User Exit: Material Selection for Planning Run

In this workstep, you define the key and the description texts for the user exit function for selecting materials for the planning run.

Using the user exist, you can limit the planning run (MRP, MPS, long-term planning) to materials with certain criteria (which you define).

Example

For example, for each plant, you can define that in the selected plant the system will only plan;

• materials to be planned using MRP procedures,

• materials of a certain MRP controller

• externally procured materials or materials produced in-house

Requirements

User exist must be activated in the SAP externsion concept. The name of the extension is M61X0001.

In the documentation for this extension, you will find information on the use of user exits.

For more information on the extension concept, please refer to the appropriate documentation.

Note

This workstep must only be carried out if you want to use the user exit.

Activities

Maintain the key and the description of the user exit.