S0004            Effectivity type in sales order
V45W0001            SD Service Management: Forward Contract Data to Item
V46H0001            SD Customer functions for resource-related billing
V60F0001            SD Billing plan (customer enhancement) diff. to billing
SDAPO001            Activating Sourcing Subitem Quantity Propagation
V45A0001            Determine alternative materials for product selection
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Item category and condition type

Hi
I would like to know where you assign a condition type to an item category OR vice-versa? Pls let me know the t-code/table..
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Siddharth

hi siddarth,
we won't assign condition types directly to item categories.
We will place the condition types in pricing procedure as per our requirement and assign that pricing procedure to the combination of sales orgn + Dist. Channel + division + document prcing procedure + customer pricing procedure
the document pricing procedure comes from Sales document functionality
Customer pricing procedure comes from Customer master Data
When we place order we enter doc type, sales area and Customer...based on this combination the pricing procedure is identified and prices, discount and taxes will be calculated for the items which we enter in the sales order.
Item category in the sales order is determined based on the sales doc type + item category group + usage + higher level item category + default itemcatogery.
But in pricing procedure when we place the condition types we can control some features like the condition type is only accessible only when certain precondition met by the item category. I will explain it with example
take the condition type PR00.
for this in pricing procedure in the field requirement we enter as 2 which means 'item with pricing'. that means this PR00 condition type is accessible only if the sales document item satisfies that requirement..if sales document item is standard item TAN ..in TAN item category functionality in the field 'PRICING' it should contain either 'X' or' B' then only the price for that particular item category is calculated which means that condition type is executed.
I hope u understand the link between those two.
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raj r

Determination of Item category and Schedule line category

Hi,
I am fresher being trained in SAP-SD.I am confused with determination of Item and schedule line category. Pls help me
How is item and schedule line category is determined. Should it be done by us or by the system. pls explain it in a low level.

hello,
these are very basic question and can solved if you search over the net or ask your instructor to recommend any book.
coming to your question
item category determination in sales document is done via following rule
sales document typeitem categorygroupusage+higher level item cat=item cat det in sales doc
OR + NORM =TAN
SCHEDULE LINE CAT determination in ITEM OF A sales document is done via following rule
item category+mrp type=schedule line category
TAN +PD =CP
revert if helpful
Mohit Singh

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