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Function documentation Automatic Assignment of References Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

To perform replenishment planning in SAP F&R for articles without history, you can use this function to automatically assign articles to references.

You use this function in the role of replenishment planner and system administrator.

Integration

·        The location product in SAP F&R corresponds to a combination of article and site.

·        You can assign a reference determination schema to a combination of article and site in the article master in SAP ECC.

Prerequisites

The following prerequisites have been met:

·        You want to perform replenishment planning for the article in SAP F&R.

·        You are listing the article for the first time in a store or in a distribution center. No historical data exists for the article.

·        You can only use this function for single articles, variants of generic articles, and header articles of structured articles. The structured articles must not be split into their components.

You define the reference determination schema in Customizing and it contains all the information that you require to automatically assign reference articles to articles.

For more information about the reference determination schema, see the Implementation Guide (IMG), under:

Integration with other SAP Components à Forecasting and Replenishment à References for Articles Without History à Define Reference Determination Schema

Features

You use the reference determination schema to automatically assign references to a new article. You define the reference determination schema in Customizing and it contains all the information that you require to assign reference articles to articles. You save the reference determination schema in the article master.

The system writes a change pointer (for message type WRF_REF_AUTO) in the article master. The automatic assignment of references analyzes the change pointers written by the article master, and creates an appropriate reference assignment for the article site combinations for which you have defined a reference determination schema.

You can schedule the Automatic Reference Assignment function in SAP ECC to run at periodic intervals as a background job.

To automatically assign references the system proceeds as follows:

·        If a reusable reference module exists, it assigns this reference module.

·        Otherwise the system selects the references on the basis of the reference determination schema and checks that the references are suitable. This involves a listing check.

·        You can display error messages in the application log.

Note

¡        Changes to the merchandise category and the article hierarchy do not automatically lead to new reference assignments.

¡        You can use Customizing settings to stop the system overwriting existing references.

¡        If the Customizing setting for the structured article is changed after you create the reference assignment, the reference assignment is not automatically adjusted.

Activities

To automatically assign references, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose:

Logistics à Retailing à Distributed Retailing à F&R Integration à References for Articles Without History à Automatic Assignment of References.

 

See also:

References for Articles Without History

Listing Periods for New Articles

 

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