Note
The information contained in this info object is relevant to the material master for industry and to the article master for retail. Retail customers are requested to substitute:
article for material
requirements planning for material requirements planning or MRP
In the Material Master menu, choose
The initial screen appears.
Enter the name of the profile and choose Selection screen .
The selection screen appears. All fields belonging to the profile are selected.
Change the profile as required. You have the following options:
Selecting new fields as fixed values or default values
Changing fixed values to default values, or vice versa
Deselecting fields that are no longer needed
When you change a profile, the same checks are carried out as when you create a profile (see Creating a Profile ).
Choose Data screen .
The data screen appears.
Change the values as required and save the profile .
The initial screen appears, where you can continue.
When you change fixed values in a profile, the system updates the profile and also automatically creates the background job PROFILE to update all material master records to which this profile is assigned; that is, the changes to the fixed values are copied to the relevant material master records. A change document is created automatically for all materials where such changes are made. For more information on this background job, see the documentation for program RMMM0001.