Hi,
On SAP Help page, I see that there are various prerequisites defined for using product lifecycle. However I am not sure where to maintain the configuration for these prerequisites. Any inputs in this regard will be very helpful
Prerequisites
1. You have defined which attribute of the planning area represents the product ID.>>>>>> Is there any specific configuration required here apart from simply creating the attribute?
2. You have set your planning area as the default planning area. >>>Done
3. Recommended: You have defined which attribute of the planning area represents the product description and the product group. If you don't do this, the Manage Product Lifecycle app cannot handle descriptions or product groups for the products and the system uses the product ID instead.>>>>>> Where exactly in Web UI do I need to define these attributes?
4. Recommended: You have set the business meaning Actual Sales for one key figure of the planning area.>>>>>Where exactly in Web UI do I need to set the business meaning for the key figure?
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Vijay, did you have to do anything to make the fiori app appear for Manage Product Lifeycycle? We recently upgraded to 1608, things are obviously a little different, however I am not seeing the new Lifecycle app. Perhaps it's a security role setting or needs to be enabled elsewhere? We're extremely interested in using this feature upgrade having used in extensively in APO.
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Best AnswerNov 17, 2016 at 01:16 PM
Hi Ryan,
I just checked, it is Add not plus, you should see this. Please add one product and issue will be solved.
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Former MemberNov 11, 2016 at 01:40 PMHello Vijay,
1. You have defined which attribute of the planning area represents the product ID.
3. Recommended: You have defined which attribute of the planning area represents the product description and the product group. If you don't do this, the Manage Product Lifecycle app cannot handle descriptions or product groups for the products and the system uses the product ID instead.
4. Recommended: You have set the business meaning Actual Sales for one key figure of the planning area.
Answer to all of above question is business meaning.
The business meaning can be assigned in planning area configuration app of web UI. If you navigate to configuration screen of planning area, you should be able to see business meaning appearing in there. The same can now be seen in Keyfigure as well.
Let me know if this helps.
Regards,
Jacky Jain.
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Former MemberNov 11, 2016 at 01:42 PM
did you have to do anything to make the fiori app appear for Manage Product Lifeycycle? We recently upgraded to 1608, things are obviously a little different, however I am not seeing the new Lifecycle app. Perhaps it's a security role setting or needs to be enabled elsewhere? We're extremely interested in using this feature upgrade having used in extensively in APO.
Ryan - there is a new auth role for lifecycle management which needs to be added to the user profile.
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Nov 11, 2016 at 03:18 PM
Now that I have the app, I'm struggling as well to work with the Product Lifecycle feature. I am using a SAP6 copy and have successfully completed the recommended steps.
When I go into Manage Product Lifecycle I get an error message on the choose Planning Area box. It says Invalid PA and won't allow me to select or type in one of my existing and active PA. What am I missing?
And, under User Preferences I have set the default PA to the one I am trying to use.
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Nov 15, 2016 at 11:27 AM
Hi Ryan,
This is a known issue, if you already set SAP6 as default planning area under user preferences, just go to Lifecycle app and click on the plus button from the right side. Add a new product, save and you will see the error is gone.
Best
Alecsandra
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Feb 21, 2018 at 02:39 PM
Hey everyone, I started to construct a planning area for demand (instead of creat a copy from SAP6 because SAP6 it's in day and I need just in month), and I don't know what I'm missing because my planning area don't appear on Lifecycle App. Can someone tell me the basic things that I need to construct? Or someone know if is possible to creat a copy from SAP6 choosing only the period month?
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