Product allocation with DP planning area

[former_member566355]

Hi,

I am trying to carry out product allocation with planning area. I have done all the configuration settings as per best practice guide as mentioned below...

1 Creating Master Planning Object Structure

2 Creating Planning Area

3 Creating Product Allocation Object

4 Creating Product Allocation Group

5 Creating Product Allocation Procedure

6 Creating Sequence of Product Allocation Procedures

7 Creating Characteristic Value Combinations

8 Initializing the Planning Area

9 Creating Connection to Planning Area

10 Copy Characteristics Combination from Planning Area

11 Check Product Allocation Settings

12 Creating Planning Book

13 Copy Data View

14 Creating Macro

After that I have maintained allocation quantities in the planning book. Using the macro I am able to calculate 'balance quantity'.

The issue is, I am not able to see the sales order quantity (incoming order quantity) in planning book. Also check against product allocation is also not getting triggered during sales order creation.

The key figures in the step ' connection to planning area' are AEMENGE and KCQTY which are default key figures.

Let me know if I am missing any step.

Regards,

RS

[Former Member]

31,

If you used the method in the BP guide, then you have completed the configuration steps. You now need to perform the execution steps. Below excerpts from online help.

Once your CVCs have been copied to the Allocation Group, you will more than likely wish to create Collective combinations.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_scm2007/helpdata/en/12/eb7037ecc92a7ee10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm

Once the collective combinations have been created, you probably want to copy them back into the planning area, so that the planning area and Allocation Group have the same CVCs.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_scm2007/helpdata/en/75/eb7037ecc92a7ee10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm

Now you can maintain the allocation quantities in your PA, using your Planning book as a front end. //SDP94

Sales order allocation check in the Best Practices doc takes place in the Allocation Group, not in the planning area. You have entered your allocation quantities in the Planning Area. You must then move the quantities to the Allocation Group.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_scm2007/helpdata/en/d7/3f7a375f0dbc7fe10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm

Now you can do ATP checks, usually initiated in ERP.

At some point you will want to re-plan your allocations. Since ATP, and allocation consumption, has been taking place in the Allocation Group, the Planning area does not now contain the latest info, so you have to copy the date from the Allocation Group, where it is current, back into the planning area, where it is out of date.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_scm2007/helpdata/en/95/c17337613fbc40e10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm

Replan your allocations, //SDP94. Follow the cycle again. If you are using collective combinations (almost always) You should create collective combinations each time you add new CVCs, and synch CVCs between PA and AG before planning any new CVCs.

Regards,

DB49

[former_member566355]

DB49

Thanks a lot for the hellp.

To complete the thread I would like to ask my last point regarding this.

What are the pre-requisites on ECC side.

Do I need to configure all the nodes under availability check >> product allocation in ECC?

Some of the steps I have carried out.

e.g. Creation of product allocation procedure, assignment of the procedure in material master

It will be of great help if you mention the bare minimum settings to be done on ECC side.

Regards ,

RS

[Former Member]

RS,

Before SAP had SCM, it was possible to do Product Allocation completely within R/3. Although SAP is not doing additional development against PA within R/3, all this functionality still exists, and could still be used, in place of SCM Product Allocation. It doesn't hurt anything to create a Product Allocation procedure in R/3, but it is not necessary. These settings, and additional LIS settings, are only required when PA is performed within R/3. In your case, you want to do PA in SCM/APO. If you have a previous R/3 Allocation configured, it is possible to replicate quite a bit of the config over to SCM using the Core Interface as a one-time setup. As soon as you turn on ATP checking in SCM, none of the R/3 allocation config is used any more.

The main additional configuration you will have to enable are described in the SCM BP docs 'Connectivity' and 'Replication'. Strictly speaking, no other configuration is required, although you have to have previously configured generic R/3 availability checking in a sales order and/or in a stock transport order.

Product allocation as an availability check by itself seldom meets all the requirements of a business. Most likely you will also configure one or more additional ATP methods. such as a basic Product Check. For this, the configuration steps are contained in the 'GATP' SCM BP doc. Most of this doc deals with RBA, which you can ignore if you don't intend to use it, but for a product check you must configure check instructions and check control, and a few other odds and ends.

Finally, execution. For allocation to work, you must set up, create, and activate certain Integration models in R/3. These should include Material, Plant, Sales docs, and ATP at a minimum. Others may also be necessary, depending on what you are trying to accomplish.

Best Regards,

DB49

[former_member566355]

thanks DB49 ...this was of great help,

Having all done as per your reply....I am able to copy allocation quantitied to allocation group.

ATP check is also getting triggered at the time of VA01... but it is only carrying out product availability check.

Product allocations are not getting considered.

My initial observation --- Incoming order quantities are not getting populated in the allocation group. I can only see the allocated quantities which have come from planning area.

Your insights will be of great help.

Regards,

RS

[m_manimaran]

Hi RS,

This may be very basic, but it is better to check - What is the check instruction determined during sales order creation and check whether Product allocation is active in the check instruction?

Regards,

Manimaran M.

[former_member566355]

just to elaborate the point ...

Can you please tell me what is the exact linking point between the sales order quantity and the incoming order quantity fields.

?

Becasue somehow I am not able to find out the reason for this behaviour.

Thanks in advance,

Regards,

RS

[former_member566355]

hi,

the check instruction is 050 - A in which product allocation is active.

