Product allocation is not working after setting all required config!

[Former Member]

Hello SD gurus,  Would you please help me to resolve this issue?

I followed and configured all the required steps for product allocation  in ECC 6.0 Version still  the product allocation is not working as expected.

Here are the steps performed

1. Created procedure through OV1Z

Maintained Product allocation procedureT.code OV1Z

2.  Maintain product allocation object Transaction code: OV2Z

3.   Create required info structure as per requirement T.code MC21

4. Specify Hierarchy and Define the “Product allocation planning structure”

Transaction code: OV3Z

5.Define Consumption periods

6. Control product allocation

T. code: OV4Z

Selected the product allocation procedure and given the required criteria and assigned to Info. Structure S991. Activated ‘Requirement category’ for product allocation

8. T.code OVZ0

Activate schedule line category for product allocation

S991 Info structure Planning parameters updated

Mc7F

Create update

T.code MC24

Activate the update

T.code OMO1

Create planning Hierarchy

T.code: MC61/62

Maintain planning type

. T.Code: MC8A/B

Created the product allocation plan for required quantity  through MC94 IN spite of reserving stock as shown against the product allocation material specific and customer specific product allocation is not  worked and the regular Atp check allocated stock to some other customer when created  SO.

Thanks for your help in advance

Srini

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Srini,

Please check if availability check is activated in the application (T-code BF11).

Since you say that the availability check is not working, I assume that you mean that the requirement type is not getting determined in the sales order-procurement tab. There are two ways in which the requirement type is determined in the sales order:

(1) Item category-MRP type combination. The path is IMG-Sales & Distribution-basic functions-availability check and transfer of requirements-determination of transaction types using transaction

(2) Through the strategy group in the MRP3 view of the material master.

Also, please check if the availability check field (material master-MRP3) has the correct value. It needs to have the correct checking group value.

The combination of checking group and checking rule is used to carry out control for availability check (T-code: OVZ9). This is an extremely important setting.

Basically, carry out the following checks:

* Availability check field in the material master-MRP3 tab

* Checking rule- if it is correctly determined in the sales order

* OVZ9 settings

Please do let me know if this helps.

Regards,

Sumita Mittra

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Sumitra,

Thanks a lot for your quick response!

Actually to say availability check is working but not product allocation.

I checked the settings in Material master MRP 3 view for strategy group  and it is 40.

Availability check is 02 assigned. OVZ9 settings are assigned correctly 02-A- SD Order.

Not knowing what is preventing to reserve the stock against product allocation!

Do you or any one know where to see the product allocation stock?

Best Regards& Thanks a lot for your help!

Srini

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Another update.

I checked through MC9C For product allocation quantity which I entered through mc94 is not getting stored/updated. is there any reason why the quantities are not updated.

Please help us this is urgent!!!

Thanks

Srini

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Srini,

There is a host of settings that need to be maintained under availability check & trf of requirements-availability check-availability check against product allocation.

Please ensure that all the settings are maintained.

Ensure that the infostructure is in active status.

Also, please maintain settings in MC7F (set planning method) for the infostructure.

You need to also activate product allocation in the requirement class and schedule line categories.

With the above settings, product allocation should work.

Please let me know if it works.

Regards,

Sumita

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Srini,

In MC94, you would see two options. One for active version and the other for inactive version. Please try saving your product allocation quantity by selecting the inactive version. The version would get selected as 000 (actual data) and the plan would be saved under the version 000.

Regards,

Sumita

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Sumita,

I tried all. Now the situation is...

As per SAP we developed our own formula's and assigned to incoming order quantities and product allocation quantities (These two we made as key fields) remaining all are equal to s140 structure.

Now the issue is when ever we place an order on any customer, incoming order quantity as well as product allocation quantity are equally updating in table s994( which is the customized info.structure)

Now my question is why the MC94 active version(000) product allocation quanatity is not updating in the table?

Why the product allocation quantity is updating as equal to incoming order quantity in the info. structure table?

Can you please through some light on this subject and help us?

Thanks a lot for your continued help indeed!!!

Best Regards,

Srinivas

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Sumita,

Thanks a lot for your help. I have checked all the configuration and every thing is ok. We have applied the newly created formula's for the key fields product allocation quantity and incoming order quantity but still product allocation quantity is equally updating  in S994 table. Open order quantity and product allocation quantity both are equally updating as per order item quantity which is wrong.

We have no clue what went wrong. Can you please through some light here?

Also what is the table that update MC94 entries in 000 version?

Thanks a lot

Srinivas

[mafrisoni2022]

Hi!

We also had that same Product Allocation data update problem and we solved it by running the RV80HGEN program.

After that we created an order and it already appeared in the standard table as consumed. I hope this answer is useful for other consultants who have the same problem in the future.

Regards, AlejandraF

[Jelena]

Srini, you've already marked this discussion as answered, so I'm not sure you'd get a response to the further questions. Just thought I'd point this out.

I'm not an expert in any of this, but you can check the info structure update for a sales order in the transaction MCVR. It will show which info structures were updated and how.

MC94 is a general transaction for plan change. The particular table depends on what Planning Type you enter. You can always ask an ABAPer to run SQL trace (ST05) to see what tables are read.

[Former Member]

Hi Jelena,

I am new to forums and I do not know if I click on help ful answer it will set as answered!

Any how thanks a lot for asking me to check the settings.

We are checking it and let you know our findings meanwhile do you know which one will enable

'Product allocation' button in VA01 transaction?

From VA01- create sales order screen, select line item and click on the ATP

Symbol, in the next screen,  click on go to tab,we can see the product allocation.

In my scenario it is grayed out. When this is enabled I think we can see the product allocation quantities.

Thanks

Srinivas

[Jelena]

Discussion is marked as answered when you mark one response as 'correct answer'.

Unfortunately we don't use product allocation here, so I can't tell (I'm just an ABAPer and not an SD consultant actually). You might want to unmark the discussion as answered, if it's still possible. Not many SCN members respond to the closed threads, so you might not get any further replies on this one.