Item Category Determination

Background

Item category controls the item behavior .e.g. Item category define that item is relevant for Billing or Pricing.

The item category in the sales document depends on the sales document type and the material.

Item Category Determination is done by T-code –VOV4. There are Many Standard Item Categories provide by SAP, Some of them is below-

Item Categories	Description
TAN	Standard Item
TAB	Individual Purchase Order
TAS	Third Party Item
TAD	Service
TATX	Text Item
TANN	Free Of Charge
AFX	Inquiry Item
AGX	Quotation Item

Step-1

1. Enter T-code VOV4 in Command Field.
2. A list of existing item category displayed.
3. To Create a New item category click on New Entries Button.

Step-2 To Create New Item Category ,Enter following data –

• Sales Doc. type.
• Item cat. group.
• Item category (Default item category,this can be overridden with manual item category value).
• Manual item category (if business demands,we can add manual item category to override default item category).
  Note : Default item category will be picked up automatically for sales document type in which it’s define. Manual Item Category can be used in place of default item category OR we can replace default item category in sales document with allowed manual item category. e.g. Default item category( YTA2) can be replaced with Manual item category (TAP,TAQ,TANN).

Step-3 Click on Save Button.

A Message “Data Was Saved ” displayed as below –