Creating a Batch Master Record

Use

You use this function to enter batch data into a separate master record.

Prerequisites

You can only create batches and batch master records for a material if the material is to be

handled in batches To do this, you must set the Batch management indicator in the Material

Master Record.

Features

Creating a Batch Master Record

• You create a batch master record manually in the material master, menu Batch.

If the material is not yet classified, you can choose a class when creating the batch

master record.

• The system creates a batch master record in the background in the following procedures:

• during the first goods receipt for a batch, see section Goods Receipt of Batches

• during creation of a process or production order

• During a usage decision in quality management

• During a recurring inspection

• For transfer postings (when you want to split a batch, for example)

You can make the settings for creating batch master records in the background in

Customizing for Batch Management under Initial Batch Creation and Characteristic Value

Assignment for Batches.

You can use a Customer Exit to create batch master records in the background. You

use the customer exit to fill fields in the batch master record in the background that

are neither filled by the system nor the user during goods movement.

All goods movement data is available in the interface. The data is controlled

according to the movement type. You make the necessary settings in Customizing

for Batch Management, under Customer exit for maintaining batch master data of

new batches.

For example, if batches are to be available 10 days after goods receipt, you define

the following in the customer exit interface: the Available from field is filled with a

date that is calculated from goods receipt date + 10 days.