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Fast change enables you to change several items of a document simultaneously. In addition, you can change the stock segment for several items of a purchase order using the fast change option. For example, you notice that you must procure only materials of segment X and not of segment Y. You can use fast change to change segment X to segment Y. You can change the stock segment for all the selected items or for all the items in purchase order.

For more information about fast change in the standard SAP ERP system, see Purchase Order – Single-Screen Transaction (ME21N, ME22N, and ME.

Prerequisites

You have created materials and assigned the segmentation strategy in the material master.

Procedure

  1. Create or open an existing purchase order.

  2. Enter a material and all the necessary details including the relevant stock segment.

  3. Choose one or more line items for which you want to change stock segment.

  4. In the Change Layout dialog box, choose Stock Segment from the list of Hidden fields. If you have already selected the Stock Segment column, this dialog box does not appear.

  5. In the Fast Change dialog box, choose a different stock segment.

  6. Choose the icon for Fast Change.

Result

Stock segment is changed for all the selected line items or for all the items in the document based on the selection in step 3. If any of the material is not relevant for segmentation, stock segment is not assigned to the material as a result of fast change execution.

Example

You have the following items in purchase order:

  • Shirt_T with stock segment X

  • Shirt_T1 with stock segment Y

  • Shirt_T2 with no stock segment

For all the three items you want to change stock segment to Z. The result of fast change is as follows:

  • Shirt_T with stock segment Z

  • Shirt_T1 with stock segment Z

  • Shirt_T2 with no stock segment

In addition, the system validates the newly assigned stock segment. The system displays a message if the stock segment assigned for Shirt_T1 as a result of fast change is not valid. You must choose only that line item and choose a valid stock segment for that material.