Product Category Hierarchies

Hi,
I have replicated the product categories from ECC to SRM without activating the hierarchies. Now, we wanted to use the Hierarchies, so can I just activate the hierarchies? or do I need to maintain the same in ECC? is there any hierarchy concept in ECC that we need to maintain/configure before replicating them to SRM?
Also I found a program called BP_PCH_ACTIVATE_REASSIGNMENT, which I guess will allow me to maintain product categories hierarchically in SRM? but wanted to see if any one has used this report or should I need to start from scratch?
Please share your experiences/expertise.
Thanks,
CS

Hi,
Any suggestions on this?
Thanks,
CS

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Dear Gurus,
We are on SRM7.0/ECC6.0 (Ext classic)
I have a peculiar problem. Our SRM system was earlier connected to one ECC system (say ECC100), later we changed the ECC system to ECC200.
Now everything is working fine. However when user directly plugs the product category while creating a limit SC, the system throws a prompt saying 2 product categories with same number exist. This is because we had done middleware settings again for ECC200 and COMM_HIERARCHY has 2 hierarchies.
But I have restricted the product categories in extended attributes to the current ECC system. Also when we do a search for prod categories the system shows only hierarchy for new system. Only when user directly plugs in the category number, does he get that prompt.
Please suggest. Will give full marks.
Best Regards

Hi,
It happens because you have product categories from ECC100 also in your system.
Did you also create any documents using ECC100 categories ?
If No, you can try this :
Use program COM_HIERARCHY_DELETE_SINGLE and delete ECC100 hierarchy (along with categories).
Best regards,
Ramki

Product Category Hierarchy - SRM

I have doubts on Product Category hierarchy....
1) As far as i understand whenever we replicate the material from Backend R/3 there is a product hiearachy created and assigned automatically. However, we also have the option of creating local hiearachies.
So, what i did was for the same product category i assigned two hierarchies. One the standard R3MATCLASS and other which i created manually in SRM. Then i assigned the two hierarchies while creating the material manually in SRM. However, i am not able to get the significance of this? Why has SAP provided this provision of having multiple hieararchies?
2) I read from the help portal in SAP that Product Hierarchy helps in determining the source of supply. I am not able to understand how that is possible. I have searched for documentation all around but could not find any?
3) In one of the forums i saw that one consultant activated the product hiearachy, then to his surprise the automatic sourcing configuration which he had done has not worked due to activation of hierarchies
Has anyone worked indepth in this field. Any inputs is greatly welcome as i am doing some indepth work on this
Thank You
Abhinandan

Hi
1)
2) Most of the time, We create multiple hierarchy levels in case of Extended Classic Scenario (ECS).
3) Might be due to some bug (some OSS note is missing here).
Please go through the links as well ->
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/02/faeb38d391aa6ce10000000a11402f/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/55/4af548688211d4977e0004ac962ee6/frameset.htm
Note 519794 - EBP: Replication of materials with purchasing view
Note 720819 - Middleware consumer entry for SRM 40 and 50 in the OLTP-syst
Note 902814 - Dump during product category download
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/43/2022b83fbc2be8e10000000a11466f/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/3a/d6ad4240adb111e10000000a155106/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/42/151D4193BB73ADE10000000A114B54/content.htm
http://searchsap.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid21_gci1245134,00.html
http://www.infosys.com/industries/electronics_hightech/ViewPoint_Order_Management.pdf
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm50/helpdata/en/c5/13e53c759d4d19a7e20d9d32569abe/frameset.htm
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Condition Maintenance at Product Category Level

Dear Gurus,
Could you please advise how to enable/define pricing conditions/discounts at product category level? In the 'comprehensive' SAP CRM training material it says "In order to define condition types on the product category level, you have to define the relevant category hierarchies as pricing relevant".
Question is, how? I am not at all impressed with SAP training documentation. Hope to get some meaningful answer here.
Many thanks!

