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 Calling Up the DS Planning Board from the Product Planning Table

Use

When you use the detailed scheduling planning board which you can invoke in the product planning table , you perform scheduling in the environment of the products and resources in the product planning table. In the standard system, the detailed scheduling planning board displays a resource chart . This displays the resource schedule for the planning horizon, that you entered when invoking the product planning table.

In the product planning table and detailed scheduling planning board that you call up in the product planning table, you perform simulative planning in a similar way to the directly invoked detailed scheduling planning board on the basis of the planning versionfor which you have called up the product planning table. In contrast to the directly called detailed scheduling planning board, you cannot explicitly save the simulation versionin the product planning table for further processing at a later date if required. If you save in the product planning table, you also copy the changes that you have simulated in the DS planning board for the schedule to the planning version.

Procedure

  1. If necessary, choose the profiles with which you wish to call up the DS planning board in the product planning table under Settings and Start of the navigation path Settings Next navigation step User Settings End of the navigation path on the Profiles tab page .

    For more information, see Profile Maintenance .

  2. Double click on Detailed Scheduling Planning Board in the overview tree for hidden charts or drag this entry to the overview tree using Drag&Drop for shown charts.

    If the detailed scheduling planning board is not available in the overview tree for hidden charts, you can specify in the user settings that it should either be displayed or be available in the overview tree.

Results

The system displays the detailed scheduling planning board as a chart in the product planning table. You can manually schedule objects with Drag&Drop . You can call up additional scheduling functions using context menus. To do this, click on an object in the table section with the right mouse button or on a graphical object in the diagram section.

If necessary, change the settings for the scheduling under Settings . For example:

For more information, see Scheduling with the Detailed Scheduling Planning Board .