SAP ABAP Data Element COMT_OLTP_MATKL (Material Group for OLTP Material (Industry and Retail))

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_ABA (Software Component) Cross-Application Component
   ⤷ AP-MD-PRO (Application Component) Central Part of Product Master
     ⤷ COM_PRODUCT_API (Package) Product: APIs for Processing General Products

Basic Data

Data Element	COMT_OLTP_MATKL
Short Description	Material Group for OLTP Material (Industry and Retail)

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	MATKL
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	9
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	9
Value Table	T023

Further Characteristics

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Parameter ID	MKL
Default Component name	MATERIAL_GROUP
Change document	☑
No Input History	☐
Basic direction is set to LTR	☐
No BIDI Filtering	☐

Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Matl Group
Medium	15	Material Group
Long	20	Material Group
Heading	11	Matl Group

Documentation

Definition

Key that you use to group together several materials or services with the same attributes.

Use

You can use material groups to:

• Restrict the scope of analyses
• Search specifically for material master records using search helps

Procedure

Examples

Dependencies

If you have not defined a material group hierarchy using the classification system, you maintain material groups in Customizing for the Material Master in Define Merchandise Categories.

If you have defined a material group hierarchy, which is normally the case in retail, you maintain material groups either in Customizing for Material Group, or by choosing Master Data -> Merchandise Category Data -> Merchandise Category from the Retailing menu and then the relevant function.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20040312
SAP Release Created in	20C