Use

This function enables the inheritance of batch characteristic values from a source batch during material movements.

In this context batch characteristic inheritance refers to the inheritance of batch characteristics across batches, not inheritance from a material master.

Batch characteristic inheritance is available only for class types 022 (batch unique at plant level) and 023 (batch unique at material level and at client level for a material).

In movement types that involve the specification of a source batch and target batch (for example, a goods transfer movement from one batch location to another), the system follows standard functionality.

Scenarios

Batch characteristic inheritance applies to process orders, production orders, and subcontract purchase orders in the following goods movement scenarios:

Goods receipt for process orders and process order splits

Goods receipt for production orders and production order splits

Goods issue reversal for process and production orders

Goods receipt for subcontract orders

Stock transfers

One-step interplant stock transfers

Two-step interplant stock transfers

Stock transport orders

Without delivery

With delivery via shipping

With delivery and billing document (invoice)

Rules

The following rules apply:

For new target batches, common batch characteristic values from the source batch are copied to the target batch

For existing target batches, batch characteristic values of the target batch are not overwritten

Batch characteristic inheritance between batches only works when the source and the target batch numbers are available in the same movement type.

Example

Batch A001 (Material A) and Batch B001 (Material B) have the following characteristics:

During goods receipt (Movement type 101) from Batch A001 for material A to a new batch B001 for material B, the common characteristic values will be inherited as follows

In Customizing, if foreground processing is selected for movement type 101the inherited characteristic values for Batch B001 are displayed. This process allows you to change the values during movement recording.

If background processing is selected in Customizing, the characteristics are populated in the background, and the values may be changed later by accessing the individual batch records.

Batch header characteristic values (for example, vendor batch) are inherited in the same way.

Constraints

Batch inheritance cannot be used when Batch Derivation is active.