Master Data Flashcards

1
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Master Data

A

Permanent data, used for eternity

Ex: Customer number

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2
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Transactional Data

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Transient data, exists for a particular moment of time

Ex: An order

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3
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3 views of of Customer Master

A

General Data
Sales Area Data
Company Code Data

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4
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VD01/2/3

A

Create(extend), Change, Display General/Sales Area Data

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5
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Important Sales Area Data: Sales Tab fields

A
  • Customer group
  • Currency
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6
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Important Sales Area Data: Shipping Tab fields

A
Shipping Condition
Order Combination Flag
Complete delivery Flag
Under deliverance tolerance
Over deliverance tolerance
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7
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Important Sales Area Data: Billing Tab fields

A
Incoterms 
Terms of payment
Account assignment group
Invoice dates
Invoice list dates
Tax classification
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8
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“Extending the view”

A

Using an already existing customer, and creating another view for said customer

Extending the org data

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9
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Field Changes for customer master

A

Checking the changes in the customer master

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10
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Additional Data in customer master is used for…

A

Further fields to classify customers in customer master

CMOD

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11
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Customer Account Group

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Determines how the customer master behaves i.e. which fields and tabs are available for the customer

You can configure the different customer account groups

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12
Q

Material Type

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Dictates the way a material behaves, which is based on the views that the material type allows

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13
Q

Material Master Views for Sales Consultant

A
Basic Data 1
Sales Org Data 1/2
Sales General/Plant Data
MRP 1
Accounting 1
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14
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Key Material Master Fields

A
Base Unit of Measure
Material Group
Minimum order quantity
Minimum delivery quantity
Tax classification
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15
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Valuation

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How the acquired cost of a material is calculated

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16
Q

Material group in basic data and sales org data…

A

must be the same

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17
Q

Sales Org Material Group

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Used to further classify a material in a sales group

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18
Q

Product Hierarchy format

A

18 characters limit
first 5 represent the first level
second 5 represent the second level
third 8 represent the last level

The break up of the 18 is customizable

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19
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4 options for customizing the Customer Account Group Tab field options

A

Suppress
Required Entry
Optional Entry
Display

20
Q

VD05

A

Block customer

21
Q

Master Data is not deleted, but it can be…

A

Archived

22
Q

VD06

A

Flag customer for deletion

23
Q

Common Distribution Channel

A

Distribution Channel used by multiple sales orgs, condition records, materials, and customers.

24
Q

Reasons for Enterprise Structure

A
Reporting (fundamental reason)
  - Internal (sales reports, operational reports, only 
     relevant for company employees)
  - External (government, SEC)
Operational
25
Q

Key Org element used for reporting…

A

Company Code

26
Q

Material Master field: Moving Price

A

Determines the purchasing price of a material based on the average of the prices of the different good receipts. The price that is automatically adjusted in the material master record when price variances occur. If goods movements or invoice receipts are posted using a price that differs from the moving average price, the differences are posted to the stock account; as a result, the moving average price and the value of the stock change.

27
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Material Master field: Standard Price

A

Determines the purchasing price of a material based on one material. The value of the material that is always calculated at this price. If goods movements or invoice receipts contain a price that differs from the standard price, the differences are posted to a price difference account. The variance is not taken into account in valuation.

28
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Customer account group configuration: General Data fields

A
  • Number range
  • One-time acct flag
29
Q

Customer account group configuration: Text procd fields

A
  • CentrTextDetPrec
  • TextDetProc SD
30
Q

Customer account group configuration: Sales and distribution data fields

A
Cust pric proc
PartnDetProc
OutputDetProc
Competitiors flag
Sales partner flag
Prospect flag
Default SP flag
Consumer flag
31
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Partner function and procedure process

A
  1. Create a partner function i.e. SP, SH, PY etc
  2. Assign the partner function with an account group
  3. Go to the desired partner procedure, and add the desired partner function to be included
32
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Partner function creation fields

A
  • Partner function ID
  • Name
  • Partner type i.e. customer, contact person, logical system vender etc
  • Unique flag
33
Q

In order to have partner functions in SD documents and their sections…

A

You have to do the partner function/partner determination procedure for the different document sections i.e. Customer master, Sales Doc header, Sales doc item, Delivery, Billing doc header, billing doc item

34
Q

The partner functions in the partner determination procedure has X exclusively for SD documents and their sections

A
Source field (if left blank, SAP uses the partner determination procedure of the customer master)
Sequence
35
Q

Fields in partner function in the partner determination procedure

A
  • Mandatory
  • Non-modifiable
36
Q

Partner function conversion

A

Converting standard SAP partner functions ID to other another ID for language reasons

AG - SP sold-to
RG - PY payer

37
Q

Partner functions exist in 3 layers..

A
  1. The customer master
    1. The different account groups i.e. SP, SH, PY etc
  2. The Document header
    1. The different sales documents i.e. Standard order, Rush order etc
  3. The Document item
    1. The sales order item category i.e. TANN, TAS etc
38
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Source field in Partner function in partner determination procedure

A

The source to determine the partner function in X SD document

39
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Sequence field in Partner function in partner determination procedure

A

This determines the priority in which the records need to be determined. This value needs to be higher than the figure of the source partner function.

I.e. if partner function is AP (contact person), source is a SH, and sequence is 1, then SAP will first look for SH, then only after SH is found, it will pick the AP from the SH

40
Q

Alternative materials for BOM

A

Alternative materials for a BOM are added as lower level components but differentiated by group number ID

41
Q

Data to be maintained in a BOM

A

Priority
Strategy
Usage probability

42
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Data to be maintained in a BOM: Priority

A

Defines the priority of the item within an alternative item group. This determines the priority for planned withdrawal of items.

43
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Data to be maintained in a BOM: Strategy

A

Strategy will determine how selection of the item for planned withdrawal is controlled within the alternative item group. Strategy should be the same for all alternative items in an alternative item group. If the value 2 (100% check) is defined for the strategy, the first material in the defined priority sequence for which sufficient quantities are available is reserved.

44
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Data to be maintained in a BOM: Usage probability

A

MRP plans these alternative material components according to probability of use. Percentage is entered to show the probability of using an object in production. Material requirements for the BOM components are planned according to the usage probability. The planned withdrawal for the production order is based on reservation lists. These lists are based on the priority and strategy for the alternative item.

45
Q

How to extend material master views

A

MM01

46
Q

Access material data requires organizational levels…

A

Plant
Sales org
Distribution Channel

47
Q

What is defined with the account group?

A

Texts of the customer master record
Partners tab of the customer master record
The number range