In this SAP tutorial, you will learn about the risk category in SAP and also the step-by-step procedure to define risk categories and risk sub-categories in SAP.
What is a Risk Category?
The risk category is the segregation of customers into various categories like low-risk customers, medium-risk customers, high-risk customers, etc. With the help of these risk categories, the SAP system decides its action on any customer when they reach credit limit. A customer in the high-risk category gets blocked when he/she exceeds their credit limits and gets unblocked for further purchasing only when he/she pays the previous amount.
How to Define Risk Categories?
Please follow the steps below to define the risk categories in your SAP system:
Execute t-code SPRO in the SAP command field
Next, click the SAP Reference IMG button.
Now follow the following SAP menu path:
SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Commercial Project Management > Master Data > Risk Management > Define Risk Categories
On the next screen click on the New Entries button to create a new risk category.
Next, enter the Category name and a short description of the new risk category.
Now click the Save button to save the new risk category.
Select the Customization Request id and press Enter to proceed
A new risk category RD is created in your SAP system
How to Define Risk SAP-Categories?
Please follow the steps below to define the risk sub-categories in your SAP system:
Enter t-code SPRO in the SAP command field and execute it.
On the next screen click the SAP Reference IMG button.
Now go to the following SAP menu path:
SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Commercial Project Management > Master Data > Risk Management > Define Risk Subcategories
Next, click the New Entries button to create a new risk sub-category.
Next, enter the sub-category id and a short description as shown in the image below:
Now click the Save button to save the new risk sub-category.
Next, choose the Customization Request id and click the Continue button to proceed.
A new risk sub-category RSC is created in your SAP system.
