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Prerequisites

A batch search procedure together with the corresponding strategy types and search strategies has been defined for the order type (refer to Batch Search Strategy ).

The material component for which you want to find a batch meets the following requirements:

  • It has been defined as being subject to batch management in the material master record.

  • If you want batch determination to use different selection criteria than those defined in the batch search strategy, the material component must have been classified accordingly in the material list of the process order.

A process data request has been defined for the PI sheet and meets the following requirements:

  • It contains the following message characteristics:

  • PPPI_RESERVATION and PPPI_RESERVATION_ITEM

  • PPPI_BATCH as an input value

  • PPPI_MATERIAL (material number)

  • PPPI_MATERIAL_CONSUMED (material quantity consumed) as an input value

  • PPPI_UNIT_OF_MEASURE (unit of measurement)

The value of this characteristic must be identical to the base or alternative unit of measure of the material.

  • No default value has been defined for the batch in the data request.

  • If you want to copy several batches to the PI sheet (batch split), the data request must be of the type "repeated data request" and must contain a sufficient number of table lines.

Procedure

  1. Enter the material quantity for which you want to find suitable batches in the PI sheet.

  2. Place the cursor on the process instruction, for example, on the field for the material quantity or the batch, and choose   Environment   Batch   Find.  

  3. The system determines suitable batches and proposes a quantity to be adopted for each batch. Depending on the settings you have made in the batch search strategy, the proposed quantity is:

    – Directly copied to the PI sheet

    – Displayed in batch determination where it can be changed

  4. If required, change the batch quantities you want to copy.

  5. Note the following:

    – In simple data requests, you can only copy one batch.

    – In repeated data requests, the number of batches may not exceed the maximum number of table lines.

  6. Choose Copy .

The system copies the batch number and quantity into the PI sheet.