SAP SD INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1. What is transfer order? ANS: Transfer order is created for picking the goods in warehouse management. Transfer order contain 1. Material Number 2. Quantity to be moved . !ource storage bin to destination storage bin . Through this transfer order picking list generated. 2. What are the fields in ri!in" ro!ed#re? There are 1" fields that are given below: ANS. 1. !tep 2.#ounter #ondition type $. %escription &. 'rom ". To (. Mannual ). Mandatory *. !tatistic 1+. ,rint 11. !ubtotal 12. -e.uirement 1 alternative calculation type1$. /lternative condition base value 1&. /ccount key 1" /ccrual $. What are the Standard o#t #t t% es in SD? ANS. 0/++ for order 1%++ for delivery -%++ for billing and -%+ for #ash sales. &. What is 'ondition t% e? ANS. #ondition type is a pricing element such as discount2freight2surcharge.This are used in pricing procedure to represent condition record. (. What is differen!e )et*een deli+er% do!#,ent - s!hed#lin"? ANS. %elivery document is an electronic document where store when how much .uantity of materials and where the materials should go 3 on the other side2 scheduling represent when materials will be delivered in that case backward scheduling and forward scheduling is used. .. /o* is ite, !ate"or% deter,ined? ANS .4n general item category determination is happened through sales document type5item usage5item category group5higher level item category 5default item category 4n the creating from reference document item category determination is happened from copy control where source item category to target item category.if it is not maintained 2item category determination is happened though normal determination like sales document type5 item usage5item category group 5 higher level item category5default item category.

0. What is E1tra!t #sed in !ondition te!h. in ri!in"? ANS. #ondition table5/ccess se.uence5#ondition type5pricing procedure6condition techni.ue. The above e7tract is used to find suitable condition record. 2. What is the differen!e )et*een lant and stora"e lo!ation? ANS ./ plant may be delivering plant and production plant and storage plant. 4n !ales and %istribution2 since plant is assigned with sales organi8ation and distribution channel2 it is called delivering plant. !torage location2 where the materials are stored2 that is called storage location. storage location is located in plant. Many storage locations can be located in one plant. 3. What is 4ean Wareho#se 5ana"e,ent? ANS. 1ean warehouse management is a small part of function provided by warehouse management structure. 4t only includes fi7ed bin storage. it switch off some functions of warehouse management activities that are given below : storage section -eserve storage bin !trategy to put away and picking -eplenishment 4nventory of storage bin level. 16. What is the #r ose of sales do!#,ent t% e? ANS. !ales document will determine whether the process will be cash sales or rush order 4t will determine the process whether the order will be normal order or release order. 4t will determine what will be the delivery type of a order. 4t will determine what will be the billing type of a order. 11. What is an inte"ration oint )et*een SD AND 55? ANS. 9hen order is created availability check and transfer of re.uirement is happened2 that is one !% and MM integration point. 4n the case of delivery picking is happened and after that ,:4 is happened that is another integration point of !% and MM. 12. What are 5RP t% es? ANS. M-, Means ;ow the material is planned<such as /utomatic reorder point planning2 annual reorder point planning2 'orecast ,lanning.

1$. What is #se of !#sto,er A!!o#nt "ro# ? ANS. #ustomer /ccount group control the master data of customer 4t help to determine customer number assignment 4t help to determine which field should be optional and which field should be mandatory and hide. 4t control transaction of a customer master 1&. What is the differen!e )et*een in!o, lete order and )a!7order ro!essin"? ANS. 4n the case of creating sales order2 when mandatory fields are missing2 it is called incomplete order and it is decided by incompletion procedure. 0ackorder processing when material .uantity is not confirmed or delivery confirmation date cannot be kept. There are two types of back order processing 1= manual back order processing 2= /utomatic via rescheduling 1(. Wh% does the !#sto,er ,aster ha+e different +ie*s? ANS: there are three views in customer master data that are given below: a= 8eneral Data: general data is applicable for accounting and sales and distribution purpose /ddress2 #ontrol data2 payment transaction2 marketing2 unloading point2 e7port data2 contact person b= 'o, an% 'ode Data: #ompany code data is applicable only accounting purpose. /ccount management2 payment transaction2 correspondence2 insurance c= Sales area Data: sales area data is applicable only sales and distribution purpose. !ales2 shipping2 billing2 partner function. 1.. What is t9!ode for listin" the )lo!7ed do!#,ents? ANS.T<code of listing blocked >?M1. 10. What is )at!h s lit? ANS. 9hen products are coming from different batch and it@s batch number are different2 batch split are happened. 12. What is Prod#!t attri)#tes? ANS. 0y defining product attributes2 you take customer preferences for product substitution into account. 'or e7ample2 you may have customers who refuse products produced abroad2 or products that contain a coupon. 9hen you define product attributes2 the system checks them in product selection2 ignoring any material with a product attribute that the customer has e7plicitly reAected.

