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The following is an step-by-step description of how you execute Supply and Demand Propagation. You can use this procedure as a tutorial.

Prerequisites

You have set up all the master data required for Supply and Demand Propagation.

Note Note

Choosing a procurement type for the location products is essential for Supply and Demand Propagation. The procurement type dictates which procurement options are available for the propagation.

End of the note.

Procedure

  1. Create a master planning object structure, or use 9ASNPBAS, which is shipped with APO. The characteristics relevant for planning are determined in the master planning object structure.

    1. From the SAP Easy Access screen, choose   Supply Network Planning   Environment   Current Settings   Administration of Demand Planning and Supply Network Planning  .

      Result: The S&DP Administration screen appears.

    2. Choose Planning area, and select Planning object structures.

    3. Place your cursor on Planning object structures in the Name column and click the alternate mouse button.

    4. Choose Create planning object structure.

      Result: The Create planning object structure dialog box appears.

    5. Specify a name for your master planning object structure and choose Enter.

      Result: The S&DP Administration - Configure Master Planning Object Structure screen appears.

    6. Enter a longer description of your master planning object structure in the Text field.

    7. Select the SNP Planning checkbox.

      Result: The columns on the left side of the screen are filled with the relevant info objects.

    8. Choose Activate.

    9. Return to the S&DP Administration screen and alternate mouse click your newly created master planning object. Choose Create Standard SNP planning level.

      Result: The SNP-relevant aggregates are created.

  2. Create a storage buckets profile (only if you are not using9ASNP01). By creating it, the periods in which the data is stored in liveCache are defined.

    1. From the SAP Easy Access screen, choose   Supply Network Planning   Environment   Current Settings   Periodicities for Planning Area  .

      Result: The Maintain Periodicity screen appears.

    2. Specify a name in the Storage buckets profile field.

    3. Set one or more of the period indicators (day, week, month, quarter, and so on). If you select more than one indicator, the system uses the average of the periods you selected.

    4. Enter a start and end date.

  3. Create a planning area, or use the standard planning area 9ASNP01 that is shipped with APO.

    In the planning area, the key figures are defined and the database in which they are stored is determined. For Supply and Demand Propagation, the key figures are always stored in time series objects in liveCache.

    1. From the SAP Easy Access screen, choose   Supply Network Planning   Environment   Current Settings   Administration of Demand Planning and Supply Network Planning  .

      Result: The S&DP Administration screen appears.

    2. Place your cursor on Planning areas (the top node of the tree displayed) and click the alternate mouse button.

    3. Choose Create planning area.

      Result: The Create Planning Area dialog box appears.

    4. Specify a name for the planning area, and choose your master planning object structure and storage buckets profile that you previously created from the input help in each of the respective fields.

    5. Enter a unit of measure (to display product quantities), and choose Enter.

    6. In the menu, choose   Edit   Time series objects  .

      Result: The key figures used to fill the characteristics for Supply and Demand Propagation are displayed.

    7. Choose Save.

  4. Initialize the planning area for a simulation version. By doing this, you create the time series objects (that is, the actual object instances) in liveCache, and generate the relationships between them.

    1. From the SAP Easy Access screen, choose   Supply Network Planning   Environment   Current Settings   Administration of Demand Planning and Supply Network Planning  .

    2. In the S&DP Administration screen, place your cursor on your planning area, click the alternate mouse button, and choose Create time series objects.

    3. Enter the planning version, and the start and end date.

    4. Select the Update master data checkbox.

    5. Choose Enter.

  5. Initialize the planning area again for a simulation version. This is necessary to include changes to the master data or to determine a planning interval.

    1. From the SAP Easy Access screen, choose   Supply Network Planning   Environment   Current Settings   Administration of Demand Planning and Supply Network Planning  .

    2. In the S&DP Administration screen, place your cursor on your planning area, click the alternate mouse button, and choose Delete time series objects.

    3. In the S&DP Administration screen, place your cursor on your planning area, click the alternate mouse button, and choose Create time series objects and follow the steps as described in step 4 (see above).

  6. Create planning book or use the standard planning book 9ASOP that is shipped with APO.

    1. From the SAP Easy Access screen, choose   Supply Network Planning   Environment   Current Settings   Define Planning Book  .

      Result: The SDP: Interactive Planning - Initial Screen appears.

    2. Select the Planning book radio button, specify a name in the Planning book field, and choose Create.

    3. Enter a description for your planning book, choose your planning area from the input help, and choose Continue.

    4. Choose Insert All to insert all key figures, and then choose Continue.

    5. Choose Insert All to insert all characteristics and then choose Continue.

    6. Create one or more data views. Enter the description of the data view, choose a time buckets profile from the input help in the TB profile ID (future) field, and choose Continue.

    7. Choose Insert All to insert all key figures (or using drag & drop, remove particular key figures from the data view), and then choose Continue.

    8. Choose Complete.

  7. Execute supply and demand propagation

    1. From the SAP Easy Access screen, choose   Supply Network Planning   Planning   Supply and Demand Propagation.  .

    2. Double-click a data view of the planning book.

    3. In the shuffler, choose APO location product.

    4. Choose Enter.

    5. Double-click a location product in the list.

    6. As the restriction, enter a value of the key figure 9ATSML0SXI (fixed warehouse receipt).

    7. As the demand, enter a value in the key figure 9ATSML0LFO (forecast) in a later period.

      Note Note

      This action actually executes propagation. Only the deliverable portion from the storage location (fixed demand) is confirmed.

      End of the note.
    8. Choose Save to transfer the values from this simulation in interactive planning to liveCache.