Technical Name of Business Function |
ERP_ATP_EXT_CUST |
Type of Business Function |
Enterprise Business Function |
Available As Of |
Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 |
Technical Usage |
Central Application: EA-APPL, SAP-APPL |
Application Component |
Availability Check (SD-BF-AC) |
Directly Dependent Business Function Requiring Activation in Addition |
Not relevant |
You can use this business function to enable the Product Availability Requirement business object. Additional Customizing activities and a report are delivered to use the operations of this business object. This business object allows you to make individual temporary reservations of quantity without changing the confirmed quantity, or run simulative availability checks (ATP checks), for example.
This business function is based on the availability check in the ERP system (component SD-BF-AC), and on the extension of the availability check Local ATP Check in ERP from CRM (component SD-BF-AC-LATP).
You have installed the following components as of the version mentioned:
Type of Component |
Component |
Is Needed Only for the Following Features |
Software Component |
SAP_APPL 604 |
|
SAP Enterprise Services |
As of SAP_APPL 604 namespace http://sap.com/xi/APPL/Global2 |
You need to activate the local ATP check if you want to run the availability check using the Product Availability Requirement business object. You activate the local ATP check in Customizing for SAP ERP under
.For the Create Requirement service operation of the Product Availability Requirement business object, you must create intervals for the number range object delivered in the standard system. You create intervals in Customizing for SAP ERP under
.You can use the Cancel or Delete Instances of the Product Availability Requirement BO report to cancel or delete instances of the Product Availability Requirement business object. Canceling instances with this report is equivalent to using the Cancel Requirement service operation.
To call the report, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose
.For more information about the Product Availability Requirement business object and its service operations, see the Enterprise Services Workplace in the SAP Developer's Network (SDN) at sdn.sap.com -> Enterprise SOA under Product Availability Requirement (for ESM ERP software component).
For more information about the ATP check without enterprise services, see SAP Library for SAP ERP Central Component under Availability Check and Requirements in Sales and Distribution Processing.