Hi Leon,
Once you have product category maintained for you product.
You need to create condition table for creating your product category based condition record.
IMG Path: SAP Implementation Guide>Customer Relationship Management>
Basic Functions>Pricing>Define Settings for Pricing-->Create Condition Tables
Check table 'SAP0PCTA' and create similar kind of table.
Include the table in access sequence of required condition type.
In the IMG Path:
SAP Implementation Guide>Customer Relationship Management>Master Data
>Conditions and Condition Technique>Condition Technique: Basics-->Create Maintenance Group
find condition group 'PRODPRICES' and 'PRODDISCOU'.
Select and go to second level customizing by clicking on 'Condition Maintenance Group Details' in left panel.
Create a new entry for a condition type/Condition table (Created above).
Save settings.
You have to wait for 12:00 AM night to get your pricing buffer refresh so that your setting will take effect, else you need to restart you IPC (Consult Basis Admin).
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Pratik Patel
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How restrict all products of a Product category in the Campaign Plan

Hi,
Could you please suggest me how to restrict all the list of products of a product category in CRM_MKTPL transaction ( Marketing Planner ).
Standard SAP behavior is to "explode" the category to list all products within the category onto the marketing or campaign plan.
The requirement is to display only the Product Hierarchy but not all the products under that Product Hierarchy.
Regards,
Sampath Kumar Chinta.

Hello Sampath,
One of the prerequisite for this is define product hierarchy in the customizing
IMG>Marketing Planning and Campaign Management>Product Assignments>Assign Product hierarchies.
Product categories are assigned to Hierarchies, when a product category is included in a Campaign, it picks up data from the relevant hiererchy.
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regards,
Muralidhar Prasad.C

Opportunity & Product category

Hi experts,
I will download all materials into CRM and its hierarchies levels (5) from SAP ECC.
1) Is it possible to create an opportunity and inform only Product category (level 3) not the Product in the tab "Products" ?
Because it is not necessary to inform the Product at the level 5.
From CRM point of view, it is only necessary level 3 to have registered as Product.
2) Should I have to create as Product in CRM new material codes representing hierarchy level 3 ?
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ahm

Hi Ahm
Unfortunately it is not possible to assign a product hierarchy to the opportunity directly, so you need to find a workaround.
The solution here is to work with dummy products assigned to level 3 of the hierarchy. These can be either CRM-only products (as they are used in CRM-only processes) or ECC-created products, depending on how you like it.
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Error when creating service product category in Shopping cart

Hi ,
When I am creating a shopping cart for service type product category I am getting an error message
" Item 1 is created as service item. Please change it to goods".
Do I need to do some settings to enable shopping for service type?

Hi,
First you need to publish your service which you would get from the dropdown fro utilities->setting->its->publish.
Also check in transaction SICF whether your serivce is actiavted- else activate the same. you can find your serivice under the following path
default_host/sap/bc/gui/sap/its/
ITS Debugger
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/5f/1fbd2f4aee11d189740000e8322d00/frameset.htm
Debugging Flow Logic Applications
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/d1/7033b4ae5d11d3806500c04f99fbf0/frameset.htm
~rfcDebugging
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/5f/1fbbb14aee11d189740000e8322d00/frameset.htm
Debugging WebRFC Applications
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/2b/d9211d4b8a11d1894c0000e8323c4f/frameset.htm
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Problem with product category

Hello,
I have replicated my product category for my new backend but i have a problem.
When i'm logged on germand it is OK but in english I have none and in french juste a few.
I saw that I have the translation but I don't understand why they don't appear when i create my schopping cart.
can you help me?
thanks

Hi Eileen,
You don't have filled description for English and French language.
Please go to transaction COMM_HIERARCHY and double click in product categories -
(R3MATCLASS). Then go to backend R3MATCLASS node and click on category.
On bottom in table You will see language. Add proper description for proper language code.
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Issue in product category replication from R/3 to SRM

