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Function documentationAgreed Conversion Factors

 

With this function, you can specify agreed conversion factors in a business document. You use this function if you want to use in a condition a conversion factor for a unit-of-measure pair and the conversion factor deviates from the one in the material master. You can specify one agreed conversion factor per unit-of-measure pair and assign one of the following applicable areas:

  • Condition

  • Current Item

  • All Items

During pricing, the system searches in the above order for agreed conversion factors.

Integration

You can use the agreed conversion factor function in the following business documents:

  • SD documents:

    • Inquiry

    • Quotation

    • Sales contract

    • Sales order

    • Invoice

    • Provisional / Differential Invoice

    • Final Invoice

  • MM documents:

    • Purchase order

    • Invoice

  • GTM documents:

    • Trading contract

    • Precontract

      Note Note

      You cannot use this function together with expense management or in processes for agency businesses.

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Prerequisites

For at least one condition type in the pricing procedure, you must have selected the Conv. Factors (Agreed Conv. Factors Allowed) checkbox in Customizing for Sales and Distribution under Start of the navigation path Basic Functions Next navigation step Pricing Next navigation step Pricing Control Next navigation step Define Condition Types End of the navigation path or for Materials Management under Start of the navigation path Purchasing Next navigation step Conditions Next navigation step Define Price Determination Process Next navigation step Define Condition Types End of the navigation path in the Control data 2 area. Otherwise the system hides the Agreed Conversion Factors area.

Features

  • You can enter the agreed conversion factor in a business document in the Pricing Elements: Table 2 pricing view in the Agreed Conversion Factors area. For more information about the supported business documents, see Configurable User Interface for Pricing.

    In addition, in the Agreed Conversion Factors area, you can control for which area the entered agreed conversion factors are applied by selecting a value in the Applicable For column.

  • In the Pricing Elements area, you can see in the ConvFactors (Agreed Conversion Factors Are Allowed) column for a condition if the system can apply an agreed conversion factor. In the FactorAppl (Agreed Conversion Factor Applied) column, you can see if it has been applied.

  • The system applies the agreed conversion factor to a condition in the business document if the following prerequisites are fulfilled. Otherwise it uses the conversion factor from the material master:

    • You have selected the new Conv. Factors (Agreed Conv. Factors Allowed) checkbox in Customizing for condition types.

    • The units of measure of the agreed conversion factor are the same as the unit of measure of the condition and one of the following values:

      • The base unit of measure

      • The unit of measure of the referenced adjusted quantity

      Note Note

      To fulfill the prerequisites above, the order of the values for the agreed conversion factor is not relevant.

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  • The system automatically copies the entered values of the agreed conversion factors into the subsequent documents, similar to the copying of manually changed pricing elements.

Note Note

It depends on specific restrictions whether the quantity conversion factor is applied to a condition. For more information, see SAP Note 1962882Information published on SAP site.

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