Variant 6: Displaying Shelves in the SAP Retail Store

Use

This variant allows store personnel to display layout information for a shelf in the SAP Retail Store and, optionally, the next future version of the shelf contents. You can display a graphical representation of the shelf contents (extracted from an external space management program) and/or a report showing articles and location information. This is useful for:

  • Visually confirming that the physical shelf layout is correct

  • Planning resources for making upcoming shelf changes

  • Considering markdowns for those articles in inventory which are to be discontinued in the next version of the shelf layout

This information is for display only. You cannot make changes in the SAP Retail Store.

Integration

Functions in the SAP System

  • SAP Retail Store

Data Flow

There is no data exchange, since this variant is for information only. The external program is simply executed.

Prerequisites

  • Planograms modelled in the space management program according to the SAP layout concept

  • Modelling of the layout concept in the SAP system, with layout modules assigned to layouts and layouts assigned to stores

  • Creation of layout modules in the SAP system and assignment of articles to them.

  • Creation of a function module for exporting planogram files to the external program which then converts the files into HTML format. SAP Retail contains a function module SHELF_LIFE_IMAGE_CONVERT which can be copied and used as a template.