Sunday, January 18, 2009

SAP Blocking a Material Master Record Sales Status

If a material has technical defects or is to be discontinued, you can block the material.

If you set a block, orders, deliveries and invoices containing this material cannot be created at all, or only with a warning message. The system reactions to a blocked material depends on the type of block set.

Steps:

You use the same procedure to block all material types. To block trading goods, for example, use the following steps:

  1. In the
  2. SD Master Data Screen select, Products ® Material ® Trading goods ®Change.

    You reach the Change Material: Initial Screen.

  3. Enter the trading goods you want to block.
  4. Press ENTER.
  5. A dialog box appears in which you can select a view.

  6. Select view Sales 1
  7. Press ENTER.
  8. Another dialog box appears in which you must define the organizational level.

  9. Enter a valid combination of plant, sales organization and distribution channel.
  10. Press ENTER.
  11. You reach the Change Material: Sales (1) screen.

  12. Enter a blocking reason in the Sales status field.
  13. Press ENTER.
  14. Save the data record and return to the initial screen. You receive a message informing you that the material has been changed.

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