Sales and Distribution

Organizational structure - assignment

2007-12-27T12:35:00.000+02:00

Assign Sales organization to Company code
IMG →Enterprise Structure →Assignment →Sales and Distribution → Assign sales organization to company code

Assign Distribution Channel to Sales Organization
IMG →Enterprise Structure →Assignment →Sales and Distribution → Assign distribution channel to sales organization

Assign Division to Sales Organization
IMG →Enterprise Structure →Assignment →Sales and Distribution → Assign division to sales organization

Set up Sales Area
IMG →Enterprise Structure →Assignment →Sales and Distribution → Set up sales area

Assign Sales Office to Sales Area
IMG →Enterprise Structure →Assignment →Sales and Distribution → Assign Sales Office to Sales Area

Assign Sales Group to Sales Office
IMG →Enterprise Structure →Assignment →Sales and Distribution → Assign Sales Group to Sales Office

Assign Sales Organization - Distribution Channel – Plant
IMG →Enterprise Structure →Assignment →Sales and Distribution → Assign sales organization – distribution channel – Plant

Assign Shipping Point to Plant
IMG →Enterprise Structure →Assignment →Logistic Execution → Assign shipping point to plant

If you need common distribution channel and /or common division , you must use this path

IMG →Sales and Distribution →Master Data →Define Common Distribution Channels
and
IMG →Sales and Distribution →Master Data →Define Common Divisions

Purpose of using common distribution channel/division is to reduce volume of master data. You can define customer master data for one distribution channel and, by using common distribution channel, you don't need to define that customer for other sales are. For materials master data common distribution channel plays exactly same role.
Common distribution channel are used mostly in material master data and customer master
Common divisions are used in customer master data and in condition records.

Consistency check

IMG →Enterprise structure →Consistency check →Check enterprise structure for Sales and Distribution

Path to SD Organizational Structure

2007-03-29T14:58:00.000+03:00

No explanation in this post. Just path to IMG settings.

Define Sales Organization
IMG→Enterprise Structure→Definition→Sales and Distribution→Define, copy, delete, check sales organization
Choose Copy, delete, check sales organization or Define Sales Organization
Name this sales organization ZZZZ

Define Distribution Channel
IMG→Enterprise Structure→Definition→Sales and Distribution→Define, copy, delete, check distribution channel
Name this distribution channel ZZ

Define Sales Office
IMG→Enterprise Structure→Definition→Sales and Distribution→Maintain sales office Name this sales office ZZZZ

Define Sales Group
IMG→Enterprise Structure→Definition→Sales and Distribution→Maintain sales group
Name this sales group ZZZ

Define Division
IMG→Enterprise Structure→Definition→Logistics General→Define, copy, delete, check division
Name this division ZZ

Maintain Loading Point
IMG→Enterprise Structure→Definition→Logistics Execution→Maintain loading point
Name this loading point Z

Define Shipping Point
IMG→Enterprise Structure→Definition→Logistics Execution→Define, copy, delete, check shipping point
Name this shipping point ZZZZ

Next... Assignments. Tomorrow, I hope.

Just another easy tutorial about LSMW

2006-12-18T12:36:00.000+02:00

Well, nothing new...After some searching on the internet I found some very good tutorials about LSMW. One of the most complete was in a power point file on sdn.
Based on all tutorials I did my own one...So, it could be useful for someone...Here is : LSMW

Material listing and exclusion

2006-10-17T14:22:00.000+03:00

IMG-Sales and Distribution-Basic function-Listing/Exclusion
1. Maintain allowed fields for listing/exclusion
2. Maintain condition tables for listing/exclusion
3. Maintain access sequences for listing/exclusion
4. Maintain listing/exclusion types
5. Procedures for maintaining listing/exclusion
6. Activate listing/exclusion by sales document type

Now, go to VB01 and define what you need/want.

Automatic product selection

2006-10-17T13:26:00.000+03:00

Well exactly like in Material determination, except this :
a)when you go to VB11 , use F4 and select ZZZZ ( defined by you before) select 0004 in field Reasn
b)IMG-Sales and Distribution-Basic Function-Material Determination-Define Substitution Reasons
Look at the Outcome field, and choose how your items will appear in sales order.
Next...Material listing and Material exclusion

Material Determination

2006-10-11T15:16:00.000+03:00

IMG-Sales and Distribution-Basic Function-Material Determination-Maintain Prerequisites for Material Determination
1. Maintain field catalog- just look at fields. If you need something different from what is here, click New Entries
2. Display condition tables. If you need something different from what is here use Create condition tables.
3. Maintain access sequences.
Click New Entries and add ZZZZ. Select ZZZZ and click Accesses.Click New entries and enter your table here, probably 1. Select your access and click Fields. Now you can see fields used by ZZZZ.
4. Maintain procedure. Click New Entries and enter ZZZ0. Select your procedure and click Control data. Click New Entries and add at condition type ZZZZ.

