Opening the Cross-Docking Monitor
Use
Before you open the cross-docking monitor, you can determine the following:
· The actual warehouse to monitor/plan cross-docking
· The next screen to be displayed (monitor vs. cross-dock planning tool)
· The cross-dock planning mode (background vs. manual)
· The planning direction (in the case where you navigate directly to cross-dock planning tool)
· The optimization level for cross-docking decision optimization
· The objects and sub-object classes to be displayed when the monitor opens.
Prerequisites
You have sufficient authorization to open the monitor for the selected warehouse.
Procedure
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1. From the SAP Easy Access menu, choose Logistics → Logistics Execution → Cross-Docking → Cross-Docking Monitor.
The Cross-Docking: Selection screen appears.
2. In the Warehouse field, enter the number of the warehouse for which you want to monitor and plan cross-docking.
You can set a default warehouse for which the monitor will open by doing the following:
· From the menu, choosing System → User Profile → Own Data.
· Entering the following parameter and value:
· Parameter ID: LXDCK_LGNUM
· Parameter value: warehouse number
If you have set a default warehouse, or have only defined one warehouse, the warehouse number automatically appears in the Warehouse field.
3. From the Optimization Level drop-down list, select an optimization level based on which the system does the following:
¡ Creates planned cross-docking decisions in the background (see step 4 below)
¡ Proposes links between documents (see step 5b. below)
For more information, see Cross-Docking Decision Optimization.
4.
If you want
the system to perform cross-dock planning in the background, choose 
.
The system creates planned cross-docking decisions according to the optimization algorithm.
5. If you want to skip the monitor and navigate straight to the cross-dock planning tool:
a. Determine the planning direction:
i. If you want to set inbound documents as the planning documents and outbound documents as the candidate documents, select Inbound to Outbound.
ii. If you want to set outbound documents as the planning documents and inbound documents as the candidate documents, select Outbound to Inbound.
b.
Choose 
.
The cross-dock planning tool opens, with the inbound and outbound documents and system recommended links between documents being displayed. For more information, see Creating a Cross-Docking Plan.
6. If you want to open the monitor:
a. You can restrict the objects to be monitored by choosing one or more tab cards relating to object classes and entering selection criteria.
The selected objects will be displayed in the monitor when it opens.
If
you want to add further selection criteria, choose 
.
If
you want to display a previously saved variant of the selection criteria,
choose 
.
If
you want to clear any entered values from all of the search criteria fields,
enter 
.
b. If you also want sub-object classes for a particular object to be displayed when the monitor opens, select Expand object in the object class’ tab card.
c. Execute.
The monitor opens, displaying the hierarchy tree and ALV.
The following is displayed in the hierarchy tree:
§ All objects that meet the selection criteria, if entered.
§ The sub-object classes of these objects, if you elected to expand the objects pursuant to step 6b. above.
Objects that meet the selection criteria are also displayed in the ALV.
§ If you entered selection criteria for more than one object class, the objects of the object class that appears furthest down the hierarchy tree are displayed.
§ If you elected to expand the objects pursuant to step 6b. above, the objects of the sub-object class that appears furthest down the hierarchy tree are displayed.
If you did not enter any selection criteria, the warehouse object only is displayed in both the hierarchy tree and the ALV.