Conversion of Planned Orders from SAP APO
Use
It makes sense to convert planned orders from SAP APO if you want to copy the detailed dates from
Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS)
to the R/3 manufacturing order.
Prerequisites
In
SAP APO
, the conversion indicator must be set .The production version used in SAP APO must still be valid in SAP R/3.
CautionIf the production version used in SAP APO is not longer valid or is locked in SAP R/3 when the conversion takes place, the system terminate the transfer the of the planned order and issues an error message.
You can use the information contained in the SAP Note 491651 ‑
APO->R/3: Production version w/ conversion of Planned Order
to setup the SAP Enhancement CIFORD03 (Exit EXIT_SAPLCORD_005) so that when planned order conversion is carried out,SAP R/3
ignores the production version used in SAP APO and always uses the current valid production version from SAP R/3.End of the caution.
Activities
The planned order is transferred from SAP APO to SAP R/3 with a conversion indicator. The following situations are possible:
Planned order already exists in SAP R/3
Planned order does not exist in SAP R/3
In this case, SAP R/3 creates a new manufacturing order. First, the system determines the order type and order category .
Conversion with forced BOM explosion
You should note that it is only possible to trigger a new BOM explosion on conversion of planned orders by using a SAP enhancement.