Regards,

RS

[Former Member]

RS,

Don't think about checking allocation consumption quantities yet, First ensure that allocation is working at all.

Do your troubleshooting research during your ATP check from within R/3. On the ATP screen, you should see an Icon for Allocation. Do you? If yes, then press the 'check product allocation' button, to see which allocation values (if any) you are checking your sales order against. If you don't see the allocation button, then look under 'check instructions'. Allocation should be first step or second step or third step on the CI screen. This will be the setting you made when you configured Allocation in SCM.

Also, ensure that you have updated the appropriate fields in your product masters in APO.(ATP Tab. allocation procedure/sequence, or cross location allocation procedure/sequence).

Best Regards,

DB49

[former_member566355]

hi DB49,

On the ATP screen, you should see an Icon for Allocation. Do you?

--- yes

If yes, then press the 'check product allocation' button, to see which allocation values (if any) you are checking your sales order against.

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System has confirmed entire quantity even though greater than allocated quantity. System is checking for collective allocation. I checked this in 'product allocation situation' icon. This is happening at a collective level.

For char combination at that level, I do not see any allocation quantities in allocation group. (I think this is the reason). I had referred your replies to following thread to do this activity but its not working at this moment.

If you don't see the allocation button, then look under 'check instructions'. Allocation should be first step or second step or third step on the CI screen. This will be the setting you made when you configured Allocation in SCM.

It is maintained as 'first step'

Also, ensure that you have updated the appropriate fields in your product masters in APO.(ATP Tab. allocation procedure/sequence, or cross location allocation procedure/sequence).

This data was already maintained.

Thanks for your patience in advance for replying to my queries.

Regards,

RS

[Former Member]

RS,

Again, for now, do your troubleshooting in R/3. It shows you exactly the decision process that the software is making.

We have discovered that Allocation is 'turned on'. Good!

Now,you execute ATP in R/3. Check allocation quantities using the "eyeglasses product allocation" button, do you see a green traffic light? If so, click on the 'Product Allocation situation' button (also F6) to see exactly which characteristics are being compared.

If you see a red traffic light, but the order ATP still gives you a confirmation, then that means that you have overlooked something in your allocation config (e.g., allocation is not restricting your ATPs).

Green or red?

Best Regards,

DB49

[former_member566355]

Hi DB49,

Now,you execute ATP in R/3. Check allocation quantities using the "eyeglasses product allocation" button, do you see a green traffic light? If so, click on the 'Product Allocation situation' button (also F6) to see exactly which characteristics are being compared.

Yes. It is green. And in product alllocation situation (F6). The characetristics are compared at collective level.

e.g. Product allocation object - ABC

Product number - 123456

Sold to Party - ############ (wild card char)

Sales Org. - #### (wild card char)

But the allocation quantity at this level is 0 when I checked in (/SAPAPO/AC42).

I can see the allocation quantity in /sapapo/ac42 only for the combination where all of the 4 chars have values. What may be the reason for system not reading allocation for this combination during sales order creation?

If you see a red traffic light, but the order ATP still gives you a confirmation, then that means that you have overlooked something in your allocation config (e.g., allocation is not restricting your ATPs).

Green or red?

Here also I see green check mark. But the allocation quanitty is blank as mentioned above.

Regards,

RS

[former_member566355]

just to add,

entire quantity is getting confirmed at that combination. (collective)

RS

[former_member566355]

hi,

I am able to copy allocation quantities to allocation group at the followling level.

e.g. Product allocation object - ABC

Product number - 123456

Sold to Party - ############ (wild card char)

Sales Org. - #### (wild card char)

As mentioned before allocation check is happening at this level during SO creation but system is not considering the allocated quantity at this level.

System confirmed 300000 even when allocation at the above level is only 6666

Regards,

RS

[Former Member]

RS,

I don't recall suggesting that you use //AC42. I suggest that you do your ATP troubleshooting in R/3 and not in SCM, until you understand what the problem is.

In the ATP screen in R/3, you mention that you selected the glasses Product allocation button. You got a green. The order is confirming. This means that allocation ATP software has found free allocation values against which to confirm the order. I will assume that you have one or more rows on this grid which have green traffic lights. I will assume that your consumption 'cumulated' checkbox is selected. What is your Backwards consumption value? Forward?

You mention the names of the Collective characteristics that are displayed when you selected F6 (Product allocation overview screen), but you did not mention any values. Within the grid on the product allocation overview screen:

I will assume you see one or more rows, representing allocation periods (perhaps weeks or days?). Yes?

I will assume that the 'collective' checkboxes are 'checked'. Yes?

I will assume that the ProdAll Active cells have green 'checks'. Yes?

Now, what do you see in the Prod Alloc qty cells? Or, more importantly, in the Remain prod alloc cells? These are the quantities that are being checked. Are there any non-zero entries?

If you feel compelled to use //AC42, then you can repeat this in SCM. Copy the characteristics EXACTLY as they exist in the r/3 display. In //AC42, select "Product allocation time series". This display should be identical to the R/3 display. It will show any allocation quantities that exist against that Characteristic/Value Combination.

Best Regards,

DB49

[former_member566355]

hi,

just to add to the query....the settings done are for DP planning area....

and product allocation is activated for requirement class as well as schedule line category in ECC.

Regards,

RS.