13. What is differen!e )et*een SD a!!o#nt 7e% and :I a!!o#nt 7e%? ANS. /s far as account key concern both are the same to find the right :B1 /ccount through condition techni.ue.!% account key will be from pricing procedure. Cn the other hand2 '4 account key will be from ta7 procedure. 26. /o* is !redit !ontrol deter,ined? ANS . #redit control area determined by credit control area5#redit -isk #ategory5#redit group. 21. What are the ara,eters in :D$2? ANS.you can see overview of the customer2 address of the customer2 central data of customer2 status and payment history of the customer. 22. What is the differen!e )et*een ro#tine and re;#ire,ents? ANS. routines define which field should copy from reference document to target document. -e.uirement should meet when is being copied from source document to target document. 4f re.uirement is not met2 a warning message is displayed or process may be terminated. 2$. What is !ondition s# le,ent and *h% is it #sed?

ANS. #ondition supplement don@t have any access se.uence. They found together underlying one condition record. Dou set allowed condition supplement in customi8ing for the main condition type by assigning different pricing procedure. 4n the case of creation of sales order2 when pricing procedure is taken into account2 condition supplement is applied. 2&. What is the differen!e )et*een ,ilestone and eriodi! )illin"? ANS. Milestone billing is used in ,lant engineering and construction2 full amount of money are spreading over several dates within billing plan. ,eriodic billing is used in -ental contract. 'ull amount of money are billed over certain period of time. 2(. What is the lands!a e? ANS. They system landscape basically is the set<up or arrangement of your !/, servers. 4deally2 in an !/, environment2 a three<system landscape e7ists. / three<system landscape consists of the %evelopment !erver<%E>2 Quality /ssurance !erver<Q/! and the ,roduction !erver<,-C%. This kind of set<up is not primarily designed to serve as

server clusters in case of system failure2 the obAective to enhance Fconfiguration pipeline managementF. 2.. What is +ariant in re ortin"? ANS. >ariant is a variation of report which delivered either -B system or save it. Each variant contains different fields that are populated when you call up the report. 20. What is the differen!e )et*een Stati! and D%na,i! 'redit 'he!7? ANS. !tatic credit check is a check which is comparing the credit limit assign to the customer to the total value of open sales order2 plus total value of open delivery that are not yet to invoiced plus total amount billing document that are yet to be passed on accounting plus total value of billing amount that are yet to be paid by customer. %yanamic credit is a check which is comparing the credit limit assign to the customer to the total value of open sales order2 plus total value of open delivery that are not yet to invoiced plus total amount billing document that are yet to be passed on accounting plus total value of billing amount that are yet to be paid by customer. 0ut2 difference is that time period Gcredit hori8on= is attached with dynamic credit states that the system is not calculated all open item and all open value after credit hori8on. Cn the other hand2 there is not time period is not attached with static credit limit. 'or this reason2 all open items and all open values is taken into account. 22. What is differen!e )et*een the ite, ro osal and d%na,i! ro osal? ANS. 4n item proposal2 when you enter details in sales document and click the propose items to get item list of the customer regularly purchases Cn the other hand2 once you specify the sold<to<party and press enter2 system automatically gives the list of materials for the customer regularly in a faster way than item proposal. 23. What is a field !atalo"? ANS. / field catalog is a list of newly added field. 4f you want to create table2 you have to create field that is added to field catalogue. /fter that you can create table. $6. What is the differen!e )et*een !ondition t% e E<61 and E<62? ANS. E?+1 is used as actual cost and E?+2 is used as calculated cost. 0oth are used in make<to<order production. 4n the case of E?+12 unit cost is issued first position on the conditions screen for the items. The value can be used for the basis of price determination. Cn the other hand2 in the case of E?+22 the result of unit costing is simply a statistical value which is compared with price.

