Allocating Materials to a Network Manually 

  1. On the SAP R/3 screen choose Logistics/Accounting ® Project management ® Operative structures and then Network ® Create or Change .
  2. On the initial screen enter the requisite data and choose Goto ® Activity overview.
  3. Select the activity to which you want to allocate the material.
  4. Choose Activity ® Component overview.

    5. The Assignments to Activity screen appears.

  5. Enter the material, required quantity, unit of measure, item category and choose Enter.

Depending on the settings in the material master and the assignments of the network or activity, a dialog box may appear in which you enter:

- If the material is managed in different stocks, the stock type (see Managing Stocks of Material Components)

- If the prerequisites to do so are met, you can generate preliminary requirements (see Advance Procurement)

- If the component are directly procured (item category N), you can create a third-party order. In this case the material is delivered directly from the vendor to the customer.
  1. Enter the necessary data for all the material components.

    2. On the General Data screen you can view the reservation number as well as the reserved quantity (required quantity). If you align the requirements to the start or finish date of the activity, you can enter an offset (see Requirements Date).

    For material with item category L you can see the number of the reservation in the General data detail screen.

    For material with category N you can see information about whether a purchase requisition has been created in the Purchasing data detail screen, if requirements have been activated. You can go to the purchase requisition by choosing Purch. Req. . You can plan dates and values for payments by choosing Invoicing plan.

  2. If required, allocate additional materials and enter the data for the material.
  3. Return to the component overview.
  4. To check material availability, choose Component ® Check availability.
  5. Save the network.