Setting Item Categories SD Product Selection

There are two separate item categories in sales documents for product selection. The item category TAX contains specifications for the main item (original product). The other, TAPS, contains specifications for the sub-items (substitute product).

Review the item category configurations in the standard system. If these do not meet your requirements, perform the activities in the following topics to modify the item category configuration, or create your own categories. Note that unless your product selection procedure requires that pricing be done at the main item instead of the sub-item, it is not necessary to create new item categories.

The following examples detail how pricing is carried out at the main item level and sub-item level for product selection.

In this first example, the price for the order is determined based on the price condition records for the main item only. You have set the sub-item category to be irrelevant for pricing, so the system does not determine a price for it. Since both the main item and the sub-item categories are relevant for billing, these prices (or lack of price) are carried through to the invoice and billed accordingly.

Pricing at the Main Item

In this second example, the price for the order is determined based on the price condition records for the sub-items. You have set the main item category to be irrelevant for pricing, so the system does not determine a price for it. Since both the main item and the sub-item categories are relevant for billing, the prices (or lack of price) are carried through to the invoice and billed accordingly.

Pricing at the Sub-item