Supporting points are used to simplify the maintenance of usage probabilities. You do not have to maintain the same usage probabilities for each date. If usage probabilities are maintained for a schedule line in the configuration table, these usage probabilities are valid for all following schedule lines until another supporting point is maintained with new usage probabilities. The dates for which usage probabilities are maintained are known as supporting points.

An S next to the splitting indicator on the schedule line screen indicates it is a supporting point.

You maintain the usage probabilities of the combination value keys with the configuration supporting point function.

1. To access this dialog box, on the schedule lines screen of demand management, select the schedule lines for which you want to display or process the usage probabilities.
2. Choose Conf.supporting pnt.

The system displays the Configuration of the Usage Probabilities dialog box.

3. To enter usage probabilities in percentages, enter data in the Usge prob. column.

To enter the usage probabilities as quantities, enter data in the Quantities. column.

Manual entries are automatically provided with a fixing indicator, and are thus protected from automatic changes.

4. If you select a number of schedule lines, you can go to the next line by selecting Next schedule line.
5. If the consistency of the usage probabilities are to be checked automatically select Auto.consistency.