SAP ABAP IMG Activity SIMG_CFMENUOLSDVOLB (Define Item Categories for Deliveries)
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IMG Activity
ID SIMG_CFMENUOLSDVOLB Define Item Categories for Deliveries  
Transaction Code S_ALR_87006709   IMG Activity: SIMG_CFMENUOLSDVOLB 
Created on 19981222    
Customizing Attributes SIMG_CFMENUOLSDVOLB   Define item categories for deliveries 
Customizing Activity SIMG_CFMENUOLSDVOLB   Define item categories for deliveries 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name SIMG_CFMENUOLSDVOLB    

In this menu option you define your item categories for deliveries. In connection with the delivery types, they represent the different business transactions in the SAP System.

The item categories, together with the delivery types contained in the standard SAP R/3 System, cover the usual business transactions.

You have the following possibilities for defining your own item categories:

  • Change an existing item category.
  • Copy an existing item category and change it according to your requirements.
  • Create a new item category.

In this menu option you do not make specifications concerning the following functions:

  • Picking
  • Statistics
  • Text determination

You will edit these functions later in the respective menu options.

This means that the definition of a delivery item category is only complete if you have edited all of these menu options.

In this menu option you have to make or check the following specifications:

  • Item category
    • Specify an alphanumeric key with up to 4 characters for the item category.
    • Enter text to describe the key.
  • Material 0

    Here you define that it is not necessary to specify a material number for the item category. For example, you do not have to specify a material number for text items.

  • Quantity specifications

    Concerning the quantity specifications in a delivery item, you can define the following:

    • For delivery quantity 0 you can define different system responses.
    • The shortfall of a minimum quantity that you have defined in the material master record or in a customer-material info record can be checked by the SAP System. Here you determine the system response in case of a shortfall.
    • The SAP System can check whether the original order quantity is exceeded. Here you define the system response if the original order quantity is exceeded.
  • Transaction procedure

    You can determine the transaction procedure for an item category individually:

    • Group screen sequence
      • Here you determine the screens which are to be displayed for a certain transaction (for example, creating a delivery) and the sequence in which they are displayed.
    • Field selection item
      • Here you determine the fields, depending on the item category, which are to be displayed by the SAP System on the item screens.

      You can display a list of the keys you may use under "Possible entries". Currently, you cannot change the keys in Customizing.

Note

If you create or copy new item categories for deliveries, you have to compare them with the item categories for sales documents. The SAP System copies the item category of an order item into the delivery. Therefore, you must have defined an item category with the same name for the delivery.

SAP Recommendation

  • If you define your own item categories, the keys should start with the letter Z since SAP reserves this name convention in the standard system.
  • If you define your own item categories, you should copy similar item categories defined by SAP and make the corresponding changes.

    In this case, all specifications of the already existing item category are copied as well as the allocation to the delivery types. In particular, data, for example, concerning text determination or document flow, which you do not edit in this menu option, is copied. This way, you can test your new item categories with regard to defaults set here without having to edit the other menu options.

  • When copying sales document types, item categories, and schedule line categories, the SAP System automatically creates a log with the copied data. Using the log, you can check whether all copied data applies to your item category or whether you have to make changes.

Actions

  • If you only have to make insignificant changes to the existing item categories, do so as appropriate.

    An insignificant change may be a changed description. Insignificant changes refer to parameters that are not used for controlling purposes.

  • If you have to make further changes, define new item categories.

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 204   Establish Functions and Processes 
Mandatory / Optional 2   Optional activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 1   Critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
Assigned Application Components
Documentation Object Class Documentation Object Name Current line number Application Component Application Component Name
SIMG SIMG_CFMENUOLSDVOLB 0 HLA0006571 Delivery Processing 
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type C   Customizing Object 
Assigned objects
Customizing Object Object Type Transaction Code Sub-object Do not Summarize Skip Subset Dialog Box Description for multiple selections
V_TVLP V - View 0VLP 9999999999 Delivery item categories 
History
Last changed by/on SAP  19981222 
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