Creation of Document Items - SAP Documentation

Use

This function is used to create items in sales documents.

Integration

It is part of document processing and is available as follows for sales document creation and modification:

Function	Screen	Menu path	Button
Standard access	Initial screen	Item Create Ad	AD
		Item Create Ad Insert	AI
		Item Create Distribution	DT
		Item Create Online	OL
		Item Create Commercial	CM
		Item Create Service	SV
Central access	Selection screen, item overview	Item Create	Item
Document processing	Header, item	-------	( Create Item )

Note Note

Accessing classified order entry creates ad items.

Documents items can be created by copying existing document items.

See also: Copying of Document Items

End of the note.

Prerequisites

A document item, such as an ad item in an order or an offer item for an ad insert in an offer document is to be created.

You have made the following settings in Customizing:

Activity	Menu path
Define available item types	SAP Media Advertising Management Sales Order Client-Specific Settings Make Settings for Central/Standard Access/Classified Order Entry
Define presentation of item type selection (drop-down list or tab page)
Define standard item categories	SAP Media Advertising Management Sales Order Sales Document Sales Document Item Assign Item Category to Sales Document Type

Features

Create document items

Document items are created in sales documents that can contain any number of these items.

See also: Sales Document

The item type and item category must be specified during document item creation. The item type is selected by the user. The item category on the other hand is defined by the sales document type or the item and sales document type.

Specify item type during document item creation

You have defined item types for document item creation in Customizing. If you have not restricted the number of item types in Customizing, the following are available here:

Ad
Ad insert
Distribution
Online
Commercial
Service

If you create a document item from document processing, the system uses the item type that is displayed in the drop-down list or the item type whose tab page is displayed in the foreground in the item overview.

If the All Item Types entry is displayed in the drop-down list or the All Items tab page is displayed in the foreground, the system offers you all item types for selection.

You have made Customizing settings that control whether the system displays a tab page or a drop-down list for item type selection during document processing.

See also: Document Processing

If you create a document item from central access, the system uses the item type whose tab page is displayed in the foreground on the selection screen. If the All items tab page is displayed in the foreground on the selection screen, the system offers you all item types for selection.

See also: Central Access

Specify item category during document item creation

During document item creation, the system uses the item category that has been defined in Customizing as the standard item category for the sales document type or the standard item category for the item and sales document type. An example of this is the Standard item item category for ad items in sales documents of the Order sales document type .

See also: Item Category

To use an item category to create a document item other than the standard item category defined in Customizing, choose the Create with item category function .