What plants is the Material Master used in?

Hi guys,
Can you advise of the transaction that would be used to find out what plants a specific material master is used in. I would liek to make some changes that are plant specific but cannot if another plant is using the material master.
Paul

I would liek to make some changes that are plant specific but cannot if another plant is using the material master.
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When you want to make some plant specific changes why you bother whether other plants are using that material or not. because what ever you change it's appplicable only for that specific plant and it doesnt impact the other plants?

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Hi Anusha,
First of all, list down all your materials those you want to extend to new plant.
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I am handig Data migration project.
This is related to Product Hirerarchy.
I one business Product Hirerarchy have been configured. But in another buisiness, Product Hirerarchy has not been configured.
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For coomon mateials if I am maintaining Product Hirerarchy value in the material master record, is there any impact on business which is not being used Product Hirerarchy. Whether it will stop / impact on business processes.
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Hi karthink,
Thanks for your inputs.
we are meging two servers. In that in one server, product highrechy have been configuredand in another server not configured.
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plant 0001 not using product hierarchy and plant 0002 not using product hierarchy,.
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Deleting QM View in the material master

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Is their any way we can delete the QM view in the material master , once it is created
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Deleting a QM view is not possible
what You can do ...is Deactivate all Inspection Types that you have assigned by QA08
or do mass changes using MM17(MARA & MARC) and remove all fields.
It is as good as removing QM view.
Note:
u can set deletion flag at plant level or client level. ONce u do that u can delete that particular material from that plant using sara transaction . But note that all view at that plant level vl be get deleted
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Legacy number in the material master

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Hi SN,
this requirement sounds a little bit strange.
Question 1: This field 'Guarantee' is valid for all articles or for some articles only ( e.g merchandise categroy electronics)
Question 2: How do you name the Characteristic? is it Years or Ano or guarantee?
Question 3: using additional vlaues will kick out the value check. So it is like a free text entry. Of course this makes no sense, because you can also add 'g hello' als a valid value.
Why you choose this way ?
Question 4: What is the issue using fixed values? I guess the guarantee values are limited at all.
Question 5: Why you don't use a MARA append field and hide it on unwished mechandise categories. Thats easier to handle and a value check can be implemented. So you are able to create a field with a unit in different languages
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What is significance of different Units of Measures found in the material master.
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Unit of measure in which a material is ordered. It is the default unit in purchasing functions.
Order price unit
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Change Excise Duty Group on the Material Master

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- zerorize the stock in the current period (all stock types)
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Screen Level Security for the Material Master

We need to create security for the material master by screen views. The Purchasing group needs to be able to change the Purchasing and MRP screens but none of the other screens. How would we accomplish this with SAP security?
Thanks!

Janet,
It is hard for us to know how your authorization profiles or roles are constructed. You really should consult your local authorization expert.
The Authorization object you are looking for is M_MATE_STA. It is probably contained in at least one of your Roles or Profiles that are currently assigned to your MM maintenance people. At a minimum, it should exist in standard SAP profile M_MATE_ALL in your system. You can review all of these types of authorization info in the User Information System (transaction SUIM).
You would have to create roles or profiles that narrowly define the "User department" fields for M_MATE_STA object. You would also have to search for existing roles/profiles that contain "*" in this field, and determine if these entries are still appropriate in your new authorization business process you want to begin.
Below is the SAP help about this authorization object
M_MATE_STA
Definition
Maintenance status authorization for material master records
The data contained in a material master record is divided into user departments or views (Purchasing, MRP, and so on). The maintenance status is a single-character key for the relevant user department or view.
This object determines which user departments or views a user is authorized to process; that is, which data he or she may process from this view.
                                                                                Note
To use material master functions, a user needs the authorization for at least one user department.
Defined Fields
Fields               Possible values      Meaning
ACTVT                01                   User may create data.
                     02                   User may change data.
                     03                   User may display data.
                     06                   User may flag data for deletion.
                     08                   User may display change documents.
STATM                                     Here, you specify the maintenance status for which the user is authorized.
The maintenance statuses possible are as follows:
User department                Maintenance status
Work scheduling                   A
Accounting                        B
Classification                    C
MRP                               D
Purchasing                        E
Production resources/tools        F
Costing                           G
Basic data                        K
Storage                           L
Forecasting                       P
Quality management                Q
Warehouse management              S
Sales                             V
Plant stocks                      X
Storage location stocks           Z
Notes
This authorization object also determines:
o   Whether a user may flag a material master record for deletion. In this case, 06 must be entered in field ACTVT; the maintenance status is irrelevant here.
o   Whether a user may change the material type. In this case, 02 must be entered in field ACTVT; the maintenance status is irrelevant here.
o   Whether a user may process an MRP profile or forecast profile. In this case, the following values must be entered in field ACTVT:
-   01 to create
-   02 to change or delete
-   03 to display
The maintenance status must be D for the MRP profile or P for the forecast profile.
o   Whether a user may create an overview of all extendable materials. In this case, 01 must be entered in field ACTVT; the maintenance status is irrelevant here.
o   Whether a user may call up the materials list. In this case, 03 must be entered in field ACTVT; the maintenance status is irrelevant here.
o   Whether a user may create or change production versions from task lists. In this case, 02 must be entered in field ACTVT, and A in field STATM.
Rgds,
DB49

Forecast settings in the Material Master

Hello gurus
We want to set the forecast model as X ( Seasonal and trend ) and Model Selectionu2014u2018 as Au201D We are getting error message as A is not relevant for this model . Where to do the relevent config .
Please advice where to do the config for the number ranges for the alpha/beta/ factor in the settings
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Dear,
I didn't get your requirement. The system first calculates the basic value on the basis of historical data and then updates this value at the end of every period using the alpha factor.
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