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Function documentationProduct Group Assignment

 

As well as assigning products, you can also assign product groups to a marketing project. For more information , see Product Assignments.

Activities

To assign a product group to a marketing project, you proceed as follows:

  1. First of all, you need to define your product group. You do this in the following Customizing activity: Start of the navigation path Customer Relationship Management Next navigation step Master Data Next navigation step Products Next navigation step Special Settings for Sales Operations Next navigation step Define Product Groups End of the navigation path.

  2. In the above activity you can define up to five product groups. However, only one of them can be used in Marketing. To assign the product group to be used for a particular marketing project, you should go to the following Customizing activity: Start of the navigation path Customer Relationship Management Next navigation step Trade Promotion Management Next navigation step Basic Data Next navigation step Products Next navigation step Assign Product Groups End of the navigation path.

  3. You now need to enter the product group as an attribute of the product. This needs to be done for all products in a product group. Choose Start of the navigation path Master Data Next navigation step Product End of the navigation path. Select your product and choose the Distribution Chains assignment block. In the Distribution Chain section, specify a sales organization. In the Sales Groupings section, select a Product Group ID.

  4. Once the products have been updated with the product group, you can enter the product group in the Products assignment block in Marketing. You call up your marketing project and enter the sales area. You can then enter the product group under Products.