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Procedure documentationDefining Time Buckets Profiles

 

This procedure is relevant for the following monitors on the Web UI for SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC):

  • Replenishment monitors

  • Order Forecast Monitor

  • SNI Monitor

In this procedure, you define a time buckets profile and assign it to the location product, to determine the display horizon and period division of the display horizon for a location product in the monitor. You can also assign the time buckets profile to several location products. If you display data for multiple location products with various time buckets profiles, the monitor uses the most detailed time buckets profile.

Note Note

You can only assign a time buckets profile to the products in your locations. The locations must, therefore, be assigned to the business partner to which you are assigned.

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The monitor overview displays a column for each of the first periods of the planning time period. The cells in the columns are displayed in color. The color represents the stock status of a customer location product in the period.

In a time buckets profile, you determine the number of periods (starting with the beginning of the planning time period) for which the monitor overview displays a status column.

Procedure

Note Note

This document describes how you define time buckets profiles by using the standard user interface (UI). An enhanced UI also exists for the time buckets profiles.

For more information on the enhanced UI for time buckets profiles, see Defining Time Buckets Profiles (Enhanced User Interface).

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  1. Call time buckets profile processing and assignment under Time Buckets Profiles. To do so, you have the following options:

    • In a monitor, on the Product Data tab page (Details view) or in the Product Data section (Details-Product View view).

    • In the Web application menu of the monitor

  2. To determine the total duration of the planning horizon, choose a period type in the Horizon field, and enter the desired number of periods.

  3. Specify the period division of the planning horizon, as follows:

    • To specify the duration and period division of the short-term horizon, enter the number of weeks in the Number of Weeks field for which you want a schedule line in days.

    • To specify the duration and period division of the subsequent medium-term horizon, enter the number of months in the Number of Months field for which you want a schedule line in weeks. This schedule line is only available if you have chosen the period type Month or Year for the planning horizon.

    • To specify the duration and period division of the subsequent long-term horizon, enter the number of years in the Number of Years field for which you want a schedule line in months. This schedule line is only available if you have chosen the period type Year for the planning horizon.

  4. You can specify that the planning horizon starts in the future or in the past and not with the current period. To do so, under Offset, enter a positive or negative number of days by which you want to shift the start of the planning horizon.

  5. Specify to which location products you want to assign the time buckets profile. To specify a product or location, you can use any of the fields for the system descriptions or the fields for your own descriptions (My...). You have the following assignment options:

    • Assign time buckets profile to a location product

      1. Enter a location and a product.

      2. Choose the assignment mode Save for This Location Product Only.

    • Assign time buckets profile in all your locations to the product

      1. Enter a product.

      2. Choose the assignment mode Save for My Product in All My Locations.

    • Assign time buckets profile to all products in your location

      1. Enter a location.

      2. Choose the assignment mode Save for All Products in My Location.

    • Assign time buckets profile to all products in all your locations

      1. Do not enter a product or a location.

      2. Choose the assignment mode Save for All My Location Products,

    • Specify the number of periods for which the overview screen of the monitor is to display the stock status.

  6. Save your data.