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You can check the available to promise quantity of inventory items at any time using the ATP Check window.

For more information, see Example: Checking ATP.

Prerequisites

You have full authorization for Available to Promise Check under Sales - A/R in the Authorizations window. To open this window, from the SAP Business One, version for SAP HANA Main Menu, choose   Administration   System Initialization   Authorizations   General Authorizations  .

Procedure

  1. From the SAP Business One, version for SAP HANA Main Menu, choose   Sales - A/R   Available to Promise Check  .

    Alternatively, in the SAP Business One, version for SAP HANA toolbar, choose Available to Promise Check (Available to Promise Check).

    The ATP Check window appears.

    Note Note

    If the one of the following windows is open and your mouse cursor is located in an item row, choosing Available to Promise Check (Available to Promise Check) will open the ATP Check window displaying the information belonging to this item:

    • The Item Mater Data window with an item

    • Sales orders with positive quantity

    • A/R reserve invoices with positive quantity

    • Inventory transfer requests

    • Production orders

    • Purchase orders with negative quantity

    • A/P reserve invoices with negative quantity

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  2. In the Item field, enter any part of the code or name of the item for which you want to check the available to promise quantity, and then select the item from the proposal list.

    Note Note

    The application displays items in the proposal list with the following priorities:

    • Highest – Fully matches the user entry to the item code or name

    • Medium – Matches the user entry to the beginning of the item code or name

    • Lowest – Matches the user entry to the middle of the item code or name

    The matching process is not case sensitive. The proposal list displays the top 10 items for you to select.

    For example, if you enter i01, the proposal list displays i01, I01, i011, I01ab, Ti01, ABi012, AI013, HI019, BHi018, acI012.

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    Note Note

    If you enter non-English characters, enter a space after the characters to display the proposal list.

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    The available to promise quantities for each day (from the current system date) appear in the Cumulative ATP Quantity section.

    You can perform the following in the ATP Check window:

    • Alternative Items – Choose this button to open the Alternative Item Selection window. To define alternative items for a specific item, from the SAP Business One, version for SAP HANA Main Menu, choose   Inventory   Item Management   Alternative Items  . For more information, see Alternative Items.

    • Warehouses – Select specific warehouses to see the quantity. Warehouses are sorted by their codes in an ascending order. By default, the default warehouse for the item is selected. If the item does not have a default warehouse, the first warehouse is selected by default.

    • Required Quantity – Enter a quantity that you want to order. In the Cumulative ATP Quantity section a horizontal line appears indicating the required quantity and the bars below this line are marked in red. If a UoM is defined for this particular item, the UoM appears below the Required Quantity field.

    • Required Delivery Date – In the Cumulative ATP Quantity section, select a quantity to display the delivery date.

    • Check Against Required Quantity – Select this radio button to calculate the cumulative ATP quantity against the required quantity. The required quantity is the quantity in all the existing relevant documents.

    • Check Against Confirmed Quantity – Select this radio button to calculate the cumulative ATP quantity against the confirmed quantity. The confirmed quantity is the quantity you confirmed in the Delivery Schedule Details window. For more information, see Example: Reserving ATP.

    • Include Past Planned Receipts – Indicates whether to include any planned receipts whose dates are earlier than the current system date in the ATP calculation. The selection comes from the ATP checking rule for the item. For more information, see Defining ATP Checking Rules.

    • In the Cumulative ATP Quantity section, place your mouse cursor over a bar, the cumulative ATP quantity and date appear.

    • Time bar – Drag the period to different dates to see the available to promise quantities on those dates.

      Note Note

      You cannot make the period longer or shorter by dragging the starting or ending date. To display more or fewer dates, manually adjust the window size.

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