Entering content frameProcedure documentationEntering the Same Item ID for Different Items Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You can enter the same external item ID for logically-related items. For example, you might want to define that different versions of an item become effective again under the same item ID.

Prerequisites

You have assigned the item ID of the item externally. In this case, the item ID has at least one alphanumeric character (for example, MA000001).

In Customizing for bills of material, set the following indicators under Define modification parameters:

This indicator defines that an item can become effective again under the same external item ID. The system does not check the effectivity conditions, such as the Valid-from date.

Procedure

Change the BOM with a change number.

  1. Go to the item overview for entering the component – for example, the material item overview for entering a stock item.
  2. Check the item ID of the item that you want to replace with a new item as a result of a change (for example, item ID MA000001).
  3. Enter the new item.
    4.

    - Enter, for example, component and quantity.

    - In the item ID field, enter the item ID that is already defined externally for another item in the BOM group (for example, MA000001).

  4. Save your BOM.
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