Upload inventory count issue

Question

house my issue is
                              1. after creating an inventory document, adding materials to this doc is streeful i have to add them 1 after the other is they no other way of selecting all the materials
                               2. i know for each material a document is created so if i have 2000 materials 2000 documents will be created and during the entering of inventory count does it mean i will enter inventory count for 2000 materials? please thats very stressful is there a short cut to this to  make my work easy i mean thats the whole essence of sap erp
                       thanks

Answer 1

see the SAP help :
There are two methods of creating a physical inventory document, as follows:
Creating Single Documents
In this case, you explicitly specify the materials to be counted. This method is recommended if you want to take inventory of only a few materials.
Creating Sessions
In this case, you enter the criteria that should determine which materials are to be inventoried in which plants and storage locations. The system then creates a physical inventory document for each plant and storage location with the materials that fulfill the criteria. This method is recommended if you want to take inventory of a lot of materials
Creating Single Documents
1. Choose Phys. inventory doc. -> Create. The initial screen appears.
2. Enter the data required. Choose Edit -> New items to display the item screen.
3. Enter the materials that are to be inventoried.
4. To post the document, choose Phys. inventory doc. -> Post. The system confirms the posting and displays the number of the physical inventory document.
Creating Sessions
1. Choose Sessions ->Create phys.inv.docs ->
Without special stock for physical inventory of companyu2019s own stock
-> Own special stock for physical inventory of own special stocks
-> Externally owned special stock for physical inventory of external special stock
The initial screen appears.
2. Enter the data required.
3. Choose Program->Execute from the menu. The system creates a session. A list appears with all of the items that are to be inventoried according to your selection. The system issues a message with the name of the session created.
After creating the document for all the items, use MI04 for entring the count and MI07 to post the difference.
Edited by: Arun R on May 6, 2010 2:00 PM