Determining Demand (SAP Library - Training and Event Management (PE))

Determining Demand

Prerequisites

There are prebookings for a business event type (in the period you specified) and/or previous year’s bookings and/or demand data from the previous year.

See also:

Demand Determination

Procedure

On the SAP Easy Access screen, in the SAP Menu choose Human Resources ® Training and Event Management ® Business Events ® Dates ® Planning menu.

Select the business event type for which you want to determine demand.

Choose Create demand. The Create Demand: Options dialog box appears in which you can specify what method of demand determination you want to use: Based on

prebookings made for the event type in a time period specified by you. (If you specify no specific time period, the system automatically takes the planning year.)

bookings from the previous year

previous year's demand

Select the required method or combination of methods.
If required, enter a percentage plus or minus by which the demand figures can be modified.
Choose .

Result:

The demand for the business event is displayed in the planning menu.

A traffic light icon beside the business event type indicates whether the demand is covered or not.

If a business event type is new and there is no relevant data on which to base demand figures, you can define a demand yourself. The Create Demand dialog box appears where you enter the demand yourself.

See also:

Demand Determination

Business Event Date Planning