SD Pricing Part 5: Header Conditions, Statistical Conditions and Subtotals

📌 KEY POINTS
✅ Header conditions are entered once for the document and distributed to items — percentage (HA00) applies to each item, absolute amounts (HB00) are distributed by value, weight or volume.
✅ HM00 sets the order value; the difference is distributed across items.
✅ Statistical conditions are calculated but not added to the net value — cost (VPRS) for margin, cash discount for information.
✅ Subtotals copy values into item fields (KZWI1–6, credit price, cost) used by reporting, credit management and profitability.
⚠️ Absolute header conditions that are not group conditions are duplicated per item instead of distributed.

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▶ WHERE WE ARE
Part 4 covered records. Now special condition roles inside the procedure.

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▶ 1. HEADER CONDITIONS

• Entered manually on the header conditions screen.
• Percentage (HA00): same percentage on every item.
• Absolute (HB00): distributed proportionally (by net value, weight or volume per condition type).
• Must be group conditions to distribute correctly.

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▶ 2. ORDER VALUE (HM00)

• Enter the desired total; system distributes the difference.
• Useful for negotiated totals; requires controlled use.

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▶ 3. STATISTICAL CONDITIONS

• VPRS: cost from material valuation (moving/standard price), requirement to avoid pricing errors.
• SKTO: cash discount as statistical information.
• Statistical rebate accruals and freight estimates.

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▶ 4. SUBTOTALS

• Subtotal key on a procedure line fills an item field: 1–6 (KZWI1–6), A (credit price for credit management), B (cost WAVWR).
• Reporting and analytics use these fields; credit uses the credit price.

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▶ 5. PITFALLS

• Changing subtotal assignments breaks reports and credit exposure.
• Header conditions repriced when items change — decide pricing type for header condition updates.

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▶ STEP BY STEP

1. Add a header discount HA00 and check item distribution.
2. Add HB00 and check proportional distribution.
3. Check VPRS and margin in the item.
4. Identify which subtotal feeds credit (A) and which feeds cost (B).

✅ CHECKPOINT: you can explain how a header discount appears on each item and which subtotal credit management uses.

A client configured a header freight surcharge as absolute amount without the group condition flag. A 50 EUR freight charge on a 10-item order appeared as 50 EUR on each item — 500 EUR in total. Customers disputed invoices before anyone noticed. Setting the group condition flag (distribution by value) and correcting open orders fixed the calculation; a test case with multi-item orders was added to the pricing regression suite.

• Absolute header conditions without group condition flag.
• Changing subtotal keys used by credit or reporting.
• Treating statistical conditions as part of net value.
• Missing VPRS requirement causing errors for materials without cost.
• Unrestricted use of HM00.

• Test header conditions with multi-item orders.
• Document subtotal usage (reporting, credit, cost).
• Keep VPRS statistical with a requirement.
• Control authorization for header discounts and HM00.
• Review distribution basis (value, weight, volume) with business.

Questions: "How are header conditions distributed?", "What is a statistical condition?", "What are subtotals used for?"
Strong answer: HA00 percentage per item, HB00 absolute distributed (group condition), HM00 order value; statistical conditions like VPRS and SKTO not in net value; subtotals fill KZWI1–6, credit price (A) and cost (B) for reporting, credit and margin.