Pricing Alternate Calculation type, Alt Condition base value and Requirements Chandu Sripuram.

The alternate condition base value (Alt CBV) is used as the calculation basis only, while the alternate calculation is used to modify the final value. For example, imagine you have a condition type ZPR1, with a condition record maintained (master data) for $10. Now, condition ZPR2 also exists lower in the schema, but with a rate of 10%. The standard calculation would result in a final value of $11. The alternate base value could say, dont use $10 as the basis use the original price PR00 only, which was $9. Then, the final value would be $10 + (10% of $9) = $10.9. The alternate calculation routine says, ignore the 10% altogether. Instead, use an externally calculated 20%. Then, you end up with a final value of $10 + (20% of $10) = $12. Put them both together, and you could end up with $10 + (20% of $9) = $11.8. Alternative Calculation Type: Normally if you want to calculate a value you have to use a calculation type for determining the value. This calculation type is either addition, subtraction or multiplication. Similarly SAP also has got a default calculation type in the control data of the condition type. There you have the options of either Qty based , Fixed Amount Based or Percentage based. Here suppose if you define your condition type that calculates the base price of a material on Qty based. Then the calculation will be done based on the quantity of the material. If the customer orders 10 Nos and you have maintained a unit price of $10,- for each material then the value determined is $100,-. Similarly if the discount condition type , you maintain the calculation type as %. This means if you maintain the value of 10% in the condition record. Then this percentage is taken as the calculation type and the condition value is determined. In some cases you have to forego the default calculation types and use the customer specific method for calculating a value. For ex if you are calculating the Freight charges for a Material . it depends on so many criteria like, the weight, volume and also the minimum amount etc etc, in those cases, you forego the default value and then use the alternative calculation type in calculating the condition value against the particular condition. Alternative Condition Base value : If you have to calculate any value then you have to have a base value for it. For ex if you want to calculate the discount of 10 % for a material then you have to have a base value on which this

10% is calculated. Normally you take the condition value of the base price of the material to calculate the value. Now you dont want to take the base value and take other values as base value which are derived on some formula. So you create a routine which will do the mathematical operations in the routine and derive you a value which is now used as the base value for calculating the condition value for a particular condition type. Requirement: A factor in the condition technique that restricts access to a condition table. The system only accesses a condition table to determine the price if the requirement specified has been met. Example: The system uses an access sequence to determine the price of a material. One of the accesses in the sequence contains the requirement in foreign currency. The system only uses the table behind this access if the sales order for which the price must be calculated is in a foreign currency.

Definitions of Fields in Pricing Procedure A. STEP This indicates the number of step-in the procedure. B. COUNTER This is used to show a second ministep C. CONDITION TYPE This is the most important component in the pricing procedure. The rates are picked up from this element, on the basis of the properties described. D. DESCRIPTION This forms the description of the condition type. E. FROM This is used to define the progression of the calculation and range of subtotals F. TO This is used to define the progression of the calculation and range of subtotals G. MANUAL This function enables to allow the condition type to be entered manually also apart from automatic pickup. H. MANDATORY This function identifies the conditions that are mandatory in the pricing procedure. The sales price is a mandatory condition type. I. STATISTICS This can be used to represent the cost price of the material sold, generally used for study statistical

impacts of price J. PRINT The activation of this function will enable the printing of the values and conditions to the document. K. SUBTOTAL A key is assigned from the drop down menu; this can be used by the system in other area like Sis for reporting purpose also L. REQUIRMENT KEY This function is used to assign a requirement to the condition type. This requirement can be used to exclude the system from accessing the condition type and trying to determine the value. This can be used to specify that the condition type should only be accessed if the customer has a low risk credit. M. ALTERNATE CALCULATION TYPE This function allows you use a formula as an alternative in finding the value of the condition type, instead of standard condition technique. this can be used to calculate complex tax structures. N. ALTERNATE CONDITION BASE VALUE. The alternative condition base value is a formula assigned to a condition type in order to promote an alternative base value for the calculation of a value. O. ACCOUNTS KEY The account keys form part of account determination. These keys are used here to define the posting of the revenue generated to respective account heads& to subsequent assignment to GL accounts. PR00- ERL K007/KA00- ERS. KF00- ERF.& so On. P. ACCRUAL KEY. The accrual keys form part of account determination. These keys are used here to define the posting of the revenue generated to respective account heads& to subsequent assignment to GL accounts and payment to respective parties. How To Add New Fields To Field Catalog For adding field into Field catalog: I shall give an example. But you should first identify the field for Profit Center (Design ID) and then do as follows: For example if you want to use field PSTYV (Sales document item category) that is included in structure KOMP (Pricing Communication Item) as a key for a condition table.

