Aggregated Life cycle Planning: DP

[Former Member]

Hi,

We are facing an issue with Aggregated life cycle planning with Phase In/Out in Demand Planning. The scenario goes like this.

Let there be 3 CVCs

Product Location sold_to shipto

P1 L1 SOLD1 SHIP1

P2 L1 SOLD1 SHIP1

P1 L1 SOLD2 SHIP2

Basis settings are maintained as Product, Location, Sold_to

Like Profile is maintained in such a way that sales History of P1 should be used forcasting for P2.

Assignment is made at a combination of P1 L1 SOLD1 with Like Profile and the phase In Profile attached starting after 2 months and continuing for another 2 months.

Assignment for Phase Out is made as P2 L1 SOLD1 with NO like profile and Phase out starting after 2 months and continuing for another 2 months.

Apart from this we have enabled Aggregated Life cycle planning in the Basis setting and Master Forecast Profile.

We are forecasting with Selection which includes Products(P1 & P2), Location(L1 & L2), Sold_to(*).

The problem is that Phase In and Out are not considered at this level and we can see the forecast even outside the Phase In/Out horizon. The same works fine if we use 'SOLD1' in place of '*' in sold_to.

Are there any settings that we are missing.

Regards,

Manjit

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Manjit,

When you give a ""* anywhere then the search in SAP becomes Generic and it will look for all possible values.Hence if you arte giving ""* system is also looking for other Sold to Values to which this PhaseIn/out profile is not attached.There may be same combination of Product/Location with a different Sold to.

Hence you are seeing the forecast even outside the Phase In/Out horizon.

Hence always as a Best practice in SAP ristrict your search by giving as much Values in the fields as possible.This also reduces the load on the system.

Thanks,

Harsh

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Harsh,

Thanks for your reply. I tried executing the forecast using a "*" or with a list of Sold_To. System behavior is the same. As

i mentioned in my earlier message, i can make it work at the same level at which Forecast Profile is defined. But it is not working at an Aggregated level.

Regards,

Manjit