Information about the Document Type Characteristic 

Meaning

When creating the demand history, Service Parts Planning (SPP) uses the Document Type (9AORD_TYPE) characteristic to handle sales orders differently based on the document type of the sales order. For example, there are the document types Rush Order and Future-Dated Order.

Source

The origin of the Document Category characteristic is different depending on whether you generate the demand history on the basis of sales order data from SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) or on the basis of order and stock transfer data from SAP ERP.

Generating the Demand History with SAP CRM

According to the standard Customizing for the transaction data layer (TDL), you can load the data for this characteristic from SAP CRM.

In this Customizing, the semantic ORDER_TYPE is assigned to the Item Transaction Type (0CRM_ITMTYP) characteristic in the InfoSource 80CRM_SALO. During the creation of the demand history, the system updates the Document Type (9AORD_TYPE) characteristic in the DataStore object 9ARAWDAT using the values from the Item Transaction Type (0CRM_ITMTYP) characteristic in the DataStore object 0CRM_SALO.

For more information, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Advanced Planning and Optimization under Basic Settings → Transaction Data Layer (TDL) → Configure Settings for TDL Semantics.

Generating the Demand History with SAP ERP

According to the standard Customizing for the transaction data layer (TDL), you can load the data for this characteristic from SAP ERP.

In this Customizing, the ORDER_TYPE semantic is assigned to the following characteristic:

●      Sales document type (0DOC_TYPE)

This characteristic is used in InfoSources 2LIS_11_VASCL and 89ASDDAT. The system updates the values of the Sales Document Type(0DOC_TYPE) in the generation of the demand history as follows:

                            a.      from InfoSource 2LIS_11_VASCL into DataStore object 9ASDDAT

                            b.      from DataStore object 9ASDDAT into InfoSource 89ASDDAT

                            c.      from InfoSource 89ASDDAT into characteristic Document type (9AORD_TYPE) in DataStore object 9ARAWDAT

●      Purchasing document category (0DOC_TYPE)

This characteristic is used in InfoSources 2LIS_02_SCL and 89APURDAT . The system updates the values of the Purchasing Document Category (0DOC_TYPE) in the generation of the demand history as follows:

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                            a.      from InfoSource 2LIS_02_SCL into DataStore object 9APURDAT

                            b.      from DataStore object 9APURDAT into InfoSource 89APURDAT

                            c.      from InfoSource 89APURDAT into characteristic Document type (9AORD_TYPE) in DataStore object 9ARAWDAT

Use in Service Parts Planning

SPP uses the document type in the following places:

●      when the system determines demand categories for customer demand while creating historical data, and if you have implemented the BAdI BAdI: Determine Demand Category for Historical Data (/SAPAPO/PDEM_DEM_CAT) in which you can define demand categories in addition to those delivered in the standard setup

For this, the system uses the table /SAPAPOPDEMCAT, which contains the document type (field ORDER_TYPE)

●      when, during the creation of historical data, the system determines sales orders that lie in the future and assigns the demand category FDO_DEM to them

In Customizing, under Make Settings for Customer Demand you can define which sales order items the system identifies as future-dated orders. For more information, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Advanced Planning and Optimization under Supply Chain Planning → Service Parts Planning (SPP) → Basic Settings → Make Settings for Customer Demand.

●      when the system determines rush orders during the compilation of historical data

In Customizing under Define Priorities and Attributes of Sales Documents you can define which sales order items the system identifies as rush orders. For more information, see the IMG for Advanced Planning and Optimization under Supply Chain Planning → Service Parts Planning (SPP) → Basic Settings → Priorities and Attributes of Sales Documents → Define Priorities and Attributes of Sales Documents.

●      when, during the creation of historical data, the system calls the Global Available-to-Promise (Global ATP) in the case of a product substitution, to determine the customer-facing locations and the stockholding locations for the successor products.

In this case, the system uses the values of the document type in sales order items to fill the AUART field in the ATP field catalog and for calling the global ATP.

●      when the system calls the Global ATP while reorganizing the demand history, to determine the customer-facing locations and the stockholding locations for sales orders.

In this case, the system uses the values of the document type in sales order items to fill the AUART field in the ATP field catalog and for calling the global ATP.

Display

You can display the document type of a sales order item on the Adjust Raw Data screen in the Sales Document Type column. You get to this screen from the SAP Easy Access screen under Advanced Planning and Optimization → Service Parts Planning (SPP) → Environment → Data Administration.