When you create a condition table (Transaction V/03), however, the system does not propose the field in the field catalog. Prerequisites: For technical reasons, field PSTYV was included in structure KOMP, however, not in structure KOMG (Allowed Fields for Condition Structures). To solve the problem, proceed as follows: 1. Call up the ABAP Dictionary (Transaction SE11) and create data type ZZPSTYV. Choose PSTYV as a domain.As a short text, you can use, for example, ZZ sales document item category and as a field label, you can use the field labels of PSTYV.Save, check and activate your entries. 2. Call up structure KOMPAZ in the ABAP Dictionary (Transaction SE11) in the change mode and make the following entry: Component Component type ZZPSTYV ZZPSTYV Save, check and activate the change you made. 3. Note:Because of the change in structure KOMPAZ, field ZZPSTYV is now known in structures KOMG and KOMP because structure KOMPAZ is included in both structures. 4. Call up Transaction SPRO. Navigate to Sales and Distribution -> Basic Functions -> Pricing -> Pricing Control and execute Define Condition Tables. Choose Conditions: Allowed fields and include ZZPSTYV as a new entry. 5. Note:Now you can use field ZZPSTYV as a key field when you create a condition table Axxx. 6. Supply the new field you defined by including the following source code line in USEREXIT_PRICING_PREPARE_TKOMP: MOVE xxxx-PSTYV TO TKOMP-ZZPSTYV. In order processing you find the user exit in Include MV45AFZZ, and in billing document processing you find it in Include RV60AFZZ.

Consider that you can also use this note as a help if you want to use other customer-specific fields as key fields in a condition table.For header fields, use structure KOMKAZ instead of structure KOMPAZ and USEREXIT_PRICING_PREPARE_TKOMK instead of USEREXIT_PRICING_PREPARE_TKOMP. For more information, see Transaction SPRO via the path Sales and Distribution -> System Modifications -> Create New Fields (Using Condition Technique) -> New Fields for Pricing and Note 21040. For creating a condition Table: 1) There are almost all the regularly used Conditon Table predefined in the system from 001 to 500. See what best you can use the Standard Tables to avoid further errors. 2) In case you should define the new condtion Table, a) Goto TCode: V/03 b) Give a Table any number from 501-999 Press execute and reach to next screen. c) Check up whether the field you are looking is already added in Field catalogue. d) Double click on the fields you want to make a Table..one by one. Note that the sequence here is important in higher hierarchical to lower.. Eample : Sales Org, DC, Division, Customer and then Material etc.., e) After selecting, click on the Techincal View buttin (redone) and reach to next screen. 7) Check which key should be in header and which key should be footer. Use check and uncheck functionalities there.. 8) Once you are through with all the above steps ..click on generate button. Check the Table is generated or not. You can check it at V/04 or V/05 or in SE11.

Can Sales Order and Billing Have Different Pricing Yes, can have 2 different pricing procedures 1. One for Sales Order 2. Another at the Billing Let us take an example: Generally in the Pharma industry this procedure is adopted becuase all the goods are batch price based. 1. In the Pharma Industry whenever the goods are manufactured it will done in a batch to keep track and price is fixed, I mean there will be a Batch Master which has a certain price fixed for it. This Batch Master will have certain number of batches . These batches will have the number series generated wither by internal or external generation depending upon the client requirement 2. So till all the batches are produced as per that particular Batch Master will have the same price. Like that there will n number of batches will different different prices 3. So when you are preapring Sales Order you be only putting the tenative price for the goods that are sold 4. Then at the time of delivery we will be picking up the goods from different batches basing on the required delivery quantity and finally we do the PGI. 5. This is called Delivery Based Pricing becuase your price for the goods will be determined at the time of the delivery as the goods picked up from the different batches which have different prices. ( Mind it there will very less difference in the prices). 6. So at the time of Billing the Pricing Procedure behaves differently depending upon the differnent batches that are picked basing on the batch determination. 7. So the prices which are detemined from different batches will be the actual prices at which the goods are billed to the customer along with other condition that are applied as required. Reasons For Making Any Pricing Procedure in SAP 1. Why we are maintaining separate pricing procedure for inter company sales and business processs.

