Resource Reservation in Training Management 

The following applies to time-dependent courses.

Purpose

Training Management has functions that let you manage, reserve, and settle costs for all of the resources required for holding courses and conventions.

Training Management differentiates four classifications of resources. The various resource types are created and managed differently owing to their specific characteristics.

·        Rooms

·        Instructors

·        Materials

·        Other Resources

These four categories enable you to classify and manage all the different types of resources you might require for your courses.

Prerequisites

If you want to use resources of the type Material, you must have the component Materials Management (MM) installed and have activated integration between it and Training Management. You do so in Customizing for Training Management under Integration ® Materials Management ® Integration Yes or No?

Process Flow

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       1.      You create the resource types you require and maintain the Availability Indicators infotype for each of them.

See also: Creating a Resource Type

       2.      You create the resources you require if they do not already exist on the database.

See also: Creating a Room, Creating an Instructor, Creating Other Resources

       3.      You set up your course offering by creating and planning courses and reserving resources for them, where available.

See also: Creating a Course (with Resources) , Planning a Course

       4.      If you require a resource of the resource type Material from the material master, you trigger the material procurement operation.

Result

You have planned or created courses and reserved the required resources as far as possible.