You can use top-down distribution to distribute data from a given planning level to lower levels. For example, you could first plan at product-group level, and then break it down to the individual products within the group. To ensure that the planning data is distributed in the same way as the reference data, you can use both planning and actual data.

In this IDES process, you plan data at the product group and material group levels You then display the data in report, paying special attention to the values at the planning levels. You then execute top-down distribution and call up the report once more to see the distribution of the data.