Procedure
After you have finished
Creating an Article Hierarchy , you enter the real maintenance for the article hierarchy using transaction MATGRP02:First, assign nodes to an article hierarchy.
If no tree exists, you should then define the entry node (root node) and give it a description. This node is not assigned to any other node. You can assign as many nodes as you wish to the root node, choose descriptions for the nodes and maintain the role and the strategy.
You can only maintain the role that you set in Customizing if you have set the category indicator; the role can only be assigned to a node that is defined as a category. A general category role definition is not possible.
The strategy, which is set in Customizing like the role, can be passed onto every node of a category structure. You can view the strategy that is assigned to the selected hierarchy node in the tab page Selected Hierarchy Node.
In Article Assignment all articles that are assigned to the node above the selected node will be displayed in the Article List. A list of articles that are already assigned to the selected hierarchy node is also displayed.
Assign the articles to the nodes of the article hierarchy. You can either do this top-down, manually, or using article selection.
In the strategy you see the attributes of the articles assigned to the selected hierarchy node and the corresponding descriptions.
You should ensure that only articles that are directly assigned to the selected node are listed here. The articles assigned indirectly to the node are articles that are assigned to the lower level nodes.
This is also where you maintain the strategy of the articles assigned to the selected node. If a strategy is assigned to the selected hierarchy node this strategy applies to all articles directly assigned to this node. You also have the option to explicitly assign an alternative strategy to articles.
You can still continue to maintain the article category and the article type.
Here you maintain the descriptions for the selected hierarchy node. Descriptions require language-dependent maintenance.
Set the language-dependent descriptions of the role and the strategy in Customizing.