Hierarchy
SAP_ABA (Software Component) Cross-Application Component⤷
CA-GTF-TS (Application Component) Technical Application Support⤷
BMG (Package) Material Master: Componentization Interfaces
Basic Data
| Data Element | MTART |
| Short Description | Material type |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | MTART | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 4 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 4 | |
| Value Table | T134 |
Further Characteristics
| Search Help: Name | ||
| Search Help: Parameters | ||
| Parameter ID | MTA | |
| Default Component name | MATL_TYPE | |
| Change document | ||
| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Matl type |
| Medium | 15 | Material type |
| Long | 20 | Material type |
| Heading | 4 | MTyp |
Documentation
Definition
Key that assigns the material to a group of materials such as raw materials, operating supplies or trading goods.
The material type defines certain attributes of the material and has important control functions.
Supplementary Documentation - MTART 0001
Use
When creating a material master record, the material type determines
- whether the material number is assigned internally or externally
- from which number range interval the material number comes
- which screens are displayed
- the order in which screens are displayed
- which department-specific data is displayed for the user to enter
Supplementary Documentation - MTART 0002
Procedure
Enter the key of the material type for which you want to define master conditions.
These master conditions are used to calculate the effective price of every order item that contains a material of this material type.
Supplementary Documentation - MTART 0003
Procedure
Enter the material type for which you want the selection to be made.
Supplementary Documentation - MTART 0004
Use
This is the key for a user-specific material type.
Supplementary Documentation - MTART 0005
Use
Procedure
You have the following options for entering your selection criteria for this field:
- Enter an individual value in this field.
- Enter an interval of values (from - to) in this and the adjacent field.
- Click on the arrow next to the field to enter several intervals or individual values.
All stock balances that satisfy your selection criteria will be displayed. (Copied from TX,SELECT_CRITERIA)
Examples
Dependencies
Supplementary Documentation - MTART 0006
Use
Procedure
Enter here the material type that the generated material should contain.
Examples
Dependencies
Supplementary Documentation - MTART 0007
Use
This is a user-specific material type. Every user-specific material type must refer to a reference material type.
Procedure
Examples
Dependencies
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 19981111 |
| SAP Release Created in |
