Item Category determination in Sales Order

[umasankarparavada]

Hi

How to know, how item category determined in Sales Order. Is there any analysis available in Sales Order level, similar to output or text determination.

Problem here is in a particular sales order, item category is different compared to configuration. Nothing is recorded in change log. How to know, whether system determined this item category or user changed manually.

Regards

Uma

[Former Member]

All the above mentioned posts were correct. What i would do in your case is to go to the sales order, add the same material in new line and see the determined item category. If is not what you expect check again the configuration and master data of the material. If it is, then aparrently someone put this item category manually.. Of course exit wihtout saving!

[Lakshmipathi]

As already indicated, item category in sale order will be determined only based on the settings maintained in VOV4. You can of course, make an audit of that sale order in AUT10

[former_member550050]

Hi

Problem here is in a particular sales order, item category is 
different compared to configuration

I cant take this arguement

Sales order item cate will picked via the config maintained in VOV4

item category is different compared to configuration

Configuration someone might have changed after that sales order created

Nothing is recorded in change log. How to know, 
whether system 
determined this item category or user changed manually.

During order creation if you are inputting the allowed manual item category manually in salesorder then that is not a change

Hence it doesnot get recorded (VA01 T code)

During order creation a default item cate gets determined if you chnge that to manual, then that is also not a change

Hence it also doesnot get recorded (VA01 T code)

But in VA02 if you change the item category manually then it is recorded in change log

No item category determination analysis is available in standard and not reqd too

In your case only this could have happened

Configuration someone might have changed after that sales order created

Regards

Raja

[reazuddin_md]

As you know, if any changes / modifications in field values at the time order creation will not be stored in Change logs.

instead suggest you to,

check the change analysis in Material Master , whether Item cat group has been changed.

( Item cat det'n = Sales order type + Item Cat group ( changes in material master may be possible before creating sales order & effects item cat) + Usage ( check changes in CMIR- Changes logs, if exists) + Heigher level item cat)

fyi, like output det'n analysis, SAP has not provided item cat det'n analysis. Still you can compare with the Config & change logs from where these elements derived from.