· Plan data either manually or automatically

· Plan for one or more periods, or a for a longer timeframe

· Plan on the basis of calendar weeks

· Enter planning data for different plan versions to store different datasets for the same profitability segment

· Call up information during a planning session about sales prices from Sales and Distribution (SD) or product cost details from Product Cost Controlling (CO-PC)

· Define your own screen layouts for entering planning data to meet your organization’s requirements, and assign different layouts to different user groups

· Calculate plan values using automatic valuation (for example, planned revenues, discounts, and product costs based on the planned sales quantity)

· Process an entire plan or a large part of a plan

· Copy existing planning or actual data and revaluate it (for example, by increasing all values by 5%)

· Transfer CO-PA planning data to Sales and Operations Planning (SOP) to use the sales forecast as a basis for your production plan