reating Sales Orders With Free Goods Items

Free goods are discounts in the form of goods delivered free of charge. A free good can be
subordinated to another item or it can be a main item in its own right. If you enter a sub-item in a
standard sales order, the system treats it automatically as a free good, providing that the
corresponding material has the item category group NORM.
Procedure
To enter a free good as a sub-item, proceed as follows:
1. Enter the material number of the free goods directly under the higher-level item.
2. In the second entry line, in the HgLvIt field (higher-level item), enter the item number of the
higher-level item
3. Choose Enter.
Various dialog boxes requesting header data can appear at this point. This occurs if, for
example, you have defined several ship-to parties or unloading points in the customer
master record of the sold-to party. If an availability check determines that stocks are
insufficient, the system displays a screen containing delivery proposals.
After you have provided all the necessary information, the overview screen reappears. In
the standard version of the SAP System, the system automatically assigns the item
category TANN to the free goods item.
Entering Free Goods Subsequently
You must enter a free goods item directly below the higher-level item. If this is not possible,
perhaps because you decided on the free goods after you created the sales order, you can use
the change function (Sales document Change) to insert the free goods item at a later point.
The change function enables you to enter an item number that the system will automatically
insert directly below the higher-level item.
Changing the Quantity of a Higher-Level Item
If you subsequently change the quantity of a main item, the system automatically adjusts the
quantity of the subordinate free goods item in proportion. However, if you want to prevent this,
proceed as follows:
1. ...
1. Select the free goods item in the overview screen and choose Goto Item More
functions Structure.
2. Select the Fix indicator next to the UoM field.
If you change the quantity of the main item, the quantity of the free goods now remains
fixed.
Entering a Free Goods as a Main Item
If you want to enter a free goods item as a main item, change the proposed main item type TAN
to TANN.


If you work with free goods frequently, we recommend that you use automatic free goods
determination. You can find more information in the Basic Functions and Master Data in Sales and
Distribution document under Free Goods.