The standard heuristics for production planning, whose names begin with
SAP_PP_
, take a special position with regard to the definition of the strategy settings:
In a new installation of SAP APO 4.0, you always define the strategy settings in the heuristic settings.
After an upgrade to SAP APO 4.0 , you can either work with the strategy settings in the heuristic or – as before SAP APO 4.0 – with strategy profiles.
If you want the heuristic to use the strategy settings from the heuristic settings, you set the
Use Strategy Settings from Heuristic
indicator on the
Basic Settings
tab page in the heuristic settings. The indicator is not set in the standard system.
If you want the heuristic to use a strategy profile, you do not set the indicator.
In the
production planning run
, the heuristic uses the strategy profile you specified for the processing step. If you have not specified a strategy profile, the heuristic uses the strategy profile you entered in Customizing for
Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling
(PP/DS) under
Maintain Global Parameters and Defaults
in the
Planning Run
field.
In
interactive planning,
the heuristic uses the strategy profile you entered in the
Interactive Planning
field.
Note
In the strategy profiles, you should only use the settings recommended by SAP. Use the setting options that are available in the heuristic settings.