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You use this function to get a consolidated view of sales-relevant information for materials. You can access this function directly from a sales order or using transaction MATERIAL_INFO.

Prerequisites

To access the Material View screen, you must first activate it and set basic conditions in Customizing by choosing   Sales and Distribution   Basic Functions   Additional Functions for Material   Configure and Activate Material View  .

Features

This function enables you to:

  • Select sales order lines and display enhanced material information.

  • Select and display sales order lines in the Material View screen. You can cycle through the materials by choosing the icons with the quick info View First Material, View Previous Material, View Next Material, and View Last Material.

  • View basic data about the material, such as its material group, EAN/UPC, physical dimensions, vendor information, availability and sales prices.

  • View basic data text and sales text from the material master data.

  • View alternative materials that could potentially be sold if this material is not available.

  • View cross-selling materials which are intended for sale with this material.

  • View up/down selling materials that you can offer as alternatives to the material the customer is planning on buying.

  • View vendor and product information for vendors associated with a selected material.

  • View available-to-purchase stock availability for materials associated with selected plants.

  • View extended sales price information, such as the sales list price, customer sales price, discount percentage and absolute currency, list price overview with validity period, and scales.

    You can view the margin percentage and absolute currency when implementing the Business Add-In BADI_WSD_MARGIN of enhancement spot WSD_CS_ENH.

  • View a customer's last sales orders when buying the selected material. You can view sales information such as sales order document number, order date, ordered quantity, delivered quantity, discount, list price, customer price, order created by, and so on.