Configuring the Resource Planning Table 

Use

You can configure the resource planning table in accordance with your requirements.

·        You can show and hide different charts.

·        You can show charts as full screens.

·        You can use the standard list functions of the extended table display.

·        You can crete your own pusbutton profiles for the charts of the resource planning table in Customizing.

Features

You make the settings for resource planning table setup in the user settings, which you invoke via the  User Settings button in the button bar.

You can save the settings you make in the user settings, so that the resource planning table is displayed with your settings when it is next invoked.

Defining the Charts

On the General tab page, you can specify which of the following charts are to be displayed:

·        Navigation area

·        Periodic view

·        Operation list

Hiding/Showing Charts

You can hide the charts and buttons directly on the screen via  Close. The system then also unsets the indicator for displaying the area in the user settings. To show a chart again, you must set the corresponding indicator on the General tab page. To show the buttons again, you must set the corresponding indicator on the Navigation Area tab page.

Navigating Between the Charts Without the Mouse

You can navigate between the charts without the mouse using function keys. The following shortcuts are available for this purpose:

·        To go to the open objects in the navigation area, choose CTRL + Shift + F9.

·        To go to the header data, choose CTRL + Shift + F10.

·        To go to the periodic view, choose CTRL + Shift + F11.

·        To go to the operation list, choose CTRL + Shift + F12.

Settings for the Navigation Area

You can change the order of the buttons on the Navigation Area tab page.

For Changed Objects, you can also specify which objects the system is to display in the event of changes:

·        Operations

·        Resources

·        Orders

·        Products

Settings for the Periodic View and Operation List

You can display the periodic view and the operation list as a full screen. To do so, choose  Full Screen On/Off in button bar.

Invoking Standard List Functions

The functions of extended table display are available for the individual charts. These include print, sort, and find. You invoke the standard list functions via Standard Liste Functions On in the charts.

Defining Pushbuttons

You can use the pushbutton profile to configure the resource planning table yourself and adjust it to suit your requirements. You can define your own pushbuttons in Customizing and display them in the individual charts. You can also create entries for a dropdown menu and define the order of the entries (menu options) in the display.

You make the setting in Customizing for Advanced Planning and Optimization under Supply Chain Planning → Productions Planning and Detailed Scheduling → Detailed Scheduling → Settings for Resource Planning Table.

You can also hide the pushbuttons supplied in the standard system that you do not need when using the resource planning table or make important functions from dropdown menus available as buttons.

To adopt your own pushbutton profile, invoke the Profiles tab page in the user settings and choose your profile using the input help for the Pushbuttons field.