Definition

Element of a sales document that contains item type-specific information for an advertising service.

Use

To replicate advertising services to be performed by your organization in document items.

An order for a cooperation ad that has a contract discount and a sales agent commission or a credit memo for a commercial that was not aired are to be replicated in a document item.

Structure

A document item is an element in a sales document .

The item type and item category define the features and processing options for a document item .

Document items with the following item types exist in the system:

Each document item has a certain number of sub-items, schedule lines and billing datasets according to the item type: Each document item usually has at least one sub-item, schedule line and billing dataset.

The system generates sub-items, schedule lines and billing datasets for a document item when you confirm the item data.

See also : Generation of Sub-Items

See also : Generation of Schedule Lines

See also: Generation of Billing Datasets

If you change the data in a document item, the system generates new sub-items, schedule lines and billing datasets.

See also: Change Document Items

You enter associated documents, such as texts, graphics or multi-media objects on the Documents tab page.

See also: SAP Media Document Management

Integration

A sales document can contain any number of document items of various item types and/or categories.

You create document items during creation or modification of sales documents.

See also: Creation of Document Items

Document items are created or changed during document processing, which can be accessed in standard and central access or classified order entry. The type of business transaction to be replicated in a sales document determines which access you choose.

A number of functions for creating and modifying document items are available to you in document processing. Processing functions are cross-item type or item type-specific.

See also: Document Processing

Each document item has a status.

Status levels describe the processing status of a document item and determine the activities that you must perform during document processing to allow the system to perform production, billing and settlement for the item.

See also:   Determination of Item Status