Defining Rule Criteria

If SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO) carries out a rules-based availability check (rules-based ATP) for a sales order item, you can use the Rule Criterion 1 and Rule Criterion 2 fields in the sales order to provide additional criteria for rule determination.

Example Example

For example, you can specify a criterion so that SAP APO determines a rule whereby, for example, the location is substituted, but the product is not. Or SAP APO should determine a rule that finds another location, because the default location is temporarily closed.

End of the example.

Integration

The rules-based availability check is set up in SAP APO and uses the condition technique.

You can find more information in the SAP Library for SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM) under Start of the navigation path SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO) Next navigation step Global Available-to-Promise (Global ATP) Advanced Availability Check Methods Rules-Based Availability Check End of the navigation path .

Prerequisites

In addition to SAP CRM, the following minimum system requirements apply:

SAP SCM 5.0
SAP ECC 6.0

The system configuration for service parts management is active. You can find more information on this in the SAP Implementation Guide (IMG) under Start of the navigation path Customer Relationship Management Next navigation step Transactions Basic Settings Activate System Configuration for Service Parts Management End of the navigation path .

You have set the rule criteria under Start of the navigation path Customer Relationship Management Next navigation step Basic Functions Availability Check Availability Check Using SAP APO Rules-Based Availability Check Define Rule Criterion 1 and Define Rule Criterion 2 End of the navigation path

Features

You can maintain this field in the account overview page for the sold-to party, under Sales Area Data.

When you create the sales order, this field value is transferred from the account data to the sales order.

When you create a sales order item, the field value is transferred from the header to the item. You can overwrite this field value in the sales order header or item.

If there are any subitems, they inherit the field value from the

higher-level item. You cannot change the field value in a subitem that results from an availability check (for example, in a kit component, or a subitem that results from the rules-based availability check).