| Items - General (tcibd0501m000) |  |
| Use this session to list general item data, which you can define and modify in the Item - General (tcibd0101s000) details session. General item data is the item data that applies to all the ERP LN packages. In addition to general item data, you can also define item data that is specific for a particular ERP LN package. This item data is defined in that particular ERP LN package. Example You can define item data that specifically applies to sales transactions in the Item - Sales (tdisa0101s000) session. Before you can define the sales item data, you must first define the item in the Item - General (tcibd0101s000) session. Copy items If you want to define an item that has many details in common with an existing item, you can copy the existing item. Take the following steps: Select the item in the Items - General (tcibd0501m000) session. On the Edit menu, click Duplicate. The Copy Item Data (tcibd0205m000) session starts. Use the Copy Item Data (tcibd0205m000) session to copy the source item data to a new target item. You can select check boxes to indicate the type of data that must be copied. Delete items You can also delete item data. Therefore, you either: Select an item, and click Delete on the toolbar Select an item, and click Delete in the Edit menu. To delete a range of items, click Delete a range of records in the Edit menu, and then select successively the first item and the last item of the range. If you delete items, also the following data is deleted for the items: Production BOMs Routings Locations All cost price and costing details Classification data from the Product Classification (GRT) module Item-based conversion factors Alternative items Item data for sales, purchase, service, warehousing, ordering, planning, Quality, and Project. Purchase item - business partner relations Pricing data (price books) In case of a generic item, also the following data is deleted for the item: Features and options Product features by generic item Generic item data Generic BOMs Generic routing Generic price lists Constraints Related topics To set up the item data Overview of reference designators Integration Manufacturing and Document Management
Fields | Description
Item | In ERP LN, the raw materials, subassemblies, finished products, and tools that can be purchased, stored, manufactured, sold, and so on. An item can also represent a set of items handled as one (kit), or exist in multiple product variants. You can also define nonphysical items, which are not held in inventory but can be used to post costs or to invoice services to customers. Examples of nonphysical items: Cost items (for example, electricity) Service items Subcontracting services List items (menus/options) Segmented item codes consist of a project-code segment and an item-base segment (the item code). You can define the item code segmentation in the Item Code Segmentation (tcibd0500m000) session. Note If the item is a generic item, the following characters are not allowed in the item code: `% ' " ^ \ ! @ # $ & * ( ) | / ; ~ ` ? { } [ ] < >` The reason is that object files that are generated for constraints in the Product Configuration module cannot contain these characters.
Item Type | The item's default item type. Allowed values Possible values
Actual Item Type | The item type at the current date and time. The item type that you select in the Item - General (tcibd0101s000) session is the items default item type. To support make or buy scenarios for the same item, you can temporarily change the item type of purchased and manufactured items in the Date-Effective Item Data (tcibd0510m000) session. Allowed values Possible values Related topics Date-effective item data
Commands | Description
Search | Click to search for products classified in Product Classification (GRT). You can base your search on the following criteria: Family, using the Search for Items by Family (tigrt0181m000) session. Feature, using the Search for Items by Feature (tigrt0182m000) session. Search definition, using the Search for Items by Search Definition (tigrt0183m000) session. Master item, using the Search for Items by Master Item (tigrt0184m000) session.
Reference Designators by Item | Click to start the Reference Designators by Item (tcibd0120m000) session to view, define, or maintain reference designators that are linked to an item.