Mehul G Shah: BACKGROUND:
We are in the process of replicating Material Group from R/3 to SRM
using transaction R3AR2 & R3AR4. Our Pre-Production server got
refreshed recently & this has caused all EBM data inclucing Logical
System & Destination being overwritten with EBP data.
We have maintained middleware paramaters, viz., CRMCONSUM, CRMRFCPAR,
CRMPAROLTP & also TBE11.
We have also maintained sites in CRM Middleware Monitoring Cockpit
using SMWP.
We have also tried after deleting entries in tables CRMPRLS (R/3) &
CRMMLSGUID (EBM) as suggested by SAP note 765018
We have followed steps mentioned in link /people/marcin.gajewski/blog/2007/02/05/how-to-replicate-material-master-from-r3-to-srm
(But we are not clear about site attributes which needs to maintain as per the CRM Middleware Monitoring Cockpit.)
ISSUE:
Material Group gets replicated to Product Category in SRM. However, the
Product Category gets replicated with Logical System which is not
maintained in EBM

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Product category not available error in SAP CRM 7.0

hi Gurus,
while i try creating opportunity transaction, there under product tab when i enter product category(as we maintian product category and not product) and pass on other data and finally press enter ..i get error "product category "3lAA" not available" same for other category. even when i try F4 help only very few categories it shows, not all.
but then i went back and checked for category and hierarchy in CRM system ..it is showing all there and it is downloaded form R/3 system.
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Thanks,
gaurav

Hi,
I believe all the categories which you are viewing currently in the pop up are from a single hierarchy ( Most probably R3PRODHIER). And the categories which you are looking for is probably from a different hierarchy ( R3MATCLAS, R3PRODSTYP etc.).
By standard, for sales applications only R3PRODHIER is supported. Please have a look at the IMG path Cross-Application Component->SAP Product-> Product Category->Assign Category Hierarchy to Applications, where you can verify this. If you are so particular about using categories from a different hierarchy you might need to change this setting - I am not sure about other implications that can cause if you change that like downloading from R/3 etc.
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Sreejith

Search help for Product category in table level

Hi Gurus,
My requirement is to create a Z-table with fields Plant and Product category.
For this Product category I need to create a table level search help. So I need to know the SRM table used for Product category.
Could any suggest me any table name or search help or FM that will display the list Product Category .
Regards
Paul

Hi Paul,
Use the FM 'BBP_GET_ALL_CATEGORIES_F4' for getting all the list of Product Category .
Thanks
Bidyut

Determine of Tax Code for Country/Product Category - Table handling

Dear Experts,
in SRM 7.0, CS, i am facing the following requirement regarding tax codes:
We have users from different countries using SRM. These different countries have different tax codes that are to be used for legal reasons.
My question is, how i can achieve a system behaviour, by which in the shopping cart, the correct tax codes gets selected automatically, based on the country of the user, who is creating the shopping cart.
Question 1:
Is it correct to assume, that this requirement can be achieved by maintaining the "Determine of Tax Code for Country/Product Category" - Table?
Q2:
What is the purpose of the 1st column of the above mentioned table, "Domestic/International Indicator"? Can it be left blank?
Q3:
Is it possible to fill in the values for the field "Country" BUT to leave the field "Category ID" empty???The reason for asking it, that otherwise several hundreds entries would have to be maintaind manaully...
Q4:
From where in the shopping cart or ppoma settings is the system fetching the Country code, in order to be able to use it in the table? Is there any specific attribute maintenance that has to be taken care of, so the above mentioned table can be used (e.g. delivery address, including the country information)?
Thank you very much for your help in understanding the topic.

Hi
Here are my responses to your questions:
Question 1:
Is it correct to assume, that this requirement can be achieved by maintaining the "Determine of Tax Code for Country/Product Category" - Table?
Answer - If you have a requirement where different countries have different tax codes, then you do need this confiugration. Otherwise Configuraiton in Enter Tax Code are sufficient.
Q2:
What is the purpose of the 1st column of the above mentioned table, "Domestic/International Indicator"? Can it be left blank?
Answer - Sometimes you have different codes for International and Domestic purchases for a product Category. IN those situations you can select Domestic/International field to differentiate btw tax codes. Otherwise this field can be left blank
Q3:
Is it possible to fill in the values for the field "Country" BUT to leave the field "Category ID" empty???The reason for asking it, that otherwise several hundreds entries would have to be maintaind manaully...
Answer - No, if you enter country, then Category Id field is mandatory. You may enter * in case you dont have multiple backend systems. otherwise you will ve to ve individual entries for each category and backend system.
Q4:
From where in the shopping cart or ppoma settings is the system fetching the Country code, in order to be able to use it in the table? Is there any specific attribute maintenance that has to be taken care of, so the above mentioned table can be used (e.g. delivery address, including the country information)?
Answer - It is picked up from the address of the user where is will receive goods. and Domestic/International will be decided based on Vendor address with reference to thta address.
I hope my responses clarify your doubts.
Regards
Virender Singh

