Product category

Sales Order Entry and Purchase entry functions can distribute purchase and sales amounts to the General Ledger balance sheet and income accounts according to product category. Many Product and Sales Manager reports can be generated in product category order, or for a product category range.

Product categories are defined in SA Table Code Value Setup-Product Category. They can be assigned to products in Product Setup.

You can also assign salesreps to a product category. This ensures that the salesrep is always credited for each sale of a product associated with the product category. This is controlled by the Use Line Level Sales Rep Exceptions option in SA Administrator Options-Documents-Sales Order-Entry Settings. When this option is selected, the information in Sales Salesrep Exception Setup is used to determine the salesrep who is credited for the product in Sales Order Entry. You can distinguish both the inside and outside salesrep for each product category.