Capacity planning: New functions in capacity evaluation
Description
This release note lists functions that are new in the area of capacity evaluation in Release 3.0.
On the initial screen for carrying out evaluations in capacity planning, you can enter profile SAPPLAN01 that was created specially for long-term planning. This profile allows you to make a selection using planning scenarios.
In Release 2.1, it was already possible to transfer the various capacity evaluation lists on a PC to MS EXCEL using a standardized file format. After the transfer, you had to start EXCEL to load the transferred file.
In Release 3.0, the EXCEL interface has been enhanced by a direct link to the EXCEL List Viewer. When you call the List Viewer for one of the evaluations, not only is the data transferred to the PC but EXCEL and the List Viewer are started directly from the R/3 System and supplied with the transferred data.
Please refer to the BC XXL manual for more information on the EXCEL List Viewer functionality.
In Release 3.0, you can specify the period split for the evaluation using the PPC planning calendar in the options profile in Customizing for capacity planning. The PPC planning calendar allows you to define flexible period lengths.
In Customizing for capacity leveling, you can specify your own detailed list profiles for the detailed capacity list. You can call it up from the planning table and the planning table (tabular form).
Installation information
During the release upgrade, SAP table settings are only imported into customer tables in client 000. If you also want to copy these settings into other existing clients, proceed as follows:
- Log on to the system with the client into which you want to copy the table settings for capacity evaluation.
- Display the present release note.
- If you want to copy the settings for the capacity evaluation, execute the following function:
Copy the settings for the capacity evaluation
Proceed
To be able to carry out evaluations in capacity planning in clients other than client 000, the sets for the initial screens and selection screens supplied by SAP in the standard system must also exist in these clients. If you want to copy the sets into a client other than client 000, log on with this client.
If you want to import the sets for capacity evaluation into the client and have authorization to maintain client-independent tables (authorization object S_TABU_CLI), execute the function below.
If you do not have authorization to maintain client-independent tables (authorization object S_TABU_CLI), contact your system administrator.
If you want to copy the default sets for capacity evaluation, execute the following function:
Copy the default sets for capacity evaluation
Proceed
Change system parameters in customizing
For point 3):
Carry out the following step in Customizing for capacity evaluation:
Define options profiles