Planning Sequences 

Use

Planning sequences are used for grouping planning functions within BI Integrated Planning. They allow you to save groups of planning functions in a sorted sequence, as well as sorted execution of the whole group.

Integration

Planning sequences can be edited, saved and tested in the Planning Modeler.

They can be included in a process chain as a step. They can also be linked with a variant of variable values there.

Features

A planning sequence can be made up of one or more steps. The following types of steps:

Step types of a planning sequence

Type	Description
Planning function	Based on an aggregation level, the system saves a planning function and a filter with which the planning function is executed.
Input template	You can embed input templates into the sequence especially for testing planning functions. Input templates are defined with an aggregation level and a filter. If a planning sequence is executed as a whole, the embedded input templates are not taken into account.

Activities

Testing a Planning Sequence in the Planning Modeler

In the Planning Modeler, you can test planning sequences as a whole or step by step using Execute. In the latter case, the input templates appear at the lower end of the application.

During execution of the steps, the system keeps the data in the buffer. Once you choose Save, the transaction data from the buffer is written to the database.

If the planning sequence includes input-ready variables, you can set them manually before execution of the steps and save the value combinations of the variables as a variant.

Execution of a Planning Sequence within a Process Chain

A planning sequence can be embedded in a process chain as the Execute Planning Sequence process type. The planning sequence can be linked with a stored variant for variable values.