You store events in event master records.

The use of events in SOP consists of three procedures:

An event can be one of two types:

• Cumulative

• Proportional

An event can have one of two statuses:

• Active

• Inactive

An event always exists with reference to one or more time periods. The event period must be either one of periods in your time buckets grid, if you have maintained one, or the fixed planning period of the information structure. The number of periods is freely definable; for example, 2 days, 3 weeks, 2 months, or 1 posting period. If you choose posting period, you must also specify a fiscal year variant. On the first definition screen, you enter cumulative or proportional values for as many time periods as you expect to be affected by the event.

You always specify the information structure to which the event applies. On a second definition screen, you then specify the characteristic value(s), the key figure(s), and the planning version(s) of the information structure which you expect to be affected by the event. The planning version(s) must be planning version that you have already created in the system.

Next to the selected planning versions, you enter an assignment date. This is the date on which you want the event to come into effect, that is, the beginning of the first event period. The default assignment date is the current date. If you enter several assignment dates, the impact of the event becomes visible in all the selected planning versions on all these dates.

You can also set the status of the event to active or inactive, and enter a description of the assignment for each information structure version.

To make an event visible in the planning table, you need to include lines for it in the planning type. This is a planning type based on the information structure to which you have assigned the event. The key figure for which you include event lines is the key figure to which the event has been assigned. The lines represent cumulative events, proportional events, and the corrected values.

You must also choose a key figure to which the Corrected line is automatically copied. The system defines this key figure as an auxiliary line. Since the corrected values are automatically saved in this key figure, they are available on the database for copying to another information structure or for transfer to Demand Management.

The results of an event become visible when you plan using the planning type to which the event is assigned and change data for the key figure(s) and characteristic values combination defined in the event. You see the original key figure values, total cumulative events for this key figure, total proportional events for this key figure, and the corrected values. In order to make the results of an event visible in the Corrected line of the planning table, you must change the original planning figures and resave the planning version. In periods where you have not changed the original planning figures, the impact of the events is not shown in the Corrected line even if you have resaved the planning version.

In consistent planning, the Details view on the planning table must be active. In level-by-level planning, the view on the planning level (characteristic value) to which the event is assigned must be active.