Item category in Purchasing Documents --
Item category is one of the very important fields available and used in the purchasing documents. It has many control functions and helps in determining whether an ordered item:
- requires a material number
- requires an account assignment
- is to be placed in stock
- requires a goods receipt (GR) and/or an invoice receipt (IR)
In addition to the above it is also used for differentiating the different types of procurement processes and the types of stocks including special stocks available into the Standard SAP. In standard SAP different Item categories are available for different procurement types and each Item category has different characteristics: Some of the important Item Categories along with their characteristics are highlighted below:
