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2009-12-25T03:43:00.000-08:00

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2009-12-12T07:44:00.000-08:00

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2009-01-04T07:58:00.000-08:00

Visit www.sapexplore.com to view the ticket based system that will keep a track of all your SD issues. Current issues posted on sapexplore

Items not copying from Sales Order to Return Order
Automatic PR Generation from Sales Order
Incompletion Log working even when its not assigned to an order type
User exits
Grouping Deliveries

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2008-06-14T03:42:00.000-07:00

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Stock transfer Purchase order to delivery creation

2008-06-14T03:22:00.000-07:00

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Question
Users create Stock Transfer Purchase Order from PR in MD04.
Once POs are created deliveries are created from VL10B Transaction code.
The requirement is, if the due date of the POs are same in MD04 system should create one delivery for the all these POs. On the contrary system is creating separate deliveries.
Please let me know why is it happening and what could be the reason for the creation of separate delivery documents।

Answer

“For stock transport Order it gets set from (Customer master sales area --shipping tab).
1 The Customer was NOT set for order Combination
2 The order Combination tick in Purchase order Item Level should be set (For all the POs which needs to be combined)
For stock transport Order it gets set from (Customer master sales area --shipping tab), so the customers should be set for Order Combination “

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2008-06-10T07:56:00.000-07:00

After receiving tremendous response for SAP SD queries via this blog, I have decided to have a more professional platform for all SD aspriants and experts where
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Items blocked in a Sales Order

2008-05-02T09:37:00.000-07:00

Question
A Sales order is made for certain items whose stock is available. Then the few materials are deleted from this sales order and the remaining ones are delivered and invoiced.
On creating another sales order for those deleted items, system prompts a message that these items are blocked against a sales order. How to release the stock and do the delivery. ?
Answer
In SE38 execute the program SDRQCR21 . Enter the line item which is blocked for sales order in MD04 and enter plant then check the data

Regression Testing

2008-02-20T01:35:00.001-08:00

Regression Testing
Common methods of regression testing include re-running previously run tests and checking whether previously fixed faults have re-emerged. Although this may be done through manual testing procedures using programming techniques, it is often done using automated testing tools. Such a 'test suite' contains software tools that allow the testing environment to execute all the regression test cases automatically; some projects even set up automated systems to automatically re-run all regression tests at specified intervals and report any regressions.
Types of regression
Local - changes introduce new bugs.
Unmasked - changes unmask previously existing bugs.
Remote - Changing one part breaks another part of the program. For example, Module A writes to a database. Module B reads from the database. If changes to what Module A writes to the database break Module B, it is remote regression.
There's another way to classify regression.
New feature regression - changes to code that is new to release 1.1 break other code that is new to release 1.1.
Existing feature regression - changes to code that is new to release 1.1 break code that existed in release 1.0.

Tax Determination- A doubt

2008-02-07T18:48:00.000-08:00

For a material costing $120 gross price, discount is $20, thus net price is $100.
Now for some some states tax is calculated on the net price i.e. $100 , and for some some states it is on gross i.e 120$. How would this configuration be done.

We can use two tax codes to pick different tax percentage value, but how do we configure on what base price the tax percent is applied i.e. on net or on gross.

A complex Pricing Scenario.

2008-01-24T07:23:00.000-08:00

Here's an interesting Pricing Scenario

There are six items in a Sales order X,Y,Z in one group and A,B,C in another group. Groups are divided by the routes.
X,Y,Z belong to one route Z0001 and
A,B,C belong to another route Z0002

Now Price is is calculated not by the quantity but by the weight of each material.

The logic is

If the total weight of all the materials in a group is less than equal to 100gm, the price would be 10000 Rs.
If the total weight of all the materials in a group is more than 100gm then sum of the material weight should be multiplied by a fix price 150 to get the price i.e. if X+Y+Z= 200 then 200*150= 30000 Rs.

Same Logic applies for the another group of materials.

The story does not end here. When both the group prices are calculated system should sum both the group prices and give this as the final price of the Sales order.

Please do not tell me that use a routine. I'll appreciate if you can explain the routine logic in detail.

