Finding Information for Extending Material Master Records 

Which User Departments Need to Extend a Material Master Record?

  1. In the Material Master menu, choose Other ® Extend material view(s).

    2. The initial screen appears.

  2. Enter the material number and choose Execute.

    3. An overview appears of the user departments (indicated by the maintenance status) that still need to extend the material master record.

  3. Select the user department(s) for which you want to enter data, and choose Maintain materials.

    4. The first user department screen appears, where you can enter your data.

  4. Save your data.

    5. The initial screen for maintaining material master data appears because you have not finished maintaining the material master record. To access the next screen you selected in the overview, choose Enter.

  5. Repeat step 4 until you have entered all the data for the material and have returned to the overview.

Which Material Master Records Does a User Department Need to Extend?

  1. In the Material Master menu, choose Other ® Extend material view(s).

    2. The initial screen appears.

  2. In the Maintenance status field, enter the indicator for the user department concerned.

    3. You can also define other selection criteria, such as the date created, organizational levels, material type, and so on. The system selects those records that satisfy all your selection criteria. If you want the system to select those records that satisfy one of your selection criteria, set the relevant indicator.

    Choose Execute.

    An overview appears of the materials that your user department still needs to extend.

  3. Select the materials whose data you want to extend and choose Maintain materials.

    4. The user department screen appears for the first material you selected.

  4. Enter and save your data.

    5. The data screen for the next material appears.

  5. Repeat step 4 until you have entered your data for all the materials and have returned to the overview.