In this step, you set the field selection for the goods receipt movement types.
When entering a goods receipt, the field selection controls which fields (account assignment fields) are
optional entry fields) have to be filled (required entry fields) suppressed fields In Inventory Management, the field se.
In the case of goods movements with reference to purchase orders or orders (for example, movement type 101), no field selection can be set, since the account assignment fields are copied from the purchase order or production order and cannot be changed at the time of the goods movement.
The field selection defined for a movement type is valid for the entry of goods movements and reservations.
The field selection defined for a movement type applies both to the entry of goods movements and reservations.
Via the fields selection, you define whether the entry of an external amount for a goods movement (for example, initial entry of stock balances) is possible, for example.
You do not maintain the input features of the GL account and Reason fields here, but in the following steps:
The field selection for the movement type must correspond to the following field selections:
Please make sure that a mandatory entry in the G/L account is also defined as a mandatory entry for the goods movement.
Example:
If a goods movement is posted to a G/L account which requires the entry of an
account assignment (for example, cost center), then you must define the
account assignment field (cost center) as a mandatory-entry field for the
movement type.
SAP recommends that you accept the settings defined in the standard system. In this case, no action is required on your part.
In the case of movement types with the special stock indicator E (sales order stock), the field selection is not taken into account for the sales order since entry of the sales order number and sales order item is always mandatory.