Scheduling Types 

The scheduling type determines which basic dates you have to enter. The following table shows the dates you must enter for the individual scheduling types as well as the dates that are then calculated using scheduling.

If you enter both basic dates, the system will make sure that the dates determined using forward or backward scheduling are within the specified period. If necessary, it will apply reduction measures.

If the scheduling type is	and you enter the	the system calculates the
forward scheduling	basic start date	scheduled start scheduled finish basic finish date
	basic start and basic finish dates	scheduled start scheduled finish
backward scheduling	basic finish date	basic start date scheduled start scheduled finish
	basic finish and basic start dates	scheduled start scheduled finish
no scheduling	basic start and basic finish dates	scheduled start scheduled finish
"today" scheduling	-	scheduled start scheduled finish basic finish date
	basic finish date	scheduled start scheduled finish

You can set up scheduling types for routings in Customizing for capacity planning under Operations ® Scheduling.