Creating Merchandise Categories (SAP Library

Creating Merchandise Categories

Procedure

To create a merchandise category, complete with its assignment to a merchandise category hierarchy level, its basic data, catchwords and characteristics, proceed as follows:

In the Merchandise Category Create: Initial Screen screen, enter the merchandise category and select Goto ® Basic data.

A new screen appears.

Enter a short text for the merchandise category.

If it is defined in Customizing that a merchandise category reference article must be assigned, you have two options:

You enter an existing merchandise category reference article or

You define a new merchandise category reference article. You do this in article maintenance by choosing Goto ® MC reference article once you have saved the merchandise category.

Maintain the department, division and authorization group, as required.

You can, if desired, enter the hierarchy level which is to be immediately above the merchandise category; press ENTER .

If the merchandise category has been assigned to a merchandise category hierarchy level in the field MC hierarchy level, all the hierarchy levels above this level will also appear as default values for assignment. One hierarchy article can be defined for each hierarchy level when the selection indicator is set.

Note

If the selection indicator is set, the required fields (description, base unit of measure) of the hierarchy article must be maintained. As this article is created with very little data, you should define it in more detail in Article Processing.

Once the hierarchy article has been created and assigned, complete with description and base unit of measure, it can no longer be changed.

The hierarchy article must also be assigned in the site master to sites where inventory is to be managed on a value-only basis via this hierarchy level; the assignment takes place via merchandise category assignment.

There is always an x:1 relationship between merchandise category and superior hierarchy level; in other words a merchandise category can only ever be assigned to one hierarchy level, while a hierarchy level can consist of several merchandise categories.

Save your entries. The merchandise category is now created.

If characteristics are defined in the assigned hierarchy level, a value assignment screen appears where you can assign values to the characteristics.

If the merchandise category does not yet have a reference article assigned to it, choose Goto ® MC reference article on the initial screen.

You branch to Article Maintenance. We recommend you define the merchandise category reference article in as much detail as possible in Article Processing, in order to keep the effort of maintenance to a minimum when further articles are created for this merchandise category.

To create a value-only article for the merchandise category, choose Goto ® MC article on the initial screen.

You branch to Article Maintenance. Once the merchandise category article has been created and assigned, complete with description and base unit of measure, it can no longer be changed.

Notes and remarks

Catchwords and characteristics of the merchandise category can be maintained on the initial screen via Goto ® Characts./catchword.