Sorting Material Lists 

Verwendung

You can determine that the materials that are in the material list after collective access to the MRP list or stock/requirements list are sorted according to certain criteria. For example, you want to sort the materials alphabetically according to material number.

Prerequisites

You have entered the required selection criteria in the collective access to the MRP list or stock/requirements list and have called up the material list of all the materials that correspond to these criteria.

Procedure

  1. Choose .

    2. The system displays the Sort dialog box.

  2. Enter the sequence number by which you want to sort the materials in the material list next to each field.

    3. You want to sort the Traffic light, Planning plant, MRP area and Material fields in this sequence. Enter:

    Traffic light

    1

    Planning plant

    2

    MRP area

    3

    Material

    4

    You want to change the defined sequence so that the material is first. Enter the following change:

    Material

    1

    The remaining fields are resorted automatically when you confirm the entry with ENTER .

  3. Select the Descending field if you want to sort in descending order.

A descending sort is only recommended for the following fields:

Materials with red traffic lights, which means those whose processing has priority, are displayed first (red is the highest value, green the lowest).

Materials for which a list has been created are displayed first (list created is the highest value, list not created is the lowest value).

Materials with the highest days' supply, which means those with high stock levels, are displayed first (highest days' supply is the highest value, lowest days' supply the lowest).

Materials with the most exception messages in this group are displayed first (the most exception messages per group is the highest value, the least exception messages the lowest).
  1. Choose Execute sort to activate the settings for the current display, or to save them permanently.

Result

The materials in the material list are sorted and grouped according to the selected fields.