Settings in the Material Master (Dummy-Material)

Use

The dummy material is used for creating a sales document item (material item) with a bill of service (BOS).

If you want to create a BOS under a sales document item, you must have made the settings for sales documents and for the material master (dummy material):

The material together with the sales document data determines the way in which the system performs a business process.

Recommendation Recommendation

SAP recommends that you create different dummy materials for controlling typical business processes. For example, you can settle the sales order in one business process and the project in the other business process.

For more information, see Sales Processing Control for BOS using the Requirements Class

End of the recommendation.

Activities

To edit the material master, choose Start of the navigation path Logistics Next navigation step Sales and Distribution Next navigation step Master Data Next navigation step Products Next navigation step Material Next navigation step Services Next navigation step Create End of the navigation path .

Note Note

The material type is Services ( DIEN ). If you want to use your own material type, note that you have to maintain the following views: Basic Data 1, Sales: Sales Org. Data 1, Sales: Sales Org. Data 2, MRP 1 and MRP 3 .

End of the note.

In addition to making the usual entries in the material master, you have to set the following fields and indicators correctly:

  • ·         Base Unit of Measure ( Basic Data 1 view)

    Select the value LE for the performance unit.

  • ·         Delivering Plant ( Sales: sales org. 1 view)

    You make the logistics assignment using the delivering plant. This plant is copied automatically to the sales order item as a default value.

  • ·         Gen. Item Cat. Grp ( Sales: Sales Org. Data 2 view)

    This field is part of the assignment between the material master and the sales document. Depending on the sales document type, the system proposes an item category, if you create a sales document item using this material.

    Item category group PBOS is delivered for BOS in Sales and Distribution in the SAP DI system.

  • ·         MRP Type ( MRP 1 view)

    The MRP type field determines the way in which a material is planned. However, you cannot plan a dummy material. Therefore, you can set the value No Planning (ND) .

  • ·         Strategy Group ( MRP 3 view)

    The strategy group combines the possible planning strategies for a material. The planning strategy represents the procedure for planning a material, and is technically controlled by means of requirements types.

    The following strategy groups are relevant for BOS in Sales and Distribution in the SAP standard system:

    • Make-to-order (20)

    • Make-to-order/project settlement (21)

      Caution Caution

      The system uses the strategy group to determine the main planning strategy. The main planning strategy is assigned a requirements type and a requirements class. For more information, see Sales Processing Control for BOS using the Requirements Class .

      End of the caution.

  • Availability Check ( MRP 3 view)

    The Availability check field determines how the system checks the availability of a material in general. Choose the value KP ( no check ) because the system cannot carry out a check for a dummy material.