Standard Analyses for Long-term Planning: Comparing Order Values

Only one order value can be stored in each version of the information structure S012, which is the basis for the long-term planning standard analyses. The following example explains how to evaluate a planning scenario for various types of order value calculations and how to compare the results with one another:

Example Example

For the planning scenario 100, you would like to calculate and compare the order values in different ways.

In one version, you would like to calculate the order value using the purchasing info record and in another version, using the valuation price.

Proceed as follows:

End of the example.

  1. Carry out the data setup report for the planning scenario 100.

  2. Proceed as follows:

    1. Start of the navigation path In the long-term planning menu, select Evaluations Next navigation step Purchasing Info System Next navigation step Set up data. End of the navigation path

    2. Enter 100 in the Planing scenario field and press Enter. The system automatically supplies the name of the version with the same name as the planning scenario. The name of the version is also 100.

    3. Select Valuation price.

  3. Copy the version 100 to version 10A.

  4. Version 10A contains the data for the order value calculation via the valuation price.

    Proceed as follows:

    1. From the long-term planning menu, select Evaluations  Purchasing info system  Copy version.

      The ‘Compare info structure version with planning scenario’ screen appears.

    2. In the Planning scenario field, enter 100. Since exactly one version is assigned to the planning scenario (in this case version 100), you do not need to specify the source version.

    3. In the field Version, specify the version to which the data is to be copied, i.e. 10A in this example. Enter an explanatory text in the field Version text.

      The data is copied from version 100 into version 10A

  5. Perform an ad-hoc evaluation of the standard analysis and select Purchasing info record for calculating the order value. The data for the standard analysis shows the order value via the calculation type purchasing info record.

  6. Proceed as follows:

    1. From the Purchasing Information System, select Standard analyses  Long-term planning  the standard analysis you require. The selection screen for the standard analysis appears.

    2. Select Ad-hoc evaluation and for calculating the order value Purchasing info record. Select Analysis  Execute. The standard analysis list will appear.

    Of course you can also carry out the data setup report instead of an ad-hoc evaluation (see step 1) and then execute the standard analysis.

  7. Perform a planned/actual comparison in the standard analysis and specify the version 10A.

  8. Proceed as follows:

    1. Position the cursor on the key figure required for the comparison and select Edit  Comparisons  Planned/actual.

      A dialog box appears.

    2. In the Version field, specify 10A.

      A dialog box appears in which the data of version 100 will be compared to that of version 10A.