Interfaces to Non-MAP Applications (SAP Library

Interfaces to Non-MAP Applications

Use

Enterprises focus their business processes on the data that they generate when running planning. To implement the planning procedures contained in Merchandise and Assortment Planning (MAP), interfaces are available for the following business processes:

Promotions: Use the promotions interface to generate promotions in MAP. Data for selected sites, site groups, articles and promotion quantities are included in the promotion.

Allocation tables: Use the allocation table interface to allocate merchandise using allocation tables in MAP. Data for selected sites, articles and quantities are included in the allocation table.

These applications do not have to be run exclusively in Planning - they can be run in other systems also.

Prerequisites

You must make Customizing settings for your system before you can use planning interfaces:

General settings for applications

General Customizing settings are required when creating an allocation table (for example, allocation type, item category). For more information about stock allocation, see Stock Allocation.

General Customizing settings are required when creating a promotion (for example, allocation type, item category). For more information about stock allocation, see Promotions.

General settings for RFC destinations

You must specify an RFC destination, in case the application providing MAP with data is run from a different system. Use transaction SM59 when running maintenance.

Cross-scenario Customizing

When using Customizing for cross-scenario settings in MAP, the following interfaces must be active:

Assigning the interface to a planning layout

After defining the interface for a planning step, assign planning layouts to the step. In the network graphic for planning, a vertical line for a planning step indicates that an interface has been assigned to the planning step.

Interfaces can be assigned to layouts (when running layout maintenance):

In Customizing for Merchandise and Assortment Planning
In the application

using the network graphic (transaction WXPN1) or transaction WXP69, Assigning interfaces to layouts

Activating the planning scenario

You can only access interfaces if the planning scenario in question has status active/saved.