Alerts Provision - SAP Documentation

Use

The VAS alert monitor provides customizable alerts upon the fulfillment of certain conditions.

Prerequisites

In the case of non-standard alerts, you have done the following:

Defined the alerts in Customizing for Logistics Execution → Warehouse Management → Value-Added Services → Monitoring → Define Object Classes.

Defined object class identifiers and hierarchy in Customizing for Logistics Execution → Warehouse Management → Value-Added Services → Monitoring → Define Unique Object Class Identifiers, Permitted Movements and Hierarchy.

Mapped values to the defined alerts in Customizing for Logistics Execution → Warehouse Management → Value-Added Services → Monitoring → Map Alert Values.

Configured the alerts. For more information, see Configuring Alerts .

Features

Alerts are provided for the following categories:

Object Class/Alert Category	Contains
Unprocessed VAS Orders	VAS orders that have not been processed and have had the same status for at least the allowed maximum number of days (as defined in Customizing for Logistics Execution → Warehouse Management → Value-Added Services → General VAS Settings → Define VAS for Warehouse) Alert statuses are as follows: Red for VAS orders of statusA Yellow for VAS orders of statusB Green for VAS orders of statusC
Expected vs Actual Bin Stock	Work centers for which there is a discrepancy between expected stock (as determined by looking at VAS orders with statuses ofCandD) and actual stock Alert statuses are as follows: Red if actual stock is less than expected stock (i.e. there is not enough stock to fulfill VAS orders) Yellow if actual stock is greater than expected stock (i.e. there is more than enough stock to fulfill VAS orders)
VAS Orders w/o Transfer Orders	VAS orders for which no transfer orders exist (i.e. the TO from the previous work center to the work center in which these VAS orders are to be performed was cancelled)

Object Class/Alert Category

Contains

Unprocessed VAS Orders

VAS orders that have not been processed and have had the same status for at least the allowed maximum number of days (as defined in Customizing for Logistics Execution → Warehouse Management → Value-Added Services → General VAS Settings → Define VAS for Warehouse)

Alert statuses are as follows:

Red for VAS orders of statusA

Yellow for VAS orders of statusB

Green for VAS orders of statusC

Expected vs Actual Bin Stock

Work centers for which there is a discrepancy between expected stock (as determined by looking at VAS orders with statuses ofCandD) and actual stock

Alert statuses are as follows:

Red if actual stock is less than expected stock (i.e. there is not enough stock to fulfill VAS orders)

Yellow if actual stock is greater than expected stock (i.e. there is more than enough stock to fulfill VAS orders)

VAS Orders w/o Transfer Orders

VAS orders for which no transfer orders exist (i.e. the TO from the previous work center to the work center in which these VAS orders are to be performed was cancelled)

Activities

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

Activities 1a., 1b. and 1c. below do not apply to the standard alerts provided.

When the value of a particular object, for which an alert has been configured:

a. Exceeds the upper warning threshold value or falls below the lower warning threshold value, the yellow traffic light appears in the Exception field for the object

b. Exceeds the upper threshold value or falls below the lower threshold value, the red traffic light appears in the Exception field for the object

c. If the alert is not configured to have upper or lower threshold values, the red traffic light automatically appears in the Exception field when the alert appears.

After you have dealt with a problem, the relevant object disappears.