Copy control item category

[Former Member]

Hello,

I am a bit confused by the item category during copying control.

It seems to me that when creating with reference from sales doc type to delivery doc type, the item categories are always the same if not most of the time they are copied 1:1 ?

Is it true that item category from Delivery doc type to Bill doc type may be changed or usually is different?

What decides whether item category is different in the target doc?

Have a nice day.

regards

Pascal

[jignesh_mehta3 · Accepted solution]

Hello Pascal,

As you know Item Category is determined in Sales & Dlivery Document based Sales Doc Type + Gen Item Cal Group + Usage + Higher Level Item.

Now Item Category in Sales & Delivery Document is generally the same, but they have different controls as defined in VOV7 (Item Category for Sales Doc) & 0VLP (Item Category for Delivery)

While generating Invoice from Delivery, Item is generally not changed & remains the same.

The event where Item Category would change is when we create Returns Order from Invoice or Debit / Credit memo with reference to Invoice. Here the Item category is changed say from TAN to REN.

What decides the Item Category to change - Sales Doc Type + Gen Item Cal Group + Usage + Higher Level Item. Thus in case of Standard Order & Returns Order you will have different Item Categories.

Also while creating Returns Order from Invoice, despite maintaining Item Categoru for Sales Doc Type + Gen Item Cal Group + Usage + Higher Level Item system will allow you to create the document only if you have maintained Copy COntrol Records for TAN to REN.

Hope this clarifies. Revert back if you have further queries.

Thanks,

Jignesh Mehta