$1. What are the #ser e1its? ANS . Hser E7it is the place where you can enhance sap documents and you can activate and deactivate some fields and create some fields through coding.Even2you can create new routine and formula through coding.0ut2you cannot change standard sap document. This is can be done by /0/, G/dvance 0usiness /pplication ,rogramming= $2. What is the :#n!tion of ite, !ate"or% "ro# ? ANS. 4tem category group will determine the item category of an item in a sales document. 4t is maintained material master sales organi8ation 2.!uppose2in the case 0CM2if item category group is IE-1/@2higher level item category IT/Q@ and sub<item category is IT/E@.Cn the other hand2 if item category group is I1HM'@2higher level item category is T/,@ and sub<item item category is IT/N@. 4tem category depends on sales organi8ation and distribution channel. it is only outbound delivery. $$. What is ri!in" ro!ed#re? ANS. ,ricing procedure will determine how pricing take place in sales order and billing. 4n ,ricing procedure there are condition types and there are 1" columns which control the condition types to determine how the condition type will behave in a pricing procedure. $&. What is !ondition e1!l#sion? ANS. #ondition e7clusion indicator can be set in condition type and condition record. 4f it is set in condition record2 condition type is e7cluded from being accessing and re.uirement function is ignored. Cn the other hand2 condition e7clusion in condition record help to compare condition record between two condition e7clusion groups or between two condition types to determine best price ./ll other condition types will be deactivated. $(. Whi!h deli+er% do!#,ent t% e for STO ro!ess? ANS .There are two !TC G!tock Transfer Crder= that is 1= intra company stock transport order which delivery document type is IH0@ and 2= inter company stock transport order which delivery document type is JN0K. $.. What is differen!e )et*een the header le+el !ondition and ite, le+el !ondition? ANS. ;eader level condition is maintained in header level pricing procedure in sales order. This condition does not have any access se.uence.!oL you have to maintain condition record manually. This condition record distributed proportionately between items in whole documents .if you assign formula of alternative condition base value with condition type2 condition type will distribute between items in whole document on the basis alternative condition base value.

4tem level condition is applicable only for that item. it has access se.uence .!o2 condition record can be fetched automatically from condition table. $0. What is the lin7 )et*een !redit ,ana"e,ent and s#)totals? ANS. 4n pricing procedure pricing value plus ta7 is stored in a subtotal field that is /= >0/,<#M,-E which is used for credit check in order and delivery through credit group which is assigned with sales document type and delivery document type. $2. What is Deli+er% "ro# and *hat is its #r ose? ANS. %elivery group is used for credit check. 0ecause credit group is assigned with delivery group. /utomatic credit control is happened in delivery group. $3. What is ,ain #r ose of ,aintainin" the ,aster data? ANS. Master data provides important sources of data for creating documents. Master data help to run business transaction smoothly. Master data help to define which field is important and which field is important &6. What is line ite,? ANS. 1ine item is an individual item in a sales document which has a item detail such as shipping point2 division and route. &1. What is differen!e )et*een listin" and e1!l#sion? ANS. 4f company want to give certain products to particular customer2 company need to create listing through tcode >0+1.Cn the other hand2 if customer doesn@t want to purchase one product among the other products .Dou can e7clude this product from the list. Through tcode >0+2.1isting and E7clusion follow condition techni.ue. &2. What are the f#n!tions erfor,ed in a s# ort !lient?

ANS. the function is to solve day to day issue sent by the end user and sometimes enhancement too. 9hat is the access se.uence for header conditions3 &$. What is /eader 'ondition? ANS. 4n ;eader condition doesn@t have any access se.uence .'or this reason2 it has to be maintained manually in header level pricing procedure in sales order.!o2 it@s value is divided among different items in a sales order proportionately such as ;M++2 /M49 condition type.