Transportation- Case Study (Real Time Scenario)

2008-01-14T19:48:00.000-08:00

When selecting a mode of Transportation, we must account for cycle, safety and in-transit inventory costs that result from using each mode. Modes with high transportation cost can be justified if they result in significantly lower inventory costs.
In SAP SD Transportation Module do we have an option to measure the transportation costs involved amongst many transportation modes available.

Here is an example

Transp Agent Total Cost during Transportation(Transportation + Inventory )
FA Rails 186900$ annual
Golden Agent 154320$ annual
Blue Star 176820$ annual

The issue here is can the SAP system choose the lowest total cost model offered by various Forwarding Agents.

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2008-01-04T21:25:00.000-08:00

Dudes...you can post your questions here and Ill reply very shortly.
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Happy New Year

2007-12-31T21:27:00.000-08:00

Wishing you all a very prosperous new year 2008.

SD Billing

2007-12-28T21:21:00.000-08:00

The following are functions of the billing document in the SD process. Mark the incorrect answer.

1 Billing create billing documents for orders and deliveries
2 Billing update the document flow and billing status
3 Billing do not update the credit account
4 Billing create documents in FI and forward data to Profitability analysis

What skills can take you to become a Project Manager

2007-12-21T04:46:00.000-08:00

What skills can take you to become a Project Manager ? Its just your personal opinion, I need to know how do you rate the following in your priority list

1 Communication Skills
2 Relevant Expereince
3 Technical ability
4 Convincing ability
5 Team Managment skills

Its obvious that all of the above are important but how would your rank it.

Which of the following about Pricing Procedure Determination is correct

2007-11-27T02:56:00.000-08:00

(a) Prices can be changed in the condition procedure of a sales document and these changes will be marked as “changed manually”
(b) Prices cannot be changed in the condition procedure of a sales document but you can add prices manually to a sales document
(c) You cannot prevent manual changes to condition types in the condition procedure of a sales document
(d) Header conditions can be entered manually at header level and is valid for all items
(e) Header conditions will be automatically distributed proportionally across the items based on net value. The basis of the distribution cannot be changed in the pricing procedure.

Answer thru your comments.

SD Jobs in UK

2007-11-17T21:01:00.000-08:00

Release Strategy-Pricing

2007-11-13T08:32:00.000-08:00

When we enter PR00 in the condition record VK11 , one of the options that we see is Material with Release strategy. What is this release strategy?

Pricing: Real Time Scenario

2007-11-12T06:26:00.000-08:00

We need to create a custom table.
Field contents :
Routes, delivery priorities, transportation zones, and transportation planning point.
We have to create a table ZCustom with the above fields and add this field into the Field catalog.

Access Sequence would be
0001: Routes/deliverypriority
0002: tzone/Tpoint/route/delivery priority

Pricing Routine Requirements
A pricing routine is required to calculate the pricing condition value.
Routine -911: If a condition type Pr00 = 0 then move the condition value of PR01 into Pro0 . Both these condition types will use the above access sequence and both are Basic Prices.

Questions:
1 How would you proceed to add fields in the field catalog after creating the custom table
2 Where would you encapsulate the above routine i.e. in Alctype, Req or Cndbase value and against which condition type Proo or Pro1
Its a real time case scenario, please assist .

GAP Analysis

2007-11-07T18:53:00.001-08:00

Gap analysis is the study of the differences between two different information systems or applications (ex; existing system or legacy system with Client and new is SAP), often for the purpose of determining how to get from one state to a new state. A gap is sometimes spoken of as "the space between where we are and where we want to be." Gap analysis is undertaken as a means of bridging that space.
Actual gap analysis is time consuming and it plays vital role in blue print stage.
The Gaps can differ from company to company. Most commonly, however, missing functionality is industry-specific.

Examples

In customer master data the client requirement needs legacy customer number which can be solved with User exit.
In sales order we need customer Phone number, we can use user exit
If client want new field in customer master like nearest fire station.

GAP analysis is done in Blue Print stage. It aims to understand what can be done with the standard SAP and how the client actually wants a particular scenario to be processed.
It’s an understanding of the GAP between the actual & required scenarios.

Tthe difference between agreed work and completed work is GAP Analysis.

E.g.: To Fill This Gap, We Use The Enhancements,These Enhancements Divided Into Exits, Like User exits, Field Exits Screen Exits & Menu Exits.These Enhancements are used to update the standard program in its Respective Business Transactions, Used as a Gateway to Meet the Client Requirements.

