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Function documentationABC/XYZ Classification Result Display

 

You use this function to display the results of the ABC/XYZ Classification and Forecast Optimization report, and change them, if necessary.

Display ABC/XYZ Classification Results is a Web Browser application that you can call up in the SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC) or in NWBC for HTML. You can also call Display ABC/XYZ Classification Results from the SAP Easy Access screen.

Prerequisites

You can work with Display ABC/XYZ Classification Results if the following applies:

  • If you want to call Display ABC/XYZ Classification Results in the SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC) you must have installed SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.5 for Desktop on your desktop. For more information about the NWBC, see SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/nw703Information published on SAP site, under the following locations:

    • Start of the navigation path Getting Started - Using SAP Software Next navigation step Getting Started Next navigation step SAP NetWeaver Business Client End of the navigation path

    • Start of the navigation path SAP NetWeaver by Key Capability Next navigation step Application Platform by Key Capability Next navigation step ABAP Technology Next navigation step UI Technologies in ABAP Next navigation step SAP NetWeaver Business Client End of the navigation path

  • Your user is assigned to one of the following roles:

    • DP Expert (SAP_SCM_FCS_PLN_EXP_2)

    • DP Administrator (SAP_SCM_FCS_PLN_ADM_2)

    • DP Planner (SAP_SCM_FCS_PLN_STD_2)

    For more information, see Roles for Demand Planning (DP).

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.

Features

The system displays the following information:

  • Selection Parameters view

    In this view, you find the planning area and selection that you ran ABC/XYZ classification for.

  • Classification view

    You find the results of the ABC/XYZ Classification and Forecast Optimization report, in table and chart format.

  • Details view

    You find the details, such as the planning version, ABC and XYZ class, and source key figure, the characteristics based on the XYZ level (for example, region, channel, SKU), the forecast profile that the system determined as the most suitable for the specific class.

    You can change the ABC and XYZ class, by choosing the Set ABC Class, or Set XYZ Class pushbuttons.

    Note Note

    If you change an ABC planning object's class, you must take into consideration that the system changes all of the lines in the Details screen area whose ABC planning level for the specific ABC class is the same as the ABC planning level of the object that you change.

    End of the note.

    For each class, you can specify that you want to disable forecast optimization in the future, by choosing the Disable Forecast Optimization pushbutton. This means that the system does not search for the best forecast profile for the specific combination in future runs of the ABC/XYZ Classification and Forecast Optimization report, even if you select the Forecast Optimization checkbox in the report, but uses the forecast profile in the Forecast Profile column of the Details screen area.

    You can add or hide columns in the Details screen area, by choosing Settings.

    You can filter the columns by choosing Filter.

  • Summary view

    You find a summary of the report result. For example, the system displays the number of new objects for which no sales history exists.

Activities

You can access the ABC/XYZ classification result display in one of the following ways:

  • In the SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC), with your user role.

  • On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Start of the navigation path Advanced Planning and Optimization Next navigation step Demand Planning Next navigation step Environment Next navigation step Display ABC/XYZ Classification Results End of the navigation path.

More Information

ABC/XYZ Analysis

ABC/XYZ Classification and Forecast Optimization