Maintaining Field Catalogs 
Use
The
field catalog contains the fields that can be used for the
rules-based availability check and
product allocations.
Example
Fields from the field catalog and values from the sales order
Field |
Values from the sales order at runtime |
Sales organization |
1000 (= U.S.) |
Division |
101 (= consumer) |
Distribution channel |
01 (= retail trade) |
Order type |
TA (= standard order) |
Procedure
You maintain a field catalog in Customizing for the Advanced Planner and Optimizer by choosing Global ATP ®
Product Allocations ®
Maintain Field Catalog. To maintain a field catalog for rules-based ATP, choose Global ATP ®
Rules-based Availability Check ®
Define Condition Table.
Choose New entries.
Generate the selection list using the input help (F4) and choose the fields that you want to use as parameters by double-clicking.
At runtime, these fields are filled with data from the OLTP system (for example, with data from the sales order). You can also enter the data manually, if you want to carry out a simulation in APO.
Choose Save.
You created a field catalog.
Including Additional Fields in the Field Catalog
Use
You want to use the customer-specific fields that are not contained in the field catalog. To include customer-specific fields in the field catalog, proceed as follows:
- Create a data element (data type) to receive unique text information for the customer-specific field in the field catalog.
- Add the customer-specific field to the structure /SAPAPO/KOMGOZ.
- Add the customer-specific field to the field catalog.
- On the R/3 side, copy the source code to the Include.
Procedure
From the SAP APO main screen, choose Tools ®
ABAP/4 Workbench ®
Development ® Dictionary.
Select the data type in the initial screen, enter the name of the customer-specific data element, and choose Enter.
Use the namespace "Z" to designate that you are using a customer-specific data element. A dialog box appears when the data element has been selected.
Choose Continue.
A message indicating that the object is in the customer namespace appears. Continue creating the data element.
Enter a short text in the Short description field and enter "CHAR40" in the Domains field. Maintain the text information on the field name tab.
This text information is used to display the fields in the field catalog that refer to this data element. (for example, Z_WERK).
Save the data element as a local object.
Activate the data element.
Return to the initial screen of the ABAP Dictionary, select Structure, enter /SAPAPO/KOMGOZ, and choose Change.
Specify the name for the component and the data element for the component type. Save and activate the structure.
In Customizing for the Advanced Planner and Optimizer choose Global ATP ®
Product Allocations ®
Maintain Field Catalog ®
New Entries.
Using the input help (F4), choose the customer-specific field and then Save.
To make the corresponding changes in the R/3 System, read Note 174969.