How to set a default variant to a Transaction VL06O

The initial selection screen you get for the transaction VL06O has 8 button options. Requirement is to appear only 4 buttons as soon as the transaction is being called. This can be handled by variants functionality in SAP.

If you set a custom variant (Z), user will see all 8 buttons when he logged in to the transaction code. Then user has to select the relevant Z variant from the variant selection button. A default variant for a transaction code is not possible with custom variants (Z). If you want to apply a default variant for a transaction, you have to save that variant as a system variant.

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How to Print a Material Documents

You might have a requirement to take a physical print out of a material document that was posted in SAP. It could be a GR posting, a transfer posting or goods issue. All of these postings correspond to a particular movement type in SAP and creates a material document. SAP provides functionality to print these material documents. In this document we will see what configurations and master data needs to be in place to print material documents.

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Delivery Type Determination for STO's

In our previous posts, we learnt about below 4 different Stock transport order types and respective configuration steps. 

1. Intra – Company STO – Click here 
2. Inter – Company STO – Click here 
3. Rush STO – Click here 
4. STO between Storage Locations – Click here 

As part of the Stock Transport Order logistic execution process, we need to create an outbound delivery with reference to STO number using transaction VL10B. In order to create a delivery document with reference to any other SAP object, we need to have copy control settings between those 2 document types. For example, in order to create a delivery with reference to a sales order, we need to have sales order type to delivery type copy controls maintained. 

But in case of a STO, we do not have copy control customizing between purchase order type (STO Type) to outbound delivery type (Eg: NB to NLCC or UB to NL). Therefore, it is interesting to understand how SAP handles such scenario’s in customizing. 

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Schedule Job for STO Delivery Creation

In this document we will take a look at how we can schedule a background job to create outbound deliveries for STOs using the delivery due list in SAP. (similar to delivery creation for sales orders) 

Typically this is done using VL10B transaction and can be automated and scheduled as a batch job if the business has a requirement for automation of the creation of STO deliveries.

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FMS Stock Transport Orders with negative inventory at the site

In complex retail businesses, goods need to be moved from distribution center (DC) to store, store back to distribution center as well as between stores. In order to handle this business process, standard SAP functionality called “Stock Transport Orders” (STO’s) are commonly used. Please click here to view configuration steps required to configure STO’s in your system.

Due to complexity of the work and practical difficulties, most of the stores (Sites) tend to finish / record their daily transactions in SAP after the business day closure. For example, let’s say there is an inbound STO from another store asking for 100 quantities from material ABC. In the SAP system; user can find 98 as available, but physically quantity 100 is available in the stock. In such a case, typical store manager would want to deliver 100 right away and do the stock adjustment for + 2 after the business day closure.

In this case (until the stock adjustment is posted); store inventory for material ABC needs to go negative. Standard SAP supports this functionality and today let’s see what we need to configure in SAP FMS for it. I will explain the configuration / process steps using below example. 

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Stock Transport Orders between Storage Locations in FMS

Some time back we discussed about how we can setup stock transport orders in SAP. 

• Inter Company Stock Transport Orders - Click here
• Intra Company Stock Transport Orders - Click here
• Rush Stock Transport Orders - Click here

Similarly, it’s very often requested by certain customers to setup stock transport orders to move stock between storage locations within same plant.

For example, let’s say you have two buildings in same physical location and those were configured as two different storage locations under one plant (Site) in SAP. If you want to move goods between one building to the other (mean in SAP it has to be one storage location to the other), you have 2 ways of handling it in SAP.

1. You can do an inventory transport posting between storage location to storage location
2. You can use the stock transport order process between two storage locations

Today we will see how we can setup stock transport order process between two storage locations in SAP FMS. Since I am using SAP FMS, some setting might be different from what you have seen in standard SAP (R/3). 

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Stock Transport Orders Between Storage Locations in FMS

How to Configure Delivery Creation Transaction VL10X

Based on various business requirements it is possible to use VL10X transaction for delivery note creation. As an example we use VL10C for sales order line item delivery document creation, VL10E can be used to create delivery documents for schedule lines, etc.

Therefore it is necessary understand how to configure this transaction based on your business requirement. SAP has given a provision to configure this transaction via a functionality called "Delivery Scenario" and "List profile (Role)". These fields can be seen under the "User Role" tab of the VL10X transactions.

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How to create a new material movement type in SAP

Let's see how we can create a new material movement type in SAP. If you want to see how the G/L accounts are getting determined during post goods issue, please click here.

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How to Create a New Movement Type in SAP

Account determination for material movements in SAP

G/L account determination for goods issue posting is a very popular SAP SD interview question and also this is one of the key areas where SD and FI are linked.

If you're looking for revenue account determination in SAP, please click here.

If you're looking for tax account determination in SAP, please click here.

If you want to know how to create a new movement type in SAP, please click here.

Today let's see how G/L accounts get determined during post goods issue.

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Account Determination for Material Movements in SAP