Item Categories

To configure item categories for scheduling agreements, choose Start of the navigation path Sales Next navigation step Sales Documents Next navigation step Sales Document Item Next navigation step Define item categories End of the navigation path in Customizing for Sales and Distribution.

In the transaction flow section for new entries, you can set incompletion procedures for item categories. These specify which data must be maintained in a document in order for it to be considered complete and therefore relevant for further processing.

  • Incompletion procedure 34 is for scheduling agreement items with delivery schedules (or delivery orders)

  • Incompletion procedure 36 is for scheduling agreements with external agents

The system determines the following item categories for the related document types in documents containing materials with item category group NORM :

  • Item category LZN for scheduling agreement type LZ

  • Item category LZMA for scheduling agreement type LZM

  • Item category LKN for scheduling agreement type LK

  • Item category KEN for document type ED

  • Item category EDK for positive corrections (or the manual alternative EDK1 for negative corrections) for document type EDKO

  • Item category REN for document type RZ

  • Item category KAN for document type KAZU

  • Item category KRN for document type KRZU