&&. What are the hi"hest or"ani=ational #nits in SD> 55> PP and :I'O? ANS .;ighest Crgani8ational unit in !% is !ales Crganisation.;ighest organi8ation unit in MM is ,lant and ;ighest Crgani8ation in ,, is ,lant. ;ighest organi8ation unit '4 is #ompany code and #C is controlling area. &(. What is the f#n!tionalit% of ne"ati+e ostin" in )illin" do!#,ent? ANS. 4n standard system2 credit memo and cancellations document is posted opposite side of account as compared to customer receivable account. #ustomer re.uested that credit memo and cancellations should be posted same side of customer account2 this allow the account to have 8ero balance. The totals line in the account can also be 8ero2 in other word2 a sales does not take place. Therefore2 you have activate negative posting option in billing doc type. &.. /o* is shi in" oint deter,ined?

ANS. !hipping condition from sales document type2 if it is not maintained2 it takes from sol<to<party customer master sales area shipping tab page. %elivering plant from customer material info record2 if it not maintained2 it takes from ship<to<party customer master record .if it is not maintained2 it takes from material master sales<org1. 1oading group from material master record plantBstorage 1 tab page &0. What is differen!e )et*een trans ort and tas7? ANS.The transport re.uest contains transport no and task no. Task no contains activities. 9hen the re.uest is released2 task no released first then re.uest no is released. &2. What is the !lient s e!ifi! data? ANS .#lient specific data means when data is maintained within same client suppose client &++2 and under &++ client you create company structure and under this company structure you create customer master data and material master data and under this company structure all business transactions is happened .Thus2 all business transactions which is happened in the same &++Gclient= that is called client specific data. &3. What is A?AP de)#""in"? ANS. %ebugging is a process to understand program behavior in runtime. !/, has an inbuilt debugger which is part of the /0/, workbench.

(6. What is the differen!e )et*een dis!o#nt and re)ate? ANS. %iscount is given on individual purchase whatever customer purchase suppose customer want to purchase 2 two soft drink bottle each 2 ltr and after purchase customer will get discount on two bottle purchase . Cn the hand2 -ebate is given total volume of a sale in particular customer on yearly or monthly and retrospectively. (1. What are the ro#tines? ANS. -outines are formula which is hard corded and prepared by /0/,er./s a functional consultant2 you can only do system modification.0ut2 you cannot create routines. (2. What is ,eant )% Variant 'onfi"#ration? Ans: /ttribute of materials are not predefined and there are many possible variations2 you can define them in the sales order in the conte7t of a variant. Dou can define in a sales order on the conte7t of a variation configure. ($. What is the relation shi )et*een sales or"ani=ation and 'o, an% !ode? ANS@ !ales organi8ation is highest organi8ation unit in sales and distribution and company code is highest organi8ation element in '4. (&. What are the infl#en!in" fa!tors for a!!o#nt deter,ination? ANS@ /ccount determination is depended on /pplication 5#ondition type5 #hart of /ccount 5 !ales organi8ation5/ccount assignment group of payer master 5/ccount assignment group of material 5/ccount key . ((. What are de enden!ies in +ariant !onfi"#ration? ANS. #onfigurable Material2 #onfigurable profile2 #lass2 and value that is depended on variant configuration. (.. /o* is alternate !ondition )ase +al#e? ANS. /lternate condition base value is used in pricing procedure to calculate a value on the basis of base value of a material such as you want to give 1+ M discount to material on the basis of material base value .'or this reason2 you have to assign certain routine that is called alternate condition base value.

(0. What is the #se of od? ANS. ,C% means proof of delivery. 9hen delivery is being done2 at the time of receiving2 ship<to<party verifies whether any discrepancy is there2 if discrepancy is there2 delivery is not confirmed. 4f the .uantity is ok2 ship<to<party transfer proof of delivery through 4%C# to -B system. (2. When *ill %o# !o,)ine deli+eries into one in+oi!e? ANS. 9hen delivery due date2 destination country2 bill<to<party is same2 deliveries are combined into one invoice