BOM item category change

[Former Member]

Hi Gurus,

How can we have the pricing at header level of a BOM and inventory control, pricing for statistical and valuation reasons at the item level.

The requirement is to create a sales order with a BOM which should have the price at the header level and when the BOM explodes, the sub-items should be checked for avalability .i,e inventory check at sub-item level.

Can the below be done to achieve the above.

OR+ERLA --> TAQ

OR+NORM ---> TAS,TAN,TAE.

Kindly provide your valuable suggestions.

Thanks

Kumar

[skrishen9 · Accepted solution]

Hi

I agree with your first option to go for the BOM pricing at header level and the availblity check of item.

The moment you have taken ERLA the same functionality goes on to the requirement raised by you.

Thanks

Sushant

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thank You for your reply Sushant.

Could you please elaborate your answer? Did you mean that the system would allow the item category combination (When header is ERLA, sub-item has OR+NORM --> TAS,TAN,TAQQ.)?

I want to have the PR created for the sub-items in a BOM.

Best Regards

Ajith

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Please help me Gurus.

I am stuck here.

Waiting for your replies.

Regards

Kumar

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

hello, friend.

as you stated, when the header material has item category group ERLA, pricing and inventory relelvance will be at header level. header material item category will be TAQ and component item category will be TAE.

a possible solution will be to copy an item category group after ERLA, say ZRLA. then, in VOV7 copy item category ZTAQ from TAQ, ZTAE from TAE, and assign these to ZRLA for your sales document. however, change the settings for ZTAQ and ZTAE.

make ZTAQ relevant for pricing, but ZTAE for inventory. then test if this works.

regards.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thank You for your reply Jonathan.

How do I do this "ZTAE for inventory. then test if this works.".

I want the sub-items to generate Purchase requistions when the order is saved.

Kindly help.

Regards

Kumar

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

hello again, friend.

you will find the relevance for inventory/goods issue in the schedule lines. copy schedule line from CT (say, ZT) and assign to your header material that will have item category ZTAQ. copy schedule line from CP (to ZP) and assign to ZTAE. this assignment is done in IMG > SD > Sales > Sales Documents > Schedule lines. you can configure schedule line ZP to trigger a purchase requisition by entering NB in the order type.

also, you have to make some changes in settings of the item categories. some of the changes as follow:

ZTAQ = Billing relevance A, Pricing X, Schedule lines allowed [checked], Credit Active [checked], Incompletion procedure 26, Partner Determination Procedure T, Text Det 01, Item Cat Grp 1, Screen Grp N, Structure Scope A, Application SD01, Create deliver group X, Manual alternative [checked].

ZTAE = Billing relevance blank, Statistical X, Business item [checked], Schedule lines allowed [checked], Weight/volume relevant [checked], credit active [checked], determine cost [checked], Incompletion procedure 20, Partner determination procedure N, Text Det 01, Item Cat Grp 1, Screen Grp N.

regards.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thank You for your kind reply Jonathan

Below is the error I found when i configured the TAE item category as per your suggestion.

Please advice.

"Manual application/alternative is only allowed for struct.scope = A/B

Message no. VT360"

Thank You once again.

[former_member217082 · Accepted solution]

Hi Kumar

As you are facing error Manual application/alternative is only allowed for struct.scope = A/B,

, Just maintain the structure scope A and check the box manual alternative in the BOM selection criteria in VOV7

Regards

Srinath

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

hello again.

in ZTAE, remove the entry for structure scope and manual alternatives. please post again.

regards.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Srinath,

I tried with the settings you recommended and face a different message this time. As below,

Structure explosion for item 000011 is not possible

Message no. V1578

Diagnosis

You have tried to carry out a structure explosion within an exploded structure, but this is not possible.

For example, the system finds one component and one item category within an exploded BOM that leads to another BOM explosion in document processing. This is not possible because you can only explode a multi- level BOM and the explosion can only start with a document item that has not been generated by the previous explosion.

Similar problems occur when combining BoM explosion and product selection.

System Response

The system does not carry out the lower-level explosion.

Procedure

Configure the settings in Customizing, so that sub-items do not lead to another explosion. It might be that the wrong item category was determined for the sub-item.

However, this error message comes before the BOM explodes.But the PR is not generated by ZTAS despite having the below schedule line configuration.

Order Type - NB

Item Cat - 0

Account assignment cat - H.

Please advice how we can resolve this.

Thank You very much

Regards

Kumar

[former_member217082 · Accepted solution]

Hi Kumar

In VOV7 , check wheatehr you have maintained BOM explosion at single level or multilevel.

Also check if you are getting that as information then just press enter and then check

Finally if item category ZTAS is coming then change the item category and then check

Regards

Srinath

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Srinath,

ZTAS has no structure scope and ZTAQ has A.

ZTAS is coming into the sales order but does not generate a Purchase requisition despite having the schedule line configuation (mentioned in my earlier post).

Please help.

Regards

Kumar

[former_member217082 · Accepted solution]

Hi Kumar

Firstly Check wheather for ZTAS item category in the sales order , the schedule line is CS or not .

In VOV7 for ZTAS check wheateher Automatic PO has to be checked

Now Go to VOV6 for schedule line CS check the settings are there or not

Order type - NB

Item category - 5

Account assignment cat - X

Regards

Srinath