The condition technique in SAP refers to a method that the SAP system uses to determine the price of goods and services for a customer. The SAP system determines a price structure for goods and services by selecting a set of condition types among various condition types. These options, such as

  • Base price
  • Surcharges
  • Discounts
  • Freight, and taxes, are variables that may change for each customer at the time of sale. Therefore, the price of goods and services determined by the SAP system also varies for each customer.

To understand the condition technique, let’s consider a scenario. Imagine a customer is buying a book which has the standard selling price of Rs. 200 per book for all the customers.

  1. However, if the customer is a large corporation and is buying many books at an instance, a cheaper price structure is used, such as Rs. 150 per book.
  2. On the other hand, if the customer is general customer and is buying a single book, he/she will have to buy the book at the standard selling price. This is because the former customer is a large corporation and buying many books in single slot, which is a condition type used for price determination in this case.


Now let’s discuss how to manage conditions by: