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Audit trail is a function in SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC) that automatically logs all changes for orders, key figures, and inventory. Audit trail enters the time a change was made and the value. You can use audit trail for the following monitors:

  • Following replenishment planning monitors:

    • Responsive Replenishment Monitor

    • SMI Monitor

    • Min/Max Replenishment Monitor

  • SNI Monitor

  • Order Forecast Monitor

Prerequisites

For SAP SNC to record changes for an object, the prerequisites in the following table must be met:

Customizing for Audit Trail

Object

Prerequisites for Audit Trail

Time Series

The Change History checkbox must be selected for the time series type in Customizing for Supply Network Collaboration under Configure Time Series Data Management.

In the standard system, the checkbox is selected for all key figures for which you can use the audit trail function.

Stock

None

Features

Key Figures with Audit Trail

The key figures for which the audit trail is available depends on the application.

Key Figures with Audit Trail in the Replenishment Monitor

In a replenishment monitor, audit trail is available for the following key figures:

  • Demand

  • Stockouts

  • Reservation of Stock

  • Net Demand, Raw

  • Planned Receipts

  • Planned Receipts Before Deployment

  • Firm Receipts

  • In-Transit Quantity

  • Firm Receipts (Draft)

  • Firm Receipts (Not Shipped)

  • Firm Receipts (Not Received)

  • Available Baseline Quantity

  • Available Promotion Quantity

  • Baseline Stock Used for Promotion

  • Substitution Demand

  • Substitution Receipt

    Note Note

    The business scenario and the replenishment monitor determine which key figures are available in the replenishment monitor.

    End of the note.

Key Figures with Audit Trail in the SNI Monitor

In the SNI monitor, audit trail is available for the following key figures:

  • Demand

  • Firm Demand

  • Planned Demand

  • Forecast

  • Subcontracting Reservation

  • Firm Receipts

  • Planned Receipts

  • In-Transit Quantity

Key Figures with Audit Trail in the Order Forecast Monitor

In the order forecast monitor, audit trail is available for the following key figures:

  • Supplier planned receipts

  • Customer planned demands

Selecting Data

You define which data the system displays on the audit trail screen:

  • Days into the Past

    You specify how far into the past you want the system to display the change history. To do so, enter a number of days. The audit trail screen shows when an object, for example, a key figure, was changed within the specified period.

  • Start of Evaluated Time Bucket/End of Evaluated Time Bucket

    You determine the period for which you want to analyze key figures or stock figures. The audit trail screen displays the logged changes to key figures or stock values for this time bucket.

Displaying the Data

Table

The audit trail shows all changes to inventory and key figure values within the defined time bucket in the past. The column titles indicate the time at which the change was made on a certain date. The system shows the values of all key figures in a column, even if only one key figure has changed and the others remain unchanged.

Graphic

You can also display the changes to the key figures and to the inventory that were recorded by the audit trail in a graphical view.

Activities

You can call the audit trail function from the detailed screens and product view of the monitors and from the Web menu under:

  •   Replenishment   Tracking  

  •   SNI   SNI Audit Trail  

Example

At the end of January, you know that you and your suppliers have frequently changed the key figures in the SNI Monitor. You want to know precisely which changes were made in the last 30 days to the Planned Receipts, Firm Demand, PlannedDemand, and Forecast key figures for the time bucket February 2007. You want to analyze these changes in detail with the audit trail.

To do so, you enter the following data in the selection area of the audit trail screen:

  • Days into the Past: 30

  • Start of Evaluated Time Bucket: February 01, 2007

  • End of Evaluated Time Bucket: February 28, 2007

The audit trail shows all changes made in the last 30 days. The following table shows an example:

Key Figure

2007.01.01 - 17:00

2007.01.15 - 15:00

2007.01.31 - 12:00

Demand

Firm Demand

3500

3500

4200

Planned Demand

2800

3000

3000

Forecast

15000

15000

15200

Subcontracting Reservation

Firm Receipts

2300

2300

2300

Planned Receipts

In-Transit Quantity

The audit trail shows that the firm demand was changed on January 31 from 3500 to 4200 base units of measure. The audit trail also shows that the planned demand rose from 2800 to 3000 base units of measure on January 15. In addition, you can see that firm receipts remained unchanged.