Materials groups

hi sap gurus,
i would like to creat new material groups like Material group 1 Material group 2 Material group 3
for Material master data in Sales Org. Data 2 Views.plz tell me how to create these one and which effects are there

Hi Prasad
You will not be able to get the details you are looking for by using OMSF txn code, for that you ahve to go as below
IMG->Logistics general>Material master->Settings for Key Fields->Data Relevant to Sales and Distribution-->Define Material Groups
Table- MVKE
Fields- MVGR1, MVGR2 --- Till MVGR5
Regards
Edited by: samuel mendis on May 18, 2009 8:03 AM

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2. Copying the sales order number to the batch number
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6. Including the plant number in the batch number
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a) Choose Component.
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EXIT_SAPLV01Z_002 for examples 1-2 and 5-6
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Note:
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Example 2
Copying the sales order number to the batch number
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Note:
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Example 3
Material-type-dependent batch number assignment
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For example, if the material "flour" belongs to raw materials, it is maintained in the sub-object ROH, and the batch number is taken from the same number range as the material "eggs" which also belongs to the raw materials group.
Example 4
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Each material number is assigned a number range object, a sub-object, and a number range in the table BNMAT. This is how each material receives its own batch number range.
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Regardas
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