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Procedure documentationCreating Volume Schedules

 

You create volume schedules as part of the discount premium quality schedules (DPQS) master data. Then, when you create a value schedule, you assign the appropriate volume schedule to it.

Prerequisites

  • You are authorized to create volume schedules.

  • You have maintained the calculation rules and derived rules in Customizing for Logistics - General under Start of the navigation path Global Trade Management Next navigation step Agricultural Contract Management Next navigation step Setup for Master Data Next navigation step DPQS Next navigation step Maintain DPQS Parameters End of the navigation path.

  • If required, you have created global derived characteristics (see Creating Global Derived Characteristics).

Procedure

Creating Volume Schedules

  1. On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Start of the navigation path Agricultural Contract Management Next navigation step Master Data Next navigation step Discount Premium Quality Schedules Next navigation step Maintain Volume and Value Schedule End of the navigation path.

  2. Double-click the Maintain Volume Schedule node.

  3. In the List of Schedules screen area, choose Create Schedule (Create Schedule).

  4. In the Header Information screen area, enter the required data.

  5. On the Characteristic tab page in the DPQS Characteristic screen area, choose Add Characteristics (Add Characteristics).

    You have the following options:

    • Add Characteristics

      Choose this option to add a characteristic such as moisture content or foreign material content.

    • Add Local Derived Characteristics

      Choose this option to define a new derived characteristic for this volume schedule.

    • Add Global Derived Characteristics

      Choose this option to add a predefined derived characteristic (see Creating Global Derived Characteristics).

  6. Choose the required characteristic, enter the required data for the characteristic, and press Enter.

  7. Double-click the row for the characteristic.

    The DPQS Characteristic Range List screen area appears.

  8. On the Characteristic Range tab page in the DPQS Characteristic Range List screen area, choose Insert Row (Insert Row) .

  9. Enter the required data and press Enter.

    You can enter as many rows as you require to specify the necessary ranges.

  10. Save your entries.

Adjusting Evaluation Sequences

Optionally, you can use this procedure to adjust the order in which the system evaluates each characteristic.

  1. In the DPQS Characteristic screen area, choose the Characteristic Sequence tab page.

  2. Select the characteristic you want to move.

  3. Choose one of the following options:

    • Sel. Field(s) Up (Sel. Field(s) Up): moves the selected characteristic up

    • Sel. Field(s) Down (Sel. Field(s) Down): moves the selected characteristic down

    • Sel. Fields to Start (Sel. Fields to Start): moves the selected characteristic to the top

    • Sel. Fields to End (Sel. Fields to End): moves the selected characteristic to the bottom

  4. Save your entries.

More Information

To create a copy of an existing schedule, in the List of Schedules screen area, select the schedule you want to copy and choose Copy Schedule (Copy Schedule).

You can test new volume schedules using the simulation function. For more information, see Simulating Volume Schedules.

Before you can assign a volume schedule to a value schedule, you must set its status to Released. For more information, see Setting the Status of Volume Schedules.