It also contains information from the manufacturer which is required for storing as well as transportation of the material. STEP 4: The purchasing tab contains information about the plant where the material is produced. This information is important for warehouse management in order to calculate the volume that will be occupied by the material when it is stored in the warehouse.įIGURE 5 (ENTER THE DATA ON THE BASIC DATA 1 TAB) It also defines the base unit of measure and information about the dimensions of the material. The Basic Data 1 tab is contains a description of the material and the material group information. STEP 3: Enter the information in the Basic Data 1 tab as shown in the screenshot below. The material number is being provided by the end user as the system is configured to use external material number assignment.įIGURE 4 (ENTER THE DETAILS FOR THE MATERIAL TO BE CREATED) STEP 2: Enter the details as shown in the screenshot below to create the new material.
#Material basic data table sap code
STEP 1: Navigate to the SAP easy access menu path as shown in the screenshot below or execute the transaction code MM01 to reach the new material master definition screen.įIGURE 3 (NAVIGATE TO THE SAP EASY ACCESS MENU) Material groups are extremely important and must be decided upon at an early stage during the SAP implementation. Material groups help in valuation and reporting purposes. a business may have different material groups for raw material, semi-finished goods and finished goods. In case of external assignment, the material numbers need to be assigned by the user entering the material master data.įIGURE 2 (VIEWS IN THE MATERIAL MASTER) CONCEPT OF A MATERIAL GROUP / TYPEĪ material group is used to group together materials by some criteria. When the material numbers are assigned internally, then SAP generates the material numbers automatically every time a new material master is created. The material will be assigned internally or externally depending on the settings that are done in the implementation guide. A material can be identified by the material number of which must be unique. Each of these tabs contains certain specific data about the material. The various views those are available in the SAP material master are shown in the screenshot below. The above mentioned data sets are divided into various views or tabs in the material master in SAP. All these tables are accessed for information about the vendor by the FI and the SD module. The sales data for the material is stored in the MVKE table. The general data pertaining to a material is stored in the MARA table while the plant data is stored in the MARC table. The total data for the material master is stored in multiple tables. It includes information like the costing of the material, valuation of the material, pricing of the material, stock availability, etc. SALES DATA: The sales data includes information which is required at the time of the sale of the material.It includes information about storage conditions, hazardous conditions, unit of issue, shelf life data, etc. PLANT DATA: The plant data includes information about the material related to the plant where it is available.The general data contains general information about the material which is made available across the various models in SAP.
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