User Exits

2007-11-07T18:26:00.000-08:00

Ways to find Enhancements/User exits

In SMOD find options of screen, menu, function exits.
Go to SE81 and select the relevant module find the enhancement.
Go to the program or transaction and search for “CALL CUSTOMER-FUCTION” or “EXIT__nnn”
For screen exits go to screen in SE51/SE80 search for- “CALL CUSTOMER-SUBSCREEN..”

User Exits & Customer Exits :

User Exits: These are subroutines used in the SAP namespace 'hard-coded' at various points within SAP Repository objects.

Customer Exits :

1. Menu Exits: Menu exits add items to the pull down menus in standard SAP applications. You can use these menu items to call up your own screens or to trigger entire add-on applications. These special entries have function codes that begin with "+" (a plus sign).

2. Screen Exits: Screen exits add fields to screens in R/3 applications. SAP creates screen exits by placing special sub screen areas on a standard R/3 screen and calling a customer sub screen from the standard screen’s flow logic. It is called by call customer- sub screen

3.Function Module Exits :Function module exits add functions to R/3 applications. Function module exits play a role in both menu and screen exits. When you add a new menu item to a standard pulldown menu, you use a function module exit to define the actions that should take place once your menu is activated. Function module exits also control the data flow between standard programs and screen exit fields.
It is called by Call Customer- function

Some basic questions

2007-11-06T04:46:00.000-08:00

1 In SO/Del/Billing we can enter material with different divisions (Config in VoV8), but can we enter materials with different distribution channels in a sales order and why we dont have this option ?

2 What is the difference between itemcatgory group and general item category group?

3 Under what business scenarios do we have to use condition types for both header and item level.

Meaning of "FORM KOBED_002" and "FORM KOBEV_002

2007-09-27T23:35:00.000-07:00

Hi Jennifer...Here's is the Functional Perspective of your question.

FORM KOBED and FORM KOBEV are just the two FORMs under which the formula is encapsulated for picking the price which I have already explained in http://sapdude-sapsd.blogspot.com/2007/06/pricing-procedure-under-requiremnt.html

Whenever a coding is done or a formula is written we do it by using FORMS. The purpose of encapsulating the code under a FORM is because we should have an option to call the same Form in the some other requirement. So instead of writing the program all over again we justcall the Form with its name.
KOBED_002 and KOBEV_002 are just the name given under which the Formula is written.
Being a Functional consultant we do not have to worry about the coding part but these FORMand ENDFORM contains the relevant formulaes for the specific business requirement.
In the above case FORM KOBED_002 the formula written under it means that system would first check whether the item category attached for an item in that condition item number in SO is relevant for pricing or not.

Do not bother about FORM KOBEV_002 as it does not holdany meaning particularly for this program.
Do revert for further clarifications.

Alternative Calcultation Type

2007-09-21T22:59:00.000-07:00

Hi Burning Soul : Here's the explanation to AltCalType

Alternative Calculation Type, Requirement, Cond Base values are used in Pricing to meet the not so common business requirement. The normal prcing requirements can be mapped without using them .

Coming to the AltCalType, we have to use routines which stores the business logic and can be used against the relevant condition type as per the business requirment. The routines , in other words are the formulas that are defined in Tcode- VOFM by the abapers based on the logic given by the functional consultants.

Remember: The routine is applied against a condition type in the pricing procedure

Some of the standard Altcaltype routines are as below

Routine /Formula :- 15

A company has defined minimum prices for materials.
When a material is sold, it should not be sold for a price below the predefined minimum price. When pricing is done for a sales document line item, if the net price of the item falls below the minimum, the system should automatically compute a surcharge to bring the price up to the minimum price. To accomplish this, the user would define the minimum prices using the condition type PMIN. PMIN would be defined in the pricing procedure and condition value formula '15' would be assigned. Using the formula, the system compares the minimum price with the net price calculated to that point in the pricing procedure. If the minimum price is not met, the system computes the necessary surcharge and assigns it to the PMIN condition line.

Routine /Formula :- 48

Formula '48' was delivered to ensure that the down payment amount the user offsets in a billing document does not exceed the actual down payment value. Condition value formula '48' is assigned to the condition type in the pricing procedure representing down payments (R/3 delivered condition type AZWR).

Let me know for any further clarifications.

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