Understanding Flexible iIem Category

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to understand how to set differrent item categories

Flexible Item Category

High-Level Scope

  • Configure the plant, payment terms, and custom fields in decision table of BRFplus to set the default item categories.

Benefit and Business Value

  • More flexibility in sales document processing with new indicators and dimensions.

Availability

The default item category with BRFplus capability is supported for the following sales document categories:

  • Sales Orders
  • Sales Quotations
  • Sales Order without Charges
The Item Category field is highlighted in two places.

An Item Category identifies different types of item (for example, free of charge items and text items) and determines how the system processes the item. Item Category is determined by SSCUI Assign Item Category.

Default Item Category proposed in document processing is based upon:

  • Sales Document Type & Item Category Group & Item Usage & High Level Item Category.
  • Manual Item Categories can be maintained as an alternative in document processing.
A diagram presenting flexible item category.

You want to set different item categories based on new criteria like plant, payment terms, and some custom fields.

The Change View screen for Create BRF+ Object for Sales Document Category.

SSCUI Create BRFplus Objects for Sales Document Categories enables the following BRF+ possibilities:

  • Update the object to include new created custom fields, plant, and payment terms
  • Custom BRF+ Application generation via Copy
  • BRF+ workbench navigation
  • Default BRF+ application provided

Role: Configuration Expert

Decision Table screen with Item Category highlighted in green.

BRF+ application can be managed via a business role business expert with:

  • The Application Storage Type as Customizing. Transportation is supported.
  • Parameter plant, payment terms, and custom fields can be adapted with BRF+ standard table setting.
  • BRF+ decision table as default function.

Role: Configuration Expert

New Sales Order screen with the Terms of Payment, Item Category, and Sales Header Email fields highlighted.

When creating sales documents, maintaining the data like specific plant, payment terms and custom fields those are defined in BRF+ decision table, and inputting the document items, the system automatically assigns the item categories that are defined in a decision table if any business rules are hint:

Role: Sales Representative

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