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Object documentationBasic Data on Materials

 

Technical name: COMM_PR_MAT

Set type containing the item category group and division for materials.

 

Item Category Groups

An item category group represents the item categories allowed for a product. It enables products to be grouped together from a business perspective and the relevant item category to be determined when processing business transactions.

During business transaction processing, the system determines the item category based on the item category group specified for the product, and the business transaction type, and proposes it in the respective document. This determines how the item is processed in the business transaction, such as whether it is subject to the availability check, whether standard pricing or free-of-charge pricing applies, and whether it is relevant for quotations.

When you enter a product in a sales order, for example, with a certain item category group, the system finds the relevant item category based on the item categories assigned to the relevant transaction type of the item category group.

You define item category groups in Customizing for Customer Relationship Management, by choosing Start of the navigation path Transactions Next navigation step Basic Settings Next navigation step Define Item Category Group End of the navigation path.

You make the settings required for item category determination in Customizing for Customer Relationship Management, by choosing Start of the navigation path Transactions Next navigation step Basic Settings Next navigation step Define Item Category Determination End of the navigation path.

Divisions

A division is an attribute in organizational management. If a header division is not used in your system, the division exists only at item level and is derived from the product data. You specify in Customizing whether a header division is being used.

Although a division is not required in SAP CRM and can be deactivated, a division is required for data transfer with SAP ECC, as SAP ECC can only process documents and master data entered with a division. The division specified in SAP CRM must also be available in SAP ECC.

If you are not using divisions in SAP CRM you can set this function to inactive and use a dummy division instead for data transfer to SAP ECC. This enables the data transferred to be processed further in SAP ECC.

You can set divisions to inactive and specify a dummy division to be used instead in Customizing for Customer Relationship Management, by choosing Start of the navigation path Master Data Next navigation step Products Next navigation step Special Settings for Sales Operations Next navigation step Define Division Settings End of the navigation path.

You define divisions in Customizing for Customer Relationship Management, by choosing Start of the navigation path Master Data Next navigation step Organizational Management Next navigation step Division Settings Next navigation step Define Divisions End of the navigation path.