Scheduling an Order Externally (SAP Library

Scheduling an Order Externally

Use

You want to perform scheduling for the orders in your company using an external scheduling system.

Prerequisites

For more information on the prerequisites, see External Scheduling.

The function module PM_ORDER_EXTERN_SCHED_DIALOG must be assigned to the fixed value D in Customizing under Plant Maintenance and Customer Service ® Maintenance and Service Processing ® Maintenance and Service Orders ® Scheduling ® External Scheduling ® Configure Communication.

Procedure

Depending on which application component you are working in, choose

Logistics ® Plant Maintenance ® Maintenance Processing ® Order ® Create (General)

Logistics ® Customer Service ® Service Processing ® Order ® Service Order ® Create (General)

Create an order.

Choose Schedule.
The Schedule agreement dialog box appears.
Enter the following data:

Date type

Customer calendar

Scheduling rule

Select the pushbutton Proposed Dates.
The external scheduling system looks for suitable dates and returns the proposed dates to the SAP System.
Select a suitable date and confirm.
The order header screen is displayed.
You can either change or complete the order.
Save the order.

Result

The dates are posted in the SAP System and in the external scheduling system.

If the external scheduling system does not find any suitable dates, you can change the basic data of the order and reschedule it.