History Comparison for Key Figures and Inventory 
You can use this function to display the planning status for key figures or inventory for any two points in the past. You can then compare the history of planning for key figures or inventory for two time points in the past.
You can select the history comparison for key figures and inventory in the following monitors of SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC):
SMI Monitor
Responsive Replenishment Monitor
Min/Max Replenishment Monitor
SNI Monitor
Integration
You can call up the history comparison in the detail and product views of the monitors. You can call up the history comparison in the Web menu as follows:
Replenishment 
Tracking
- SNI SNI
History Comparison (Key Figures/Inventory)
Prerequisites
For SAP SNC to record changes for an object, the prerequisites in the following table must be met:
Object |
Prerequisites |
|---|---|
Key Figures |
In Customizing for SCM Basis, under In the standard system, the checkbox is selected for all key figures for which you can use the Audit Trail function. |
Inventory |
None |
Features
Web Screens
You can use a Web screen for inventory and a Web screen for key figures. On the Web screen for inventory, you can simultaneously display Audit Trails for several products.
Key Figures
You can use the history comparison for the following key figures:
All key figures in the SNI Monitor
The following key figures in a replenishment monitor:
Demand
Raw Net Demand
Planned Receipts
Planned Receipts Before Deployment
In-Transit Quantity
Firm Receipts (Unpublished - Due)
Firm Receipts (Published - Due)
Firm Receipts (Open)
Baseline Stock for Promotion
Substitution Demand
Substitution Receipt
NoteWhich key figures are available depends on the replenishment monitor.
End of the note.
Selecting Data
You define which data the system displays in the history comparison as follows:
History date: You define the dates for which the key figures or inventory valid at that particular time are to be displayed. If you enter only one date in the past and leave the second date empty, the history comparison uses today's date as the second date.
Time horizon for the history comparison: The history comparison automatically selects the earlier history date as the beginning of the time horizon. For the end of the time horizon, the system selects the later history date plus the duration of the time horizon in the time buckets settings.
The columns of the history comparison are automatically set to Daily.
Displaying the Data
The history comparison displays the historical key figures or inventory for the time horizon selected. The data for history dates 1 and 2 is displayed as two separate lines one below the other.
Example
You want the SNI Monitor to display which firm receipts were expected for a particular product on March 1 2007 and March 15, 2007 for the period ranging from March 1, 2007 to April 9, 2007. Enter the following dates in the SNI History Comparison (Key Figures):
History date 1: 01.03.2007
History date 2: 10.03.2007
You have set a time frame of 30 days in the time buckets settings.
The history comparison thus displays the history data for the time frame ranging from March 1, 2007 to April 9, 2007. The data for the beginning of April may look as follows:
Key Figure |
01.04.2007 |
02.04.2007 |
... |
|---|---|---|---|
Demand (01.03.2007) |
1000 |
1200 |
... |
Demand (10.03.2007) |
1000 |
1200 |
... |
Subcontracting Reservation (01.03.2007) |
500 |
250 |
... |
Subcontracting Reservation (10.03.2007) |
550 |
300 |
... |
Firm Receipts (01.03.2007) |
300 |
400 |
... |
Firm Receipts (10.03.2007) |
350 |
450 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
The history comparison shows that on March 1, the SNI Monitor expected 300 base units of measure in firm receipts for April 1, and 400 base units of measure in firm receipts for April 2. On March 10, the SNI Monitor expected 350 base units of measure in firm receipts for April 1, and 450 base units of measure in firm receipts for Apri 2.