Item category fields: Pricing & billing relevancy..

Hi Experts,
In item category have fields called pricing & billing. why?
If item relevant for billing means system relevant for pricing as well.
If the item is relevant for pricing means we do billing for that item, then why fields are required,
Please light on this.
Thx

Hi
Billing Relevence means order related billing or delivery related billing and so on
Means whether the sales order is taken as a source doc for billing or delivery doc is taken as a source doc for billing and so on and accordingly copy controls are set
Billing relevence means pricing also is there
why separate fields
Both of them have different controls
Pricing means whether it is standard pricing(normal pricing),No pricing,or 100% discount like these entries are defined
Say TANN it is not relevent for billing but pricing is B that is 100% discount
It means when the sales order is created when an item is created free of charge the system determines the pricing for that item and makes it a 100% discount thro condition type R100
It means when these values are posted in FI you will know how much values you have given as discount
For free item also involves manufacturing cost or procurement cost which the client parts as a sales promotion so he need to know the values
When this item cat TANN comes for billing it is not billed because billing relevence is kept blank
Pricing here controls what is going to be the pricing in sales order not in billing doc
Regards
Raja
Edited by: ramanathan raja on Dec 2, 2008 3:24 PM

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