2. What is the different between standard and inter company pricing procedure and what type condition type we are using in this intercompany. There are two simple reasons for making any Pricing Procedure in SAP SD Modules. 1) Business Reason. What are the pricing aspects or strategies you want to apply for the client requirement in order to sell their goods or render services, is all about the reason for various pricing procedures. Eg: Domestic sales pricing procedure, - Export Pricing Procedure, - A rebate pricing procedure or - A High Discount oriented pricing Procedures. - A repair pricing procedures. You have your own conditions intended to few transactions only. Put all this conditions as a set defining your own Procedures. It may even include special requirements and formulas applied for such Pricing Procedures. 2) A special pricing procedures, in order to facilitate added functionalities of SAP pricing architecture, we must define new pricing procedure. SAP Standard programmes checks these special Indicators in-order to do some required functions. As a example 1, you need to have a Pricing procedure for condition supplement inorder to use the condition supplements. The condition supplement pricing procedure must be given in the condition type definitions (v/06) of the Pricing Condition where you need to supplement, without which SAP SD Condtion Supplements functionality doesnt work. As a example 2, you need to have a Pricing procedure for Inter Company Billing Conditions(IV01 & IV02) inorder to be active for Inter Company Billing specific transactions. Thus make sure that, the procedure wouldnot apply for non-Inter company transactions. Eg: KA0000 for Condition Supplement for KA00 - PR0000 for Condition Supplement for PR00 - ICAA01 for Inter-Company Billing Here I would like to remind about a important field in pricing.

In V/08 of defining a new Pricing Procedure, in main screen, you have a field called TSPP (Transaction Specific Pricing Procedure). This has to be ticked on for Intercompany Billings. The SAP help reads for this field as Under: Transaction-specific pricing procedure Pricing procedure transaction-specific indicator Before Release 4.0A, no special pricing procedures were used for intercompany billing and rebate credit memos, programs were just set accordingly to deal with these situations. As of Release 4.0A you are offered greater flexibility in the form of the option to define special pricing procedures for intercompany billing and rebate credit memos. For reasons of future compatability, you will still be able to use the old program specifications. For this reason, you must set this indicator if you want to create a special pricing procedure. This is to prevent the program settings being used. This indicator is also used as of Release 4.0A to redetermine the condition class and the statistical condition indicator when copying from a reference document. Example: You copy prices from a shipment document to the billing document. The prices should lead to a surcharge in the billing document. This is guaranteed by the redetermination of the condition class in the pricing procedure. Same case with Standard Pricing procedure or Inter Company Pricing Procedure. This configuration is done when user request for new pricing condition type other than the standard ones provided by the system. Screen to tcode VA01 Create New Sales Order for customers - Double Click the Item - Then Click the Conditions Tabstrips Define Condition types V/05 - Condition Table for V/07 e.g. a business may no longer wants to have a sales discount based on the sales organization, customer group, and material, but decided that the discount should be based on the sales organization, customer group and material group.

V/06 Create new condition types by copying a similar conditions type and changing it according to your needs. Double click on the condition type to change the control options

V/07 Access Sequences for condition type V/08 Pricing Procedures for condition types. The pricing procedure is also used in the account determination. This determines the general ledger accounts to which prices, discounts and taxes must be posted. Click on the Pricing Procedures e.g. PR0000 Condition Supplements for PR00 Click Control e.g. Tick Mdt if you want the condition type to be mandatory o OV34 Define account key o OV35 - Assign account key Actky Revenue account Accrls Accruals account

OVKK Determine which Pricing Procedures to use for which Condition Type. Price with additional decimals You can add additional decimals for a currency through a work around method. Set up a currency lets say instead of USD call it US$ ( OY03 ) and define the number of decimal places ( OY04 ) to be 3 or more depending on your requirement. Maintain the exchange rate for between US$ and USD to be 1 to 1 ( OBBS and OB08 ). Create pricing condition records for those customers requiring 3 decimal places using Current US$ instead of USD. That will give you 3 decimal places for your prices. However, one thing you will have to watch out for is rounding. You can try transaction OB90, define rounding rule for currency. Here you define the rounding rule for your customers currency. Control Pricing Conditions based on Order Type 4.6x

