Parameters for Detailed Scheduling (SAP Library)

Parameters for Detailed Scheduling

In Customizing for capacity planning you can specify parameters to be used in the orders of the various applications in detailed scheduling. You can define parameters for detailed scheduling for the following applications or objects.

Production orders
Networks
Planned orders/Rate routings
Orders in Sales and Operations Planning
Orders in Plant Maintenance
Process orders

The settings for detailed scheduling are only taken into account for planned orders and orders in Sales and Operations Planning SOP in the following case: if, when defining the scheduling levels, you have set the indicator specifying that detailed scheduling is to be carried out.

Which parameters can be maintained depends on the application. In what follows some parameters are described in more detail.

Scheduling type:

Scheduling can be carried out as backward scheduling, forward scheduling or scheduling to current date. You can also specify that only capacity requirements should be written. In lead time scheduling, the system switches to forward scheduling if an order start date is calculated that lies in the past. In the field Past start you can specify the number of days that the start date may be in the past, before the system switches to forward scheduling.

Number of days the start date may be in the past: If the start date is more than the specified number of days in the past, the system automatically carries out "today" scheduling.
Indicator that controls whether the dates should be automatically calculated again when you save: If the dates are not recalculated during saving, the status "Dates not current" is set in the order.
Indicator that controls whether the basic dates are equated with the scheduled dates if the system calculates a scheduled date outside the basic dates during scheduling.
Indicator that controls whether the scheduling log is displayed automatically if it contains any messages.
Maximum reduction level that can be used for reduction during scheduling.
For production orders, percentage values for reducing the float before production and the float after production for the various reduction levels: The system always reduces the lead time if it cannot calculate dates that lie within the order dates even when it uses the floats before and after production.

You can find more details on scheduling and scheduling parameters in the documents PP - Production orders, PM - Plant maintenance orders, PS - Project system, PP - Material Requirements Planning.