Ok, you have a procedure, now you must use it in sales documents. So, use this path :
IMG-Sales and Distribution-Basic Function-Material Determination-Assign Procedures to sales documents types. Select your document ( lets’ say OR) and add ZZZ0.

Take a look at IMG-Sales and Distribution-Basic Function-Material Determination-Define Substitution Reasons.
Now, go to VB11 , use F4 and select ZZZZ ( defined by you before) use 0005 in field Reasn…. and that’s it.

Partner Determination for Customer Master

2006-10-10T15:55:00.000+03:00

IMG-Sales and distribution-Basic Function-Set Up Partner Determination-Set Up Partner Determination for Customer Master
Select Partner Determination Procedures-New Entries and enter a new procedure, let’s say ZZZZ.
Select Partenr Function-New Entries and enter a new function, let’s say ZZ
Select Partner Determination Procedures, Select ZZZZ, click on Partner Functions in Procedure
Select Partner Determination in Procedure Assignment, click New Entries, choose a Group( you can define a group by using OVT0) and enter your Partner Procedure.
Select Account Groups-Function Assinment, click New Entries and add your Partner function ZZ and your Account group ZZZZ.

Incompletion

2006-10-02T16:37:00.000+03:00

You can control essential data which will be entered in a sales document using incompletion procedure.
Use transaction OVA2 ( IMG-Sales and distribution-Basic Function-Log of incompletion items-Define incompleteness procedures). Click on, let’s say Group A –which is a Sales Header Incompletion Group. Now click on Procedures, select 11- Sales order and click on Fields. Now you can see what fields do you have in this incompletion procedure.
After that, you must check you assignments to order type (or item categories, delivery types, schedule line categories, partner functions, sales activities, delivery types, delivery item types). Hint  . Take a close look to last phrase and then go back to transaction OVA2. You’ll see there , in groups something like that : A - Sales Header, B –Sales item and so on.
So, use this way IMG-Sales and distribution-Basic Function-Log of incompletion items- Assign incompleteness procedures to see and do assignments.
Finally, go to IMG-Sales and distribution-Basic Function-Log of incompletion items-Define status Groups.
Now, enough talk, we need action:
You really want payment terms in sales order to be completed.
1. Go to VA01, click F1 on Payment terms field from sales order. Click on Technical info and note table name VBKD and field name ZTERM.
2. Transaction OVA2 , click on Group A, click on Procedures, select 11- Sales order and click on Fields. Click on New entries and at table write VBKD, at field write ZTERM , at screen write KDE3, choose a status ( remember IMG-Sales and distribution-Basic Function-Log of incompletion items-Define status Groups) .
3. IMG-Sales and distribution-Basic Function-Log of incompletion items- Assign incompleteness procedures- Assign procedures to the sales document types (transaction VUA2) , and assign to your order type procedure 11.
Finally, sorry for my bad English. If you don’t understand something, read again. Thanks.

Customer Material Information

2006-09-01T16:22:00.000+03:00

Go to IMG-Sales and Distribution-Sales-Sales Documents-Sales Documents Header-Define Sales Document Types (VOV8), choose your document type (let's say OR) , press "Details" and check "Read info record" from "General control" screen.
Now, go to VD51 and create Customer Material Information. Or, from XD02 go to Environment, Customer Material Information
Create an order, enter your material number and voila :-)))

Must know...
Plant data are copied into the sales order based upon these order:
1. Customer material information master record
2. Customer master record
3. Material master record
Don't forget delivery priority... It is used to create , group delivery or as a selection parameter or for rescheduling

Must see

2006-08-30T16:45:00.000+03:00

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First stuff

2006-08-30T12:18:00.000+03:00

This is just a first post. A test one. I will try to publish stuff about SAP Sales and Distribution learned “by experience”. Something useful. I hope. At this time, I’m a beginner in SAP SD world. I read a lot, I’m testing a lot.