e.g. You create an order type ZP00 for QT Quotation and does not wish it to be used in OR Standard Order. Follows this steps :IMG Sales and Distribution -> Basic Functions -> Pricing Control -> Define and Assign Pricing Procedures Define document pricing procedure e.g. Q Quotation Assign document pricing procedures to order types e.g. Assign Q to Order Type QT Quotation Maintain pricing procedures e.g. Copy Standard Pricing Procedure to e.g. ZQT (all the pricing conditions list will only be allowed in order type QT Quotation Define Pricing Procedure Determination e.g. Copy and assign Document Pricing Q and Pricing Procedure ZQT accordingly Users will receive Message no. V1 206 Condition ZP00 is missing in pricing procedure A V ZQT. Create a New Pricing Conditions Key Combination 4.6x In VK12, click the Key Combination button. You can see a list of available key combination for your price master. Now, let create a new key combination e.g. Customer + Sales Document + Material IMG Sales and Distribution -> Basic Functions -> Pricing Control -> Define Condition Tables -> Create condition tables e.g. 900 Selected fields Sales organization Distribution channel Customer

Sales document Material Click Generate to activate it IMG Sales and Distribution -> Basic Functions -> Pricing Control -> Define Condition Tables -> Defince Access Sequences -> Maintain Access Sequences Select PR00 Price Click Accesses Click New entries AcNo Tab Exclusive 50 90 X Tick Save your entries IMG Sales and Distribution -> Basic Functions -> Pricing Control -> Define Condition Tables -> Defince Access Sequences -> Optimize accesses Copy an existing PR00 and substitute the AcNo with 50 Finally, goto VK12 and key in the new price master for PR00. Next, goto VA02 and test out the material. If it didnt work check the pricing date in the header details. Is the pricing date within the validity period? Pricing Release Procedures 4.6x Define Processing Status SM30 -> V_T686E You are free to design your own processing status flow. e.g. from 01 -> 02 or from 01 -> 02 -> 03 To convert the old Pricing Condition with the release status use program SD_MOVE_A004_TO_A304. For the standard tables, the following pairs of condition tables are intended to be used: old <> new VAKEY fields A004 <> A304 VKORG + VTWEG + MATNR

A005 <> A305 VKORG + VTWEG + KUNNR + MATNR A006 <> A306 VKORG + VTWEG + PLTYP + WAERK + MATNR A007 <> A307 VKORG + VTWEG + (SPART) + KUNNR For example, if you are using A005 > A305, you have to copy the program to ZSD_MOVE_A005_TO_A305 and amend the program Source and Target table. First test run by ticking both option. If you confirm that there are no errors, then run by unticking both options. Be careful while executing the conversion program as it can erase all your existing pricing condition data. Once the conversion is completed, you can activate the Customer/Material with release status :IMG -> Sales and Distribution -> Basic Functions -> Pricing -> Pricing Control -> Define Access Sequences -> Maintain Access Sequences In VK12, you will be able to choose the new Customer/Material with the release status column per material. Delivery Pricing Conditions 4.6x Configure the pricing procedure at delivery with the required condition type to determine freight. Also have the copying control from delivery to billing at item level with Price source as D for Delivery. While you execute billing you would get the prices from the sales order as well as from deliveries. If you were to look at the pricing procedure RVAA01 you will see there was a section dedicated to the various freight charges. Normally, I would use one of the available condition types and create a condition master based on the Incoterms. Configuration path :IMG -> Logistics Execution -> Shipping -> Basic Shipping Functions -> Pricing Hiding condition type VPRS OSS note 105621 It tells you to modify userexits: USEREXIT_FIELD_MODIFICATION, USEREXIT_FIELD_MODIFIC_LEER,

USEREXIT_FIELD_MODIFIC_KZWI, USEREXIT_FIELD_MODIFIC_KOPF and USEREXIT_PRICING_CHECK. It also tells you to create two new includes: ZZAUTH01 and ZZAUTH02, but it doesnt tell you what changes to actually make in any of these. I am assuming that the authority checks have to be added somewhere, but what goes where? The coding for includes ZZAUTH* are (create them in SE38 like INCLUDE, and althought note say that dev.class must be VF, I have them with own dev.class ie: Z**, and it works) include ZZAUTH01 *&* *&* *& Object REPS ZZAUTH01 *& Object header PROG ZZAUTH01 *&* *& This object has been generated from an advance correction * *& attached to a R/3 note. * *&* *&* *& Title: Authority check for displaying fields * *&* ***INCLUDE ZZAUTH01. * Beim ersten Aufruf ist KOMV initial; OLD_KOMK lschen, * damit auf jeden Fall Berechtigungsprfung durchgefhrt wird. * Sicherheitshalber zunchst Berechtigung verweigern. * if komv is initial. IF SCREEN-NAME = FCODE. CLEAR OLD_KOMK. AUTH_SUBRC = 4. ENDIF. * Berechtigungsprfung auf Kalkulationsschema und Stufen-Nr. * Beim Wechsel der KOMV-Zeile einmalig eine Berechtigungsprfung * durchfhren IF KOMK-KALSM NE OLD_KOMK-KALSM OR KOMV-STUNR NE OLD_KOMV-STUNR. AUTHORITY-CHECK OBJECT Z_KONH_KLS ID ZKALSM FIELD KOMK-KALSM

