Audit Trail

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 records the time a change was made, and the value. You can use audit trail for the following monitors:

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

To use the audit trail for the Released QM Inspection Lot Stock key figure, you must implement certain SAP Notes, or the relevant Support Package. For more information, see SAP Note 1867428 and its related SAP Notes.

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
Released QM Inspection Lot Stock

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
Released QM Inspection Lot Stock

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, Planned Demand, 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.