Last Updated on August 15, 2022 by admin

How to Create Material Types in SAP

The following SAP Tutorial guides you on how to configure/ create material types in SAP MM step by step with screenshots.

  • SAP IMG Menu path : SPRO > Logistics – General > Material Master > Basic Settings > Material Types > Define Attributes of material types
  • Transaction Code:– OMS2

Enter T Code OMS2 in the SAP command field and press enter.

OMS2 - Material Types in SAP

List of material types are displayed on the screen, Select existing material type line item and click on “New Entries” or copy as an icon to define new material types in SAP.

material types new entries Material Types in SAP

Material Type:- Update New Material key

Description:- Give the description for the material key

Field Reference:- Field reference determines for each field section group is set to hide, display, required entry, or optional entry.

Item Category Group :- Select item category group from the list

Special material types:- check the box for special material types

User Departments:- Select departments for the material types as per business requirements.

Internal/external purchase orders:- Select the value as per business requirements; possible entries are

  • 0- No external purchase orders allowed
  • 1 – External purchase orders allowed, but a warning issued
  • 2- External purchase orders allowed

Valuation

  • Price Control:- Set the price control as “Standard price or moving average price/periodic unit price.”
  • Acct. Cat. Reference:- Select account category reference from the list. The system uses to check whether the valuation class you have entered is allowed the accounting data in a material master record is maintained.

material types entries - Material Types in SAP

Click on the save icon and then select created material type and double click on quantity/value updating.

Material types overview - Material Types in SAP

If it is not a stock item, tick only value updating; if it is a stock item with value tick both qty updating and value updating columns

quantity value updating - Material Types in SAP

Click on the Save icon or (Ctrl+S) to save the configured material types data.

Successfully you configured the new material types in SAP.