Creating a new pricing procedure in customizing makes it available for future use. It does not retroactively change historical sales documents, which retain their original pricing data. The assignment to document types is a separate configuration step, allowing for controlled rollout.

For a material to be available for sale in a specific sales area, it must be extended to that sales organization and distribution channel. This is a fundamental prerequisite controlled in the material master’s sales views. Without this assignment, the material is not recognized for sales transactions in that area.

The ‘Statistical document’ indicator is the key setting for document types that should not post to Financial Accounting (FI). When set, the document is recorded for logistics and reporting purposes but does not generate accounting entries. The document category still defines it as an order for logistics processing.

The ‘Quantity Field Reference’ field in the item category configuration determines how the quantity field is defaulted. Setting it to ‘Empty’ allows manual entry. References like ‘Order quantity’ or ‘Credit memo quantity’ would automatically propose a positive or negative value, respectively, based on the document’s purpose.

Item category determination is primarily driven by a two-key combination: the Sales Document Type (from the document header) and the Item Category Group (from the material master). The system uses this combination to look up the assigned item category in configuration tables like T184.

Incompletion Procedures are the standard SAP mechanism for defining mandatory fields and logical checks for documents. By assigning a procedure to an item category and setting the appropriate status group and fields to ‘Error’, the system will prevent document saving until the required data is entered.

VPRS is the standard condition type for ‘Cost’. In pricing, it typically accesses the moving average price (for moving average price valuation) or standard price from the material master’s accounting view. This allows for profitability analysis (condition type PR00 – VPRS = gross profit).

Condition Category ‘D’ is specifically for Rebates. Conditions with this category (like RB00) are accrued during sales document processing (invoicing) and stored in rebate accrual tables. They are not immediately deducted. The actual payment to the customer is managed later through the rebate settlement process (transaction VBOF).

The standard output determination logic is: 1) The Output Determination Procedure (assigned to the sales document type) defines the list and order of possible output types. 2) For each output type, a Requirement formula can filter it out. 3) If still valid, the system uses the Access Sequence (if defined for the output type) to find the specific condition record (like a medium/trigger combination).

Creating a new pricing procedure in customizing makes it available for future use. It does not retroactively change historical sales documents, which retain their original pricing data. The assignment to document types is a separate configuration step, allowing for controlled rollout.0