ID ZSTUNR FIELD KOMV-STUNR ID ACTVT DUMMY. AUTH_SUBRC = SY-SUBRC. OLD_KOMK = KOMK. OLD_KOMV = KOMV. ENDIF. IF AUTH_SUBRC NE 0 AND ( SCREEN-NAME = RV61A-SELKZ OR SCREEN-NAME = KOMV-KAWRT OR SCREEN-NAME = RV61A-AWEIN OR SCREEN-NAME = KOMV-KBETR OR SCREEN-NAME = RV61A-KOEIN OR SCREEN-NAME = KOMV-KPEIN OR SCREEN-NAME = KOMV-KMEIN OR SCREEN-NAME = KOMV-KWERT ). SCREEN-ACTIVE = 0. ENDIF. MODIFY SCREEN. * Ende Berechtigungsprfung for include ZZAUTH02 ***INCLUDE ZZAUTH02 . *&* *&* *& Object REPS ZZAUTH02 *& Object header PROG ZZAUTH02 *&* *& This object has been generated from an advance correction * *& attached to a R/3 note. * *&* *&* *& Title: Authority check for creating new conditions * *&* ***INCLUDE ZZAUTH02. AUTHORITY-CHECK OBJECT Z_KONH_KLS ID ZKALSM FIELD KOMK-KALSM ID ZSTUNR FIELD KOMV-STUNR

ID ACTVT DUMMY. IF SY-SUBRC NE 0. MESSAGE E609(VH). ENDIF. * Ende Berechtigungsprfung *&* In my system (46B) I remember that the subroutines USEREXIT is not changed for this purpose. With SU21 (z_konh_kls I think that you dont have problems), like with SU02. In su02, remember that in XU180-PROFILE of first dynpro, you must populate with value ZCOND_STD and click on create work area for profiles. Double click on zcond_std. In object populate with Z_KONH_KLS, double click and you see the parameters like in tcode PFCG (profiles and auth.) For action you can populate * For procedure you can populate with the procedure (see tcode V/08 ) that you use in your SD documents, or the procedure/s in where you want that the restriction will work, if you have many procedures. For level, you must write the ranges of levels in this procedures (into V/08 ) that you want that the user can see (remember that alpha routine conversion dont works, ie: for level 1 [in dynpro] you must write 001, if not, you will have problems). The levels out of this ranges, the user with this profile when go to conditions in SD document will not see the value of these items. Finally, in SU01, add this profile to profiles created with PFCG in profiles. After check if it works. Pricing Procedure in Product Hierarchy Pricing structure for line item is KOMP. A quick look thru KOMP structure (tx SE11) shows that you have only PRODH field for all 18 digits of product hierarchy, whereas you need only the first three. So you do the following: 1. Create the new data element ZZPRODH1. Also create a domain with the length 3 and the data type CHAR for the new data element. Remember that new data fields must start with the letters ZZ or YY, since SAP reserved these letters to protect them from being overwritten during a release upgrade.

2. Check whether the product hierarchy (PRODH) is found at header or at item level. In table VBAP, document field PRODH is defined as an item field. 3. Integrate the field name ZZPRODH in the communication structure KOMP using the INCLUDE KOMPAZ and allocate the data element PRODH to it. 4. Activate the structure. 5. Check in which table the field PRODH exists. The field is in table VBAP (sales document: item data). 6. Assign a value to the new field in the FORM routines for sales order processing and billing using the appropriate user exits: In sales order processing the user exit is found in member MV45AFZZ. The complete statement is: FORM USEREXIT_PRICING_PREPARE_TKOMP. MOVE VBAP-PRODH(3) TO TKOMP-ZZPRODH. ENDFORM. The routines for assigning a value to the new fields in billing are found in member RV60AFZZ. The statement is as follows: FORM USEREXIT_PRICING_PREPARE_TKOMK MOVE XVBRP-PRODH(3) TO TKOMP-ZZPRODH. ENDFORM. 7. Allocate the specifications A, V and 001 to the field ZZPRODH in table T681F. Use E has been added for fields in rebate processing. This is a standard example from SAP Library. In this case you must tell the ABAP three things: - that your source field is VBAP-PRODH, - that you need to get the first three digits from that field into your pricing structure KOMP - and that you need to specify the transfer by user exit thru MV45AFZZ Please note that this is a very simple example. Quite often you have to dig a lot deeper. Modifications of Copy Control routines, making output forms (thru SapScript) and such requires you to know all the necessary tables, structures and fileds. The only advice I can give you is to use tx SE11, which will show you the organisation of a table/structure, and can also help you check the contents of a specific table in a specific sales doc. Steps for Variant Configuration and Pricing

