Displaying Available Capacity  

Use

You want to display the available capacity of one or several versions of available capacity and/or capacity categories in list form or in a graphic.

You can display available capacity as follows:

Prerequisites

You are on the Available Capacity Profile screen in capacity maintenance. To get to this screen, choose Capacity ® Display ® Available capacity profile.

Procedures

Displaying Available Capacity in List Form

  1. Choose Available capacity profile.
  2. Enter the capacity category and the version number of the available capacity you want to display in the Available Capacity Profile area.

    3. You can directly compare the available capacity of different versions of available capacity and/or different capacity categories. You can compare a maximum of three versions of available capacity and/or capacity categories at the same time.

  3. If you want to limit the search, enter a date from which you would like to see all intervals of available capacity.
  4. Choose .

All intervals that correspond to the selection are listed.

Displaying Available Capacity in a Graphic

You can use the SAP Business Graphic to display available capacity for different capacity categories and/or versions. The capacity categories or versions of available capacity that are displayed in the profile of available capacity are also displayed in the graphic.

Note that you can only display the graphic for more than one available capacity if these available capacities are displayed in the same unit of measurement on the Profile of Available Capacity screen.

To display available capacity graphically, proceed as follows:

  1. Choose .

The Time Frame for Period Pattern and Selections dialog box appears.

  1. Enter the period pattern key. The period pattern key is used to specify any number of consecutive time segments. Each of these segments can have a specific period length. For more information, see Cumulation of Available Capacities.

If you enter a period pattern key, the period lengths and period types are determined using this key.
  1. If you do not enter a period pattern key, enter the following data:

– Period duration: Determines how many units of the period type you entered are displayed together. For example, if the period length is 4 and the period type is calendar days, then 4 calendar days are displayed together.

– Period type: For the display, you can choose between the period types of calendar days, working days, weeks, months and years. If you select working days and have entered a factory calendar, then the working days based on the factory calendar are taken into account.
  1. Enter the time period you want the available capacity to be displayed in the graphic.
  2. Choose .

    3. The SAP Business Graphic appears. The available capacity of the different capacity categories is displayed three-dimensionally within the time frame you entered.

  3. From Goto, choose the type of display (2D-, 3D, overview).

For more information on the SAP Business Graphics, refer to the topic SAP Business Graphics in the document BC SAP Graphics: User Handbook.