Which of the following basic functions are based on the condition technique? Note: There are 3 correct answers to this question.

Question

Options

• APartner determination
• BListing and exclusion
• CAccount determination
• DFree goods
• EIncompletion processing

• A
  92% (54)
• D
  5% (3)
• E
  3% (2)

Explanation

In SAP Sales and Distribution (SD), the condition technique is a framework built around condition types, access sequences, condition tables, and condition records - enabling flexible, rule-based determination logic. Partner determination (A) uses this framework to resolve business partners (sold-to, ship-to, payer, etc.) based on configurable procedures and access sequences. Material listing and exclusion (B) uses condition records to control which materials are permitted or blocked for specific customers. Account determination (C) uses the condition technique (via transaction VKOA) to map sales transactions to the correct G/L accounts through condition types and access sequences.

Free goods (D) is the key distractor - while it does use condition records, it operates on a simplified, standalone determination procedure rather than the full, multi-layered condition technique framework used by pricing, output, and the three correct answers. Incompletion processing (E) is definitively excluded because it uses incompletion procedures/schemas that define mandatory field checks - an entirely different configuration concept with no condition types or access sequences.

Memory tip: Think of the condition technique as the "backbone" of SD configuration. Remember "PAL" - Partner determination, Account determination, Listing/exclusion - these three rely on the same condition-technique architecture as pricing and output determination. Free goods and incompletion are configured through their own separate, purpose-built mechanisms.

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