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 Assignment of Specifications and Materials

Use

You can establish object links between specifications and materials in the SAP component Material Master (LO-MD-MM) . This allows you to create a link to other logistics processes. For example, you can assign a raw material to a basic material.

The material contains logistics data, such as price, weight, and dimensions. This data depends on an article’s packaging size or trading units.

The specification supplies the data on the properties. This data is independent of an article’s packaging size or trading units.

If the material carries the environmentally relevant indicator and a delivery is posted to this material, the SAP system checks whether the material is assigned to a specification that requires a material safety data sheet, and then, if necessary, triggers material safety data sheet shipping .

The following graphic illustrates the possible relationships between materials and specifications.

Prerequisites

  • You have created the materials in the material master .

  • In the Basic Data 2 view of the material master, you have set the Environmentally relevant indicator for materials that require a material safety data sheet.

  • The specification belongs to a specification type for which the Mat. assignment indicator has been set in the IMG activity Specify Specification Categories in Customizing for Basic Data and Tools .

Features

You have the following options for the assignment:

  • You can assign one or more materials to a specification (such as a real substance).

  • You can assign one material to several specifications (such as real substances).

  • You can specify a plant for a material.

After you have assigned a material and plant, the SAP system checks whether:

  • The material and plant exist

  • The material exists in the plant

    The combination of material and plant must be a valid plant material.

  • The material-plant combination is unique

    The combination can only be assigned once to one specification only. You must enter the material either always without a plant, or always with a plant.

    Note Note

    If you do not enter a plant for a material, the assignment is valid for all plants in which the material occurs.

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For more information, see the SAP component Material Master (LO-MD-MM) .

In the standard system, the material short text for assigned materials is output in the SAP Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) component on the Material assignments tab page. In Customizing for Basic Data and Tools the SAP enhancement C1060001 is available for you to use in the IMG activity Develop Enhancement for Material Names . You can use this enhancement to output other material descriptions in addition to the material short text (for example, descriptions from the material classification).

Activities

You assign a specification to a material in the specification workbench in the header data of the specification.

  1. Follow the procedure Creating Specifications or Editing Specifications and choose the Material assignments tab page.

  2. In the Material field, enter the material key.

    Note Note

    You can use the editing functions from the Edit menu for selected materials.

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  3. If required, limit the assignment to one or more plants.

  4. Save your entries.

    Note Note

    For specifications of the specification category Substance , you can also make the assignment in the Material master . The Material master has been enhanced without modifications for this purpose by adding the necessary data screen. For more information, see Assignment of Materials and Substances .

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