Mass Processing 

Use

When you want to process a large number of operations or orders with the following planning functions in capacity planning, you can use mass processing:

You can use mass processing to:

Features

Overview

In mass processing, the system executes the desired planning function for all the selected operations or orders. You can also carry out mass processing online or as a background job. Mass processing is executed using an overall profile for capacity leveling with the capacity planning table which you use to define your planning strategies.

Before you start mass processing, you select the operations or orders to be processed using selection criteria and filter criteria, and you specify the control parameters for mass processing. While the system executes mass processing you do not need to make any entries. When mass processing jobs are executed the system does not call up the capacity planning table.

All errors, warnings and information messages for a mass processing run or for the status of the background job are collected in a log.

Specification of parameters for mass processing

Before you start mass processing you must define the following parameters Define parameters:

Thus you specify the following:

Using this name

Starting or dispatching mass processing

If you want to start mass processing or carry out dispatching you must

You use the execution mode to specify how the system is to carry out mass processing. You can choose between the following options:

The system executes mass processing jobs immediately online.

Since you cannot continue working in the system mode during online execution, it is recommended above all for tests with small amounts of data. You can use such tests to check your planning strategy for mass dispatching.

The system executes mass processing jobs immediately in the background.

The system carries out the mass processing job in the background on the date you specify. At this point you must explicitly specify a variant for the mass processing report RCCYMAB2. You specify the job name as a value for the variant. Thus you copy to the variant the parameters and the selection- and filter criteria defined under this job name.

If necessary, you can also create a new variant. You can use the variants defined here to create jobs for mass processing in standard background processing. You can do this elsewhere than in the mass processing menus. For example, you can use this process if you want to start mass processing automatically when you leave the planning table ( event-triggered mass processing).

The parameters and the selection- and filter criteria are automatically stored under the job name when mass planning is carried out. You can also Save parameters and selection- and filter criteria under the job name without immediately starting mass processing or dispatching at a later date. You can call up the stored parameters and selection- and filter criteria at any time.

Evaluation of mass processing (log)

You can call up the log for the batch run at any time to find out about the status of your job or to analyze messages concerning planning.