Filtering Information (SAP Library - Material Requirements Planning (PP-MRP))

Filtering Information

Use

You can use selection rules to define which MRP elements and which stocks are included in the quantity and stock calculation. You hereby define your own business views.

You can use display filters to define which MRP elements and MRP segments are displayed. This enables you to reduce the information displayed to a clear selection.

You define display filters and selection rules in Customizing for MRP in the IMG activity Define display filter and Display selection rule.

You can only use selection rules for the stock/requirements list, but not for the MRP list.

Prerequisites

You have accessed the initial screen or the main screen of the MRP list or the stock/requirements list.

Features

A selection rule consists of particular time information, MRP elements and stocks that are grouped together in a rule, which controls the selection (or import) of the data in the stock/requirements list and the planning table for Repetitive Manufacturing:

The system only displays MRP elements in the period that is defined in the selection horizon.
The system only displays the MRP elements that are selected in the selection rule.
Of the MRP elements displayed, the system only takes those indicated as affecting availability in the selection rule into consideration for the calculation of the quantity available and the ranges of coverage.
The system only takes the stocks defined in the selection rule into consideration to calculate the unrestricted-use stock.

This creates a new business view of the data in the lists.

A display filter consists of particular time information, MRP elements, and MRP segments grouped in a filter that controls the display of the MRP list and the stock/requirements list.

The system only displays MRP elements in the period that is defined in the display horizon.
The system only displays segments in this period that are selected in the display filter.
Within these segments, the system only displays MRP elements that are selected in the display filter and that, if necessary, correspond to particular additional selections (for example, customer, vendor, storage location).

The data in the lists is thus reduced to a clear selection.

In contrast to selection rules, the calculation of the quantity available and the ranges of coverage is not influenced by display filters.

You can define the selection horizon for the selection rule as well as the display horizon and the additional selections for the display filter in two ways:

company-specific in Customizing
user-specific in the respective analysis list

Activities

Select the With filter field (initial screen) or choose

(main screen) in order to show the Display filter and Selection rule fields.

Select a display filter and/or a selection rule.

Choose

and, if necessary, enter a display horizon for the display filter or a selection horizon for the selection rule, which means a period to which you want to limit the display.

Choose

and, if necessary, enter additional selections for the display filter, for example if you want to see MRP elements for a particular vendor or a particular customer.

If you always work with a particular display filter and/or selection rule, choose . The system displays the Settings dialog box. Use this to define that this display filter or selection rule should always be activated when you access the lists.