All about Text Type

Background

Text is a small piece of formatted or unformatted text that is used to show or store information in Master data and Transaction data. For example, a temperature sensitive material ( a medicine which needs low temperature storage area) needs to be kept under freezing temperature. One can configure a text field in Sales Document with specific comments such that on sale of any such product , customer is informed to to store the medicine in refrigeration. This Text is known as “Material Sales Text”.

Text Types

Each text item ( “Material Sales Text” ) in the example above is called a Text Type. It internally contains a Text ID. These are configured in the Text Types section. Text can be defined for-

• Customer
• Sales document
• Delivery
• Billing
  Step-1

1. Enter T-code VOTXN in command field.
2. Select sales & distribution radio button of customer block.
3. Click on change button.

Step-2

1. Select text procedure node.
2. Click on New Entries button.

Step-3

1. Select text-procedure node.
2. Enter Text-procedure and its description.
3. Click on save button.

Step-4

1. Select Text Id’s in text-procedure node.
2. Enter SeqNo / ID / ID description.

Step-5

1. Select Text procedure assignment.
2. Assign text procedure to customer account group.

Step-6 Click on save button. A message “Data was saved” will be displayed.