Purpose

Supply Network Planning (SNP) offers a variety of standard planning books (and planning views) for the different planning methodsHowever, you can also create your own planning books. We recommend that you use the standard planning books as templates when you create your own planning books.

Prerequisites

You have created a planning area .

You have created a planning buckets profile .

Process Flow

On the SAP APO Easy Access screen, choose Demand Planning → Planning → Interactive Demand Planning. On the interactive desktop, choose Design and PlngBook

You then work through the tab pages guided by the planning book wizard and choose Continue after entering the relevant data on each tab page.

Planning Book tab page

On the Planning Book tab page, you give a longer description for the planning book, the planning area on which the planning book is based, the SNP functions (for example, Supply Network Planning, Capacity Planning, and so on) to be included in your planning book, and, if you are also using Demand Planning, the views to which you can navigate.

Key Figures tab page

On the Key Figures tab page, you specify which key figures you want to use in this planning book.To add all key figures from the planning area to the planning book, choose the Add all key figures icon below the planning area window.

The planning areas you are using (such as 9ASNP01 or 9ASNP02) determine which key figures are transferred to your planning book.

Characteristics tab page

On the Characteristics tab page, you specify which characteristics you want to use in this planning book. You can add all characteristics to your planning book or choose individual characteristics only.

Key Figure Attributes tab page

On the Key Figure Attributes tab page, you define the attributes of specific rows in the planning book. When you create a planning book, this tab page is available in Display mode. The tab page is available in Change mode when you edit a planning book.

On this tab page, you can also create auxiliary key figures that are not stored in the database but that can be displayed in interactive planning. You can use auxiliary key figures with macros, for example.

You can also define that a key figure refers to a specific planning version. The implication of this is that you can work with different versions of a key figure in the same planning book. If you carry out SNP planning with different planning versions, you can compare the results in interactive SNP planning.

If you specify that the key figure refers to a variable planning version, you can select the planning version for the key figure in interactive SNP planning.

Data View tab page

On the Data View tab page, you create one or more data views for the planning book. You need at least one view to use the planning book. You can have multiple views for multiple users within one planning book. In the data view, you specify the planning horizon.

Key Figures tab page (after Data View )

On the Key figures tab page (after Data View ), you specify which key figures in the planning book are used by the users of this particular data view.

When you have finished working through the tab pages and wish to save the planning book, choose Complete and confirm any messages that may appear.