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Function documentationDeletion of Event Types with Dependencies

 

You can use this report to remove all dependent configuration entries for a range of event types. The system does not allow you to delete event types on the SAP Easy Access screen, under Start of the navigation path Advanced Planning and Optimization Next navigation step Demand Planning Next navigation step Environment Next navigation step Demand Planning Worklist End of the navigation path if the event type is used in configurations, such as the following:

  • Outlier detection profiles

  • Settings you made in Customizing for Advanced Planning and Optimization, under Start of the navigation path Supply Chain Planning Next navigation step Demand Planning (DP) Next navigation step Basic Settings Next navigation step Events and Outliers Next navigation step Configure Outlier Detection and Event Catalog Assignments End of the navigation path

  • Price change event type in forecast settings for planning areas

Integration

After you have run this report, the system allows you to delete the event type if the event type is not used in events. If however the event type is used in events, you must run the Mass Deletion of Events report to be able to delete all occurrences of a particular event type.

Features

The report deletes all configuration entries of the event type range you specify.

If you select the Simulate Deletion checkbox, you can run the report in simulation mode. This means that the system does not delete the event types and their dependent configurations, but lists the configurations where the event type is used. You can use the simulation mode to review the use of event types.

Note Note

The system does not allow you to run this report in batch mode.

End of the note.

To use this function, you must activate the business function SCM-APO-FCS, Events and Outliers, Causals, ABC/XYZ Classification (SCM_APO_FORECASTING_1). For more information, see SCM-APO-FCS, Events and Outliers, Causals, ABC/XYZ Classification.

Activities

To access this report, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Start of the navigation path Advanced Planning and Optimization Next navigation step Demand Planning Next navigation step Planning Next navigation step Promotion Next navigation step Delete Event Types with Dependencies End of the navigation path.

The system carries out the following, based on the configuration type:

  • Outlier detection profiles

    The system removes the threshold entries for the event types that you want to delete.

    Recommendation Recommendation

    We recommend that you review the affected outlier detection profiles in Customizing to make sure that you have the desired configuration even after the threshold entries have been removed.

    End of the recommendation.

  • Future event estimation settings in Customizing

    The system removes the Customizing entries for the event types that you want to delete.

  • Price change event type in forecast settings for planning areas

    If the event type is used as price change event type in forecast settings for planning areas, the system deleted this use. In this case, you must select another event type as the price change event type.