A certain field in the material master must be maintained as a mandatory entry during initial creation. Which of the following factors influence the field selection? There are 3 correct answers to…

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Options

• ATransaction code
• BProcurement type
• CMaterial type
• DPurchasing group
• ECompany code

• A
  76% (35)
• D
  17% (8)
• E
  7% (3)

Explanation

In SAP Material Management, field selection during material master creation is controlled by configuration-level and organizational factors. The transaction code (A) matters because different transactions (e.g., MM01 for create vs. MM02 for change) can trigger different field-selection screens and mandatory requirements. Material type (C) is fundamental - each material type (ROH, FERT, HALB, etc.) is linked to a field reference that defines which fields are required, optional, or suppressed. Procurement type (B) influences field relevance because in-house production vs. external procurement vs. both requires different data (e.g., MRP, purchasing, or costing fields become mandatory depending on how the material is sourced).

Purchasing group (D) is simply a buyer/planner organizational key that lives inside the material master - it doesn't control field selection rules. Company code (E) is a financial unit; while accounting views exist in the material master, company code itself is not a field-selection control parameter (plant is the relevant org level for that purpose).

Memory tip: Think "T-M-P" - Transaction, Material type, Procurement type - the three lenses SAP uses to decide what data is truly necessary when you first create a material.

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