Indicator for controlling the various sales documents defined in the system. Document types allow the system to process different kinds of business transactions in different ways.
The standard version of the SAP R/3 System includes a variety of pre-defined sales document types. You may also define your own. Examples of sales document types include: IN - inquiry, QT - quotation, OR - standard order, etc.
Sales document types are grouped into general processing groups known as sales document categories.