Collaborative Planning Installation and Settings 

Use

To be able to conduct Collaborative Planning (CLP) with your partners, you must prepare access to the Web using the installation of the CLP Internet component. You can use the SAP Internet Transaction Server (ITS) in connection with the following Collaboration Planning services:

○     Collaborative Supply and Demand Planning (CLPSDP), transaction /SAPAPO/CLPISDP

To be able to use this service, you also require the service CLPGLOBAL.

○     Collaborative Promotion Planning (CLPPROMCAL), transaction /SAPAPO/CLPIPCAL

To be able to use this service, you also require the service CLPGLOBAL.

○     Collaborative Transportation Planning (CLPBID), transaction /SAPAPO/CLPITPL, (requires the service CLPGLOBAL)

To be able to use this service, you also require the service CLPGLOBAL.

○     Functions of the Alert Monitor

■      Displaying Alerts (AMON)

■      Alert Overview (AMON_STATIST)

Prerequisites

The SAP Internet Transaction Server (ITS) must be installed.

Activities

       1.      First decide which of the two available versions of the ITS you want to use:

○     ITS Standalone

This version of ITS requires its own server. If you use this version, you first have to publish the required ITS files, for example service files, templates or MIME objects, for the corresponding ITS. Then you publish the above named services from within your SCM system. For more information about this, see SAP Web Application Builder for ITS Services. For general information about ITS Standalone, see the SAP Library of the SAP Web Application Server and SAP Note 720121.

○     Integrated ITS

This version of the ITS is available as of SAP Web Application Server 640. The ITS is integrated into the kernel and is automatically installed when you install the kernel. This means that you no longer require a separate server for the ITS.

The services are delivered by SAP in an inactive state, due to security reasons. You activate the above services for Collaborative Planning in the Internet Communication Framework (ICF), using transaction SICF (HTTP Service Hierarchy Maintenance). Expand the path default_host/sap/bc/gui/sap/its and select the relevant services. Activate these using the context menu. You must always activate the service CLPGLOBAL, as this is required by all Collaborative Planning applications, with the exception of the Alert Monitor.

You still need to publish the corresponding ITS files before it can be used. For more information about this, see SAP Web Application Builder for ITS Services and SAP Note 678904.

For more information about the integrated ITS, see the following:

■      SAP Library of the SAP Web Application Server under SAP ITS in the SAP Web Application Server.

■      SAP Note 709038 for general information on the integrated SAP ITS.

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       2.      Start Collaborative Planning.