Copy Control in MM

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Copy Control in MM (Conditions, Fields andTexts):

Copy Control in MM (Conditions, Fields and Texts): I would like to share some useful copy controls in MM.

1. Copy Control for Pricing Conditions:

The copy control functionality in pricing allows you to copy the data in existing condition records to

number of new condition records in one step. The functionality can be used to• • Condition records of same condition type - within the same condition table and cross table.

• Condition record of one condition type to another condition type -within the same conditiontable and cross table.

If you want to copy condition record from one condition type to another, both the condition type should

have the same properties like calculation rule, scale type, condition class, plus / minus indicator etc.

If you want to copy from one condition table to another, both these table should have the same number

of fields in which one field may differ.

The copying rules may be defined in customizing in the path: OLME - Conditions - Define Price

Determination Schema - Copy Control for Conditions.

For example, you have a condition type FRA1 with condition records say, purchase org / vendor

combination. Now, based on business requirement, a new similar condition type, say ZFR1 has added to the

pricing procedure. Suppose you want to create condition record for the new condition type similar to the original

condition record.

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Copy Control in MM (Conditions, Fields and Texts):


Step 1: Define copying rules for condition types: Go to the path: OLME - Conditions - Define Price

Determination Schema - Copy Control for Conditions - Define copying rules for condition types.

Here, add new entries: Maintain source and target condition types and save.

Step 2: Define copying rules for conditions: Go to the path: OLME - Conditions - Define Price Determination

Schema - Copy Control for Conditions - Define copying rules for conditions.

Here, maintain the source and target condition tables. For access sequence LF01 (for the source condition

type FRA1), condition table 44 is maintained. Maintain it in the copying rule.

You may use different source and target tables, provided the points mentioned initially (both these table

should have the same number of fields in which one field may differ.) are satisfied.

The "Copy date" flag will copy the validity to target object.





The "Default Rule" flag will make the condition copying rule as default rule. Other rules can be selected from

"Select Rule" option while copying.

The standard programs for copying rules ( RV15CC**) are listed below:

RV15CC01 Copying : Material Pricing Groups

RV15CC02 Copying: Material to material pricing group

RV15CC03 Copying : Material to Material

RV15CC04 Copying : Material Pricing Group to Material

RV15CC05 Copying : Pricing Groups

RV15CC06 Copying : Customer to Price group

RV15CC07 Copying : Customer to Customer

RV15CC08 Copying : Price Group to Customer

RV15CC09 Copying: Currency to currency

RV15CC10 Copy service agent to service agent

RV15CC20 Copy: vendor to vendor

RV15CC21 Copying : Material to Material

RV15CC22 Copying : Material Group to Material Group

RV15CC23 Copy: plant to plant




In F4 option, if the system is not showing these programs, you may insert RV15CC* in the program field and

press F4.

You may define your own custom program also, by copying the standard program, with your own copying

logic.

Step 3: Go to MEK2 or MEK3 transaction and check the condition record for source condition type:

Suppose you want to copy the condition record of vendor 300000 from FRA1 to ZFR1 condition for multiple

vendors:

Select the condition type and click on copy button as shown below:




Note: If you want to copy with other copy rules than default rule, you may click in "Select Rule button"

Enter the target vendor, target condition type etc as shown below:




Execute.

System will display the list of characteristics which will can be copied. Select the required conditions and click

on continue.





It will automatically redirect you to MEK2 screen with new condition type.

Save the records. The condition record will be saved.

In this way, you can reduce the time for maintaining the condition records. The same logic can be used for

other scenarios also, like copy from condition table to condition tables, copy within the condition tables etc.





Please refer the help doc: SAP Online Help for more details.

2. Copy Control while creating a material with reference to another material:

Suppose you want to copy a specific field when creating a new material with reference to old material or

you want to restrict a field to be copied while creating a new material with reference to another material.

For example, the "Material description" (MAKT – MAKTX) is always copied while you createa material with reference to another material in MM01. You want to restrict it. Similarly, you want to copy the field "Division" (MARA - SPART ) while you create a new material with

reference to another material.

Solution:

Go to OMSR transaction. (Path: SPRO - Logistic General - Material Master - Field Selection - Assign fields

to Field Selection Groups)

Here, click on position the field name to find the required field, for example, MAKT - MAKTX

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Go to details:

Here, remove the "propose field content" indicator, which will prevent copying the content from the

reference material:

Similarly, if you want a field to be copied always from the reference material, maintain the "propose field

content" for the field. For example, division (MARA - SPART)






Save the settings and test the scenario:

Material Master Creation by using reference material:

Here, division is copied from the reference material, while the material description is not copied.






Note: The same settings logic can be used for almost all fields in material master.

3. Copy Control for text from vendor master to PO.

Suppose there is a business requirement that a new text is to be maintained in vendor master and the

same is to be copied from vendor master to PO.

To create a new text type for vendor master, follow the path: OLME - Vendor Master - Define Text Types for

Central Texts / Define Text Types for Purchasing Organization Texts. Click on new entries and create new text

(Not mandatory. You can link the existing text also to PO)

In order to create a new text for PO, follow the path : OLME - Purchase Order - Texts for Purchase Orders -

Define Text Types for Header Texts.

Click on new entries and create new text. (Not mandatory. You can link the vendor text to any of the existing

PO text too)

Now, in order to link the vendor master text to PO text, follow the path: OLME - Purchase Order - Texts for

Purchase Orders -Define Copying Rules for Header Texts.

Select the required text and go to "text linkages"






Click on "new entries" to create new text linkage.

One information message will be displayed as shown below:

The information message says that the source object and source text can be selected from F4 option,

even though its is greyed out.

Place the cursor on the first line of "source object" and press F4.

Repeat the same for the source text field:







Maintain the fixed indicator for texts accordingly. The fixed indicator determines whether, when and how the

texts are to be copied. The indicator has 3 options:• " " (Blank) : In this case, the text will be always copied from the source object and is changeable. The

changed object doesnt have any effect on source object.• " * " (asterisk) : In this case, the text can be adopted manually.• "N" : Here, the text is not fixed and is only displayed in the document and cant be changed.

Maintain the indicator and save.

Now, maintain the text in the source object and create a new PO. In the PO, the text will be copied from the

corresponding source text.

Note: The same configuration logic can be applied in other similar cases also.

Thanks for reading the document and expecting your valuable feedback!.

Thanks & Regards,

AKPT



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