SAP Material Management

MIGO screen and defaults

 Reference Movement
Activity Doc Type

In this presentation, we look at the function of these 3 elements in

the MIGO screen,
● how the configuration defines the allowed Acitivty and
Reference doc as well as default mov type.
● how to safe to user sepecific defaults.
● how the session keeps the last setting before log out.
The MIGO main screen
configuration
transactions and
defaults are done here.
These are the SAP
delivered Enjoy
goods movement
MIGO transactions
Select MIGO
then Double-click
“Transaction/event”
You can see
all Actions
activated

MIGO
Select MIGO_GI
then Double-click
“Transaction/event”
You can only
some Actions
activated

MIGO_GI
Notice MIGO_GI also allows Goods
Receipt !!!!
In fact it allows:
A01 GR
A07 GI
A08 Remove frm Stor (step1 of 2-step transfer)
Select A01 Goods
Receipt then
Double-click
“Reference Document”
 MIGO

Only these Ref

Doc are activated
for Goods Receipt
Note mov.type
101

From the IMG, the

system will default
the mov type 101
to this in MIGO for
each user, if the
user decided to
change this default
and SAVE it, next
log in will use the
default mov type
here !!!
Assume, user
FROG always use
mov type 103
and Adopts it !!!
to simulate the result,
user FROG log out from
SAP, and log in again.
User select
A01 Goods Receipt
R01 Purchase Order
 For this combination
A01 + R01, the
system takes the
User Dafault

R01’s movtype 103 is now

user sepecific and no longer
defaulted from IMG. But the
of the reference doc like
R04, R05 all are still
defaulting from the IMG
Note A01 GR R01 PO
But can you simply type
movement type 201 !!!!
Note I typed movement
type 201 !!!! and PRESS
ENTER.. no messages
Lets do a Goods
Issue using 201
Note, the internal
logic of A01 R01
combination without
a PO revert to 501 !!
If you proceed with the data
entry, you are really
performing a GR without PO
using 501 and not as what
the title says A01 R01
 Internal program logic default
to the last SAVED mov type i
typee earlier !!! this will
remain for this combination
A01 R01 until you log out !
(confusing, isn’t it)

Material doc
created
For this case, when
display document, you
realize its MIGO_GR (why
system know is because
internal logic of
combination A01 R01
defaults MIGO_GR even
though I was using MIGO
to do the transaction !!!
I did NOT LOG
OUT but execute
MIGO again

Will SAP remember the

last settings for A01 R01
until you Log OUT ?
I LOG OUT and LOG
IN again and execute
MIGO again

SAP STILL remember the

last settings for A01 R01
even if you LOG OUT and
Re-LOG IN !!!!!!
LETS check the
Current DEFAULT
SETTINGS

Surprise ! Surprise !
SAP SAVEs the LAST
default setting for the
USER !!!! Despite a
WRONG entry of 201 in
the mov type field !!!
Lets say we change it to
103 press ENTER and not
perform any process, we
leave the transaction and
return back to see what
happen !
I type mov type 103
and PRESS ENTER !

I EXIT this transaction

The system remembers the
mov type 103, despite I did not
really perform any process using it
just now. (all I did was type 103 and
press ENTER and leave the
transaction)
Check the USER
DEFAULT
settings.

System already SAVE the

103 mov type for
combination A01 R01.
Lets Log out to see if it
will revert back to 101
from the IMG !!!
After Log Out and
Log in Again, I
execute MIGO
The combination for
A01 R01’s mov type 103
SAVED PERMANENTLY
until the user decides to
change it again !!!!
 Another
Simulation
 If you did not change the
user default, we know
mov type comes from IMG
to the User Default then
goto the MIGO screen
mov type field!

IMG

MIGO user
Default

IMG
Without changing the A07 R08
combination, you change to
mov type to 521 (GR without
Production Order) and Press
ENTER
As you Press ENTER, you see
the title become
“GI receipt w/o Prod Order”
??? but no messages !!!

SAP movement type TITLE has

always been quite confusing.
You can find it in OMJJ and
change it if you want !!!
Note the title for mov
type 521 is “GI receipt
w/o Prod Order”,
double-clicke Short
Text.
 You can change
the short text
EN = English
Mov type 521
Spec.Stock (K= consignment
etc)
Mvt. Ind. (ref “B” means PO,
blank means no reference).
Receipt/Consumption is other
factors
Instead of
“GI receipt w/o PrOrd”
I change it to
“GR receipt w/o PrOrd”
Re-EXECUTE
MIGO
Note the Short Text
now looks correct
representing 521
which the purpose is
GR w/o Prod Order

However,
A07 Goods Issue
R08 Order
still misleading !!!
(but SAP allows)
 IO
702646

I am going to use this

rediculous combination
A07 Goods Issue
R08 Order
with mov type 521 GR receipt
w/o Prod Order
to perfrom a GOODS RECEIPT
!!!!
Add new items
System reads
from header mov
type to the item
detail.
Click this to
CLOSE Detail
Data
SAP screen layout in the overview
screen area is “DUMB”, the PLANT
field is very far to the RIGHT… you
have to MOVE it using DRAG-DROP
and SAVE it as a variant..
Drag Plant field
UP and DROP it
in front of SLOC
CLICK this to
SAVE as a
VARIANT
Type Variant NAME
and click “Use as
standard setting”
and click CREATE
Exit the program
and Execute
MIGO again.
Note the Column size
and Plant field
re-arranged as
Default to USER
We are still a misleading
combination of
A07 Goods Issue
R08 Order
Mov 521 GR receipt w/o PrOrder

Add Items
GR with ref to
Internal Order
Press ENTER
The system has
NO objections !!!
WHAT IF …
In this same session, we
also want to do a
GOODS ISSUE of Raw
Material to the INTERNAL
ORDER !!!!
I am entering movement
type 261 for line 2,3,4
for Goods ISSUE to IO
Press ENTER !!!
CHECK

SAP allows !!!

SAVE

Note item 1 561+ GR

Item 2 to 4 261- GI
Material
Document Posted
You did both GR and GI
in one session, but the
system registers
MIGO_GI ????
 This combination is only a
FACILITATION and depending on
SAP Internal build logics, it may
OR may not allow you to process
with different movement types. But
Combination A07 R08, SAPin this example combination, it DID
internal
logic defaults MIGO_GI allow.
Thats why
Even It says MIGO_GI
BUT you have
521+ (goods receipt to IO)
261- (goods issue to IO)