Creating a Planning Activity 

You can create an activity for mass processing either online or in Customizing (in "Define activities").

To create a planning activity for mass processing online:

  1. From the standard SOP or flexible planning menu, choose Settings ® Mass processing ® Activities.
  2. Choose Edit ® New entries.
  3. Enter a key to identify the mass processing activity.
  4. If the activity includes more than one action, specify a number to determine the sequence in which the actions in this activity are carried out. Otherwise, leave this field blank.

    5. The system performs all actions for one characteristic value before moving on to the next characteristic value. See also Planning Activities.

  5. In the field Planning type, specify the planning type to which the activity refers.

    6. If you are copying key figure values from one information structure to another, this is a planning type of the target information structure.

  6. In the field Action, specify whether the action is a macro, a transfer to Demand Management, the copying between versions of different information structures, or forecasting.
  7. Depending on the action you have specified, enter a macro, a transfer profile, a copy profile, or a forecast profile.
  8. If the action is forecasting, enter the field of the key figure to be forecasted in the field Field name.
  9. Choose Table view ® Save.