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Function documentationChange Reasons for Order Proposals

 

You can use this functions to define reasons for changing order proposals in the system. You can then evaluate and analyze these reasons statistically in SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BI).

Integration

The statistical analysis of change reasons is performed in SAP BI. The system saves the change reason together with the order proposal in order proposal management.

Prerequisites

In Customizing, you can define reasons for changes to quantities. For each replenishment type (RP type), define whether a change reason is mandatory or optional.

For more information about reasons for changes, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) of Forecasting and Replenishment under:

  • Start of the navigation path Order Proposal Management Next navigation step Order Proposal Configuration Settings Next navigation step Possible Reasons for Manual Changes of Order Proposals End of the navigation path.

  • Start of the navigation path Order Proposal Management Next navigation step Order Proposal Configuration Settings Next navigation step Settings for Reasons for Changing Order Proposals End of the navigation path.

Features

The saves the specified reasons in a database table. This means that you can evaluate the change reasons in SAP BI subsequently.

Activities

If you make changes in the Replenishment Workbench at order proposal item level in the Order Proposal Quantity column, you are prompted to enter a reason for the changes. The reasons you give are then displayed in the Reason column. When you save the modified order proposal, the system checks whether the conditions you have defined in Customizing have been met.

You can display the reasons for change in Cause Determination.