Item counters serve to differentiate conditions for item charges. You can create item counters per condition area in as much detail as you require.

The system automatically updates every defined item counter in the current balancing period when an item relating to the item counter is posted. When a posting is reversed, the current counter is set back accordingly.

You can select the items to be covered by the item counter depending on

• the transaction type with which the item was created
• the medium with which the item was entered.

Example

The item charge for credit postings submitted by the customer via EFT should be DM 0.10. For this you must enter an item counter as differentiation value for the item charge condition with the differentiation type "Item counter" that includes all transaction types for credits with EFT as medium.

Standard settings

SAP does not supply item counters with the standard system.

Activities

Before defining an item counter you must complete the following preliminary tasks:

1. You must summarize the transaction types you later want to assign to the counter in counter categories for transaction types. You can then use these to define any counters you want.

   Create one or more counter categories for transaction types and allocate the corresponding transaction types to them. Note that a transaction type may only be assigned to one counter category per condition area.

2. You must also summarize the media you want to assign to the counter into categories.

   Create one or more counter categories for media and allocate the corresponding media to them. Note that a medium may only be assigned to one counter category per condition area.

To define an item counter proceed as follows:

1. Create the item counter. You do this specifically for each condition area.
2. Configure the item counter by allocating it a combination of counter categories for transaction types and media.