Inventory Alerts for SNI

Inventory alerts for Supply Network Inventory (SNI) are alerts for critical situations in the stock on hand or in the projected stock in the SNI Monitor. The following options are available for generating an inventory alert for SNI:

The Post Processing Framework (PPF) generates SNI alerts when a ProductActivityNotification XML message arrives. By default, alert generation is not active. You must activate alert generation in the PPF (action profile /SCA/BOL_INVENTORY, action /SCA/BOL_INV_SNI_STOCK_CHECK).
System administration has scheduled the /SCA/SNIINVALERTSWRITE report as a regular background job in the SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC) system. To call the report for processing in the dialog, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Supply Network Collaboration Exceptions Alert Generation Generate Inventory Alerts for SNI .

The following table contains the alert types for SNI:

Alert Type	ID	Source	Description
Below Min. - Projected Stock (SNI)	7061	PPF, Report	The projected stock is below the minimum stock level.
Above Max. - Projected Stock (SNI)	7062	PPF, Report	The projected stock exceeds the maximum stock level.
Out of Stock - Projected Stock (SNI)	7063	PPF, Report	The projected stock is zero or below zero.
Below Min. - Stock on Hand (SNI)	7071	PPF, Report	The actual stock on hand is below the minimum stock level.
Above Max. - Stock on Hand (SNI)	7072	PPF, Report	The actual stock on hand is above the maximum stock level.
Out of Stock - Stock on Hand (SNI)	7073	PPF, Report	The actual stock on hand is zero.
SNI Alert	7060	PPF, Report	Alert conditions that can be configured on a customer-specific basis for a location product have been met.

The ID column contains the alert type ID. The Source column indicates how an alert is generated.

For more information, see Calculation of Projected Stock.