Budget consumption in SAP CRM funds management is tracked through fund usage items. Fund usages are generated automatically when a trade promotion is approved. By default, the system generates one fund usage per trade spend, with one fund usage item per product dimension of the promotion planning level.

With trade promotions set up for a large number of individual products rather than for product groups or product categories, the system would generate one fund usage item per product included in the trade promotion, which would lead to a long list of fund usage items. This level of detail not only reduces system performance and usability, it is also not required in business since the users manage the promotions and claims at an aggregated product level such as product category or product group.

To overcome the issues of volume, performance, and usability, you can decouple the level of detail regarding the product dimension on which the fund usage items are generated, from the level of detail on which the promotion is planned. The system can then aggregate the fund usage items accordingly.