Availability Overview 

Use

The availability overview enables you to see the ATP situation for a particular material in a defined plant. The availability check is run using a selected checking rule.

You cannot change the displayed data.

Integration

You can call up the availability overview using the transaction CO09 or from the relevant application component. Starting from the MRP menu you find the availability overview by choosing Environment ® Availability overview.

Prerequisites

You have maintained the checking group in the material master and the application-specific checking rule in Customizing.

Features

Starting the Function

If MRP areas are active, you can enter an MRP area and thereby restrict the availability check to this MRP area.

By entering a sales order item, a WBS element or a customer, you can display the availability overview on the level of sales order stock, project stock, customer consignment or returnable packaging stock.

If you have set the With requirements quantities indicator in the initial screen, the check does not take into account the confirmed quantities, but it does take into account the requirements quantities. This enables you to simulate the creation mode whilst checking requirements, which have ATP groups with the cumulation type 2 or 3.

Availability Overview Screen

The Availability Overview screen is divided into three sections: