Configuring Delivery Item Categories SD Product Selection

Prerequisite

Review the standard delivery item categories for product selection. If you decide that these do not meet your business requirements, for example if you want to remove quantity lines with zero quantity (i.e. substitutes that were not selected), or check for minimum quantities differently than in the standard system, create new delivery item categories for the main and sub-items.

Procedures

We recommend that you copy, then change the standard item categories instead of creating them from scratch. To copy categories, perform the Customizing activity Logistics Execution ® Shipping ® Deliveries ® Define item categories for deliveries (transaction OVLP).

To copy the main item category:

1. Select the entry TAX and choose Copy. Overwrite the key and description with your sales document item category.
2. Be sure to maintain the AvailCkOff (availability check off) field blank so that the main item is not checked when items are copied to the delivery.
3. If you are using batch-managed materials, select the No batch check indicator so that the main item is not processed in the delivery for batch assignment.
4. Make any additional changes and save.

To copy the sub-item category:

1. Select the entry TAPS and choose Copy. Overwrite the key and description with your delivery item category.
2. Be sure to leave the AvailCkOff (availability check off) field blank so that the sub-item is checked.
3. Make any additional changes and save.

If product selection is performed again in the delivery, the system may copy zero quantity line items into the delivery (due to the rejection of a substitute). In order to prevent these zero line items from being copied, enter B in the Check quantity 0 field.