Define Condition Exclusion

In this step, you define the condition exclusion process.

If several condition records are valid in the price determination process, you must define rules stipulating which conditions are selected and which are disregarded. To do this, use the condition exclusion mechanism.

The exclusion of condition records is controlled via exc lusion groups. An exclusion group is a list of condition types that are compared with each other during the price determination process. The result may be the exclusion of a whole group of conditions or the exclusion of individual conditions within a group.

The result of the price determination process can thus be influenced with regard to a desired criterion (for example, the lowest price) by the exclusion of certain condition types, whereas others are taken into account in this process.

Example

You can define a condition exclusion process that determines the most favorable price and excludes less favorable but fundamentally possible pricing results. The lowest price then overrides the condition type priorities that would have been dictated by the access sequence.

In the calculation schema you define the procedure by which selection within or between the condition exclusion groups takes place. The following possibilities are available:

x Selection of the most favorable condition type within a condition exclusion group.

x Selection of the most favorable condition record of a condition type if more valid condition records exist (for example, selection from different condition records of condition type PR00)

x Selection of the most favorable of two condition exclusion groups (in this case, all condition types of the two groups are cumulated and the totals compared with each other)

The tables for the exclusion of conditions are supplied empty. You must therefore work through the following points if you wish to use the condition exclusion facility:

x Define condition exclusion groups

x Assign condition types to condition exclusion groups

x Enter condition exclusion groups in the calculation schema and define a procedure for the determination of the condition types to be excluded.

Activities

1. Create a condition exclusion group by entering an alphanumeric key that is max. four characters long, together with a description.

2. Assign the condition types to a condition exclusion group. A condition exclusion group can

contain any number of condition types.

3. Enter the condition exclusion group in the calculation schema that you will be using for price (or cost) determination purposes.

4. In the process, note the sequence (consecutive numbers) in which the exclusion groups are to

be processed.

You can use two exclusion groups for condition exclusion purposes. In this case, you must choose procedure "C", which determines the lowest price between two exclusion groups.

x Maintain Condition Table

In this step, you define the price dependencies.

You can make prices, discounts and surcharges dependent on almost all the fields in a purchasing document.

You define these dependencies with the aid of condition tables.

In a condition table, you specify the combination of fields for which you can create condition records.

SAP recommendation

You should not change the condition tables that are included in the standard version of the SAP System.

Actions

1. Check the extent to which you can use the condition tables that are supplied with the standard

SAP System.

To do this, you can display these condition tables.

2. Before creating a new condition table, you should check whether the existing fields of the field catalog are sufficient for your requirements.

If you wish to use a field for price determination which is not defined for this usage in the standard system, you must include it in the field catalog (see Extend Field Catalog for Condition Tables). You can only include fields that are included in table KOMG, KOMK or KOMP.

3. Create new condition tables. To do so, copy a similar condition table and proceed as follows:

o Enter the name of the table you wish to create.

Note that you can only choose names between 501 and 999. If you make no entry, the system will automatically assign a consecutive number.

o Specify whether you wish to create the table with or without a validity period.

o Enter the type of condition table (for example, transparent table).

o Enter a description for the condition table.

o From the list of allowed fields that are included in the field catalog and which can be extended there, choose your desired fields for the condition table.

o Generate the new condition table.

Note:

You can only maintain conditions for a new condition table if the condition table is used in an access sequence.