Order Processing View - SAP Documentation

Definition

Screen in Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling for displaying and processing an order.

Use

In the order processing view, you can create, change, or delete an order . You create receipts for components for which you have defined manual planning in the product master. In the order processing view, you can display the order in its environment, which includes:

Pegging information

Status information

Alternative procurement options

Operations

Structure

The order tree is displayed on the left side of the order processing view.It consists of the order as the top node, as well as subnodes under which the actual order objects are listed.

Elements of the Order Tree

Subnodes	Order objects
Receipts	Products of the order
Requirements	Components of the order
Operations	Operations and activities of the order

By double-clicking an element of the order tree (node or order object), you control the content on the right side of the order processing view, as follows.

Content of the right screen area after double-clicking a node

Node	Content of the right screen area
Order	Header data of the order such as dates, alerts , and status information The SAP APO system displays the status of the order according to the status change made in the integrated OLTP system (for example, released or confirmed ). On this screen you can: Set the conversion indicator to specify that the order is to be converted automatically after it has been transferred to the OLTP system Fix the output of an order to specify that automatic planning cannot change the order quantity The SAP APO system automatically sets the Input firmed indicator when you manually change the quantity of a component.
Receipts	List of the receipts of the order with the detail data, such as the availability dates/times and quantities.
Requirements	List of the requirements of the order with the detail data, such as the requirements dates/times and quantities. In this requirements list, the requirements are numbered using item numbers.
Operations	List of the operations of the order with the detail data, such as dates/times and quantities.

Content of the right screen area after double-clicking an order object

Order object	Content of the right screen area
Order product Component	Product view , plus the following tabs: The Pegging tab contains the pegging information for an order product or for a component. You can manually create fixed pegging relationships here. The Alternatives tab contains the options for external procurement of the order product or the components. You can enter alternative quantities and availability dates/times for the procurement options here and have the system perform a product availability check. You can create orders for alternative procurement options.
Operation	Operation data, for example, resources being used, input and output products and relationships
Activity	Activity data

Order object

Content of the right screen area

Order product

Component

Product view , plus the following tabs:

The Pegging tab contains the pegging information for an order product or for a component. You can manually create fixed pegging relationships here.

The Alternatives tab contains the options for external procurement of the order product or the components. You can enter alternative quantities and availability dates/times for the procurement options here and have the system perform a product availability check. You can create orders for alternative procurement options.

Operation

Operation data, for example, resources being used, input and output products and relationships

Activity

Activity data

Integration

Calling the Order Processing View

You can call the order processing view either:

Directly in the Interactive Production Planning menu

In the receipts view and in the product view by double-clicking an order

Detailed Scheduling Strategies

The system performs detailed scheduling for an order using the detailed scheduling strategy , which you have specified under Settings .

Alert Monitor

The display of alerts for quantity and date problems is integrated in the order processing view. To display further alerts, for example, for resource problems, you can call up the Alert Monitor .

Plan Monitor

To display the quality of the planning based on your own criteria, you can call up the Plan Monitor .

DS Planning Board

To display the schedule of the orders in a Gantt chart, you can call up two differently configured DS planning boards from the order processing view. Here you can manually reschedule orders to different dates or resources or call the optimizer .