1. Create a Material of your Motor Cycle using Material type KMAT(MM01). 2.Then create a characteristic called ZColour(SAP has a standard Characteristic for this but it has multiple values-i.e you can select more than one colour for your Bike.If you do not want that create your own)with character format and assign single value radio button on the initial screen. Go to values Tab and give the colors you need.save the characteristic. Similarly repeat for CC (I figure this CC as 100cc & 200cc kind of thing. If you want these as materials then it is a different story-I am taking this as feature as well) 3. Create a class called Zbike with the above 2 characteristics and save the class. 4. Create a configuration profile Zbikeprof using Cu41 and assign the Kmat material to Class Zbike, 5. Then create the order and Enter the Kmat material you want in the Order. Q In variant configuration I have configured my material properly during sales order creation it is selecting proper characterstics but my question is pricing should calculate at characterstics level not at header level. A Pricing in variant Configuration is done at the Header level only. The logic is that you create pricing variant keys for each characteristic Value. This will be done at the Header level using cond type VA00.based on the characteristic chosen the appropriate price according to the pricing variant key will be picked up. Q Here my question is with out creating the materials is it possible to get price based on the characterstics. I am working on variant configuration here my product is 9-100. i have created characterstics for describing colours. this characterstics assigned to class, this class is assigned to 9-100(KMAT type). here i have not created amterial to describe each colour. Now how I need to setup my system to calculate the price based on colour. A A cool Question. It will really get us into the thick of things in Variant Configuration.

Here are the steps. 1. Create a Characteristic called ZColour(Standard SAP has a characteristic called colour.I did not use it.) Give your values. Say, Red & Blue 2. Now create another characteristic called ZCol_surcharge Give the description and go directly to Addnl Data Tab.Here in the table name Enter SDCOM and in the Field Name Enter VKOND.The system will pick up the format from the Dictionary. 3. Now go to CT04 and change the Characteristic Zcolour. Go to values tab and select RED.Goto Extras-> Object Dependencies->Editor and then select Procedure. In front of 000010 Enter $self.ZCol_surcharge=RED. Similarly Select Blue and enter $self.ZCol_surcharge=BLUE 3. Link both these characteristics to the Class(The class which you have attached the KMAT Material). 4. Go to VK11 and the Enter VA00.Then give the values RED and BLUE and enter the values. 5. Go to your order and Enter your material. Q Here are some clarifications required from you. what is the significance of item category group 0002 and 0004. Apart from these are they any other item category groups are available for configurable materials ? In BOM header material having components. is it possible to make the component as configurable material. A The difference b/w 0002 and 0004 is basically that of LUMF & ERLA. In 0002 the pricing happens at the Header Item Level. In 0004 the pricing happens at the Sub Item Level. Check out the Item category Assignments and things will be Clear. I think these two are the only ones used for Configuration. Please let me know in which Scenario you would like to have the configurable material Inside a BOM(as it would help me in visualising thh Item Category Assignment).

Q As you said I setup my system to calculate price based on colour. ZCOLOUR contains all colours in values tab page. ZPRICE contains table name and filed name in additional data tab page. I went to ZCOLOUR characterstics I maintained (extras-object dependicies-editor-action) there I have given $self.ZPRICE = RED for all the values. when am creating the sales order price is coming only for RED colour not other colours. even price is maintained for all the colours. A Seems like there is a mistake in the line $self.ZPRICE = RED (You have said you have given this for all the values- If I have not mistaken). This refers only to red colour. In front of 000010 Enter $self.ZCol_surcharge=RED. Similarly Select Blue in the Values Tab and enter $self.ZCol_surcharge=BLUE All this is Case Sensitive. So please be careful.