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Function documentationReference Material Maintenance

 

You use this function to associate existing materials with a material type and, optionally, a vendor or vendor subrange.

When creating materials using the simplified material creation method, you can use reference materials as a template to which you can add missing material data. Data from the reference material will be automatically populated if it is not provided by the search result itself.

Activities

You can maintain Reference Materials in the SAP Easy Access menu by choosing Start of the navigation path Logistics Next navigation step Materials Management Next navigation step Material Master Next navigation step Other Next navigation step Additional Functions for Material Next navigation step Reference Materials End of the navigation path(transaction WSD_REFMAT).

Maintain reference material for a material type, and optionally for a vendor and vendor subrange. You should maintain reference material at the vendor level and, if possible, at the vendor subrange level, in order to create proper master data.

For more information about the simplified material creation method, see Material Creation and Change.