Determination of Basic Load

Use

The free capacity of a capacity is the difference between the total available capacity of the capacity (including the allowed overload) and the existing capacity load, that is, the basic load. The system uses as the standard interpretation of the basic load, the detailed scheduling capacity requirements of operations that are dispatched and have a confirmed capacity, that is, of operations:

  • That you have dispatched using the planning table for capacity leveling

If you dispatch an operation using a planning table, it is given the status dispatched.

  • For which you or the system have set the Capacity confirmed indicator indicator

  • During the online capacity availability check, the dialog box appears in the event of insufficient capacity, and you can manually set the Capacity confirmed indicator, or cancel it.

  • During the capacity availability check in the background, the system sets the Capacity confirmed indicator after the check or after finite scheduling automatically, if necessary.

  • If you specify the initial basic load using the report RCCYLOAD, you can incorporate orders and operations in the basic load. The system sets the Capacity confirmed indicator for the incorporated operations.

Prerequisites

You specify in the selection profile for the overall profile which capacity requirements the system interprets as a basic load; you enter this in Customizing for the Availability check. If you do not enter a profile, the system uses:

  • The standard profile SAPSFCG013 for production orders and process orders

  • The standard profile SAPPM_G013 for maintenance orders and service orders

The logic of the capacity availability check is based on a basic load that consists of dispatched operations and operations with confirmed capacity - as defined in the standard profile. Any other definition could lead to incorrect results in the capacity availability check. You are therefore advised to use only the standard settings.

Activities

Initial basic load requirement

When you use the capacity availability check for the first time or when you only use the availability check or the planning table irregularly for orders relevant to production, the basic load is usually not current; that is, it does not contain all the capacity requirements that are relevant to the capacity availability check. In this case, you should specify the basic load before the capacity availability check using the report RCCYLOAD. For further information, see Specify initial basic load (Report RCCYLOAD) .

Displaying the orders and operations in the basic load

If you want to display the capacity requirements of the planned orders and work orders with dispatched operations or operations with confirmed capacity, you call up the capacity evaluation using the standard overall profile SAPSFC010.