Product Category Description 2 in SRM missing

Hello,
we have the issue, that the Product Category Description 2 is needed in the SRM System. The replication from ERP just giving Product Category Description 1. We are running SRM 7.0 and habe ECC 6.0 (EHP4) as Backend.
What would be the best way to solve this?
1. Enhance the master data replication and
2. Enhance the dataobject Product Category in SRM with the field wgbez60 to store the data
How can an enhancement to the replication be done? Is there a BADI as for vendors available?
How the middleware program need to be changed?
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Regards
Edited by: trevor_987 on Dec 2, 2010 12:12 PM

Hi. In that case....
Go to BBPSC01 in the GUI, get the search help name from the category field.
Go to SE11 and change the search help to add a new field and put in a search help exit just like any other search help.
This way you can use the search help exit to read both descriptions from the backend and populate the search results.
This will allow users to see both descriptions when searching.
After they choose a category they will only see 1 description in the cart though.
You could implement a custom field and use BBP_DOC_CHANGE_BADI to populate the second description. It will be shown in a different section on the cart though.
Alternatively you could look at changing the templates, that would be quite tricky for something this complex though.
Regards,
Dave.

Define G/L Account for Product Category and Account Assignment Category

Hello Experts,
I got a requirment to make a new entry in below SPRO path.
Define G/L Account for Product Category and Account Assignment Category
*Individual entries cannot be put into the change request*
*Message no. SV141*
*Diagnosis*
*For technical reasons, the entries cannot be fully specified in the change request. There are two possible reasons for this:*
*1. The key of an entry is longer than 120 characters. All entries whose keys match up to character 119, are then copied into the change request, rather than an individual entry.*
*2. The key of an entry contains fields of special data types, for example, packed numbers. The key can only be specified in the change request up to the first such field from the left.*
*all entries whose keys match up to character 26 are copied into the change request, rather than a single entry.*
*System Response*
*The selected entry is copied into the change request correctly, but other entries may be copied as well.*
My question is, If I make one entry and move to Quality and production system will it move only one entry or whole table will move?
Kindly help me.
Thanking you
Regards
Sharan

I got the same message trying to make an entry in SPRO:
Define Backend System for Product Category
I found the note 305942 describing exactly the issue for my and above mentioned entry, which offers the correction, then the note 326802 which offers the correction of the first notes. However, both notes are for Releases 4.6C and D (from 2000), and we are using EHP2 FOR SAP SRM 7.0.
I see another discussions in SCN regarding this topic, but haven't found real solution yet. Any hints? At least the answer to previous question from Sharan would be appreciated.
Best regards,
Toni

Vendor name is deleted after the approver changes the product category.

Hello,
We have implemented workflow WS14000044(Completion by Purchaser) and
WS14500015(Item-Based Main WF).
At workflow WS14500015 level, when the approver changes the product
category, the vendor name is deleted.The previous validation allows the
PO creation , But the PO is created without vendor.
Furthermore under transaction process purchase orders 'BBP_POC' the
purchaser can not access in change mode to the vendor field in order to
add a vendor.
How can we give access in change mode to the vendor field for purchaser in transaction 'BBP_POC' ?
Regards,
Lina

Hi,
Which SRM version are you working on?
Please see if the foll notes help:
801591 Source determination after item change
881346 Vendor incorrectly deleted
873972 Sources of supply in the shopping cart with catalog items
908178 Transferring reference: Deleted vendor
Note 829652 - Completion workflow in shopping cart: Vendor
789087 Changed product category: Vendor not deleted
BR,
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