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Function documentation Articles: Article Types Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

Article types group together articles with the same attributes. When you create an article master record, you must assign it to a single article type. The article type you choose determines:

Features

The standard SAP Retail System comes with certain article types common in retail. They include the following:

Article type

Article type ID

Additionals
(such as clothes hangers, swing tickets)

VKHM

Apparel

MODE

Beverages

FGTR

Empties

LGUT

Food (excluding perishables and beverages)

FOOD

Full products

VOLL

Nonfood, hardware

NOF1

Perishables

FRIP

Product catalogs (advertising media)

WERB

Value-only articles (all types)

WERT

Activities

You can change or delete the standard article types at any time. You can also create new ones. These are tasks that your system administrator carries out in Customizing for the Article Master in Define Attributes of Article Types.

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