Customizing Settings: Upload 

You must make several settings in Customizing before you can use the Production Optimization Interface. Specific instructions are in the implementation guide.

Data transfer for POI

Define target system for data upload.

Planning settings

Make the necessary settings for planned, production, and process orders. All the parameters should agree with those of the optimization system. The scheduling type is of particular significance.

The scheduling type specifies how the R/3 System carries out scheduling and which values are transferred to the optimization system.

The method of task list selection should agree with the external optimization system if a selected task list is intended for production optimization.

The interface only works with capacity requirements at the detailed scheduling level.

The scheduling indicator specifies that the lead time scheduling takes place in the SAP R/3 System within the established scheduling horizon. Only then can capacity requirements be exchanged between the R/3 System and the optimization system. All other parameters must agree with the optimization system.

The scheduling type is especially significant for the interface. It is used to specify whether start and finish dates are transferred.

The scheduling type is also important here.

 

The destination and function defined under the name of the specified target system are used to access an external function when the upload is started (from the external optimization system to the R/3 System).

Usually a target system Optimizer with the following settings is defined:

If you use Optimizer as the target system, you must enter POI_Upload as the destination in Customizing under Cross-Application Components ® Distribution (ALE) ® Communication ® Define RFC destination in the section TCP/IP connections.