Background jobs deleted when planning version is deleted

[Former Member]

Hi everyone,

We are implementing SAP APO version 4.1. We have the following problem. We have a simulation version used from time to time. When it is not used, it is deleted for performance reasons. However, when we delete planning version, background demand planning jobs (SNP jobs as well) are deleted although we do not want this to happen. Is there any suggestion to overcome this problem?

Thanks in advance. Regards,

Jenny

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Jenny,

It is the standard way that when we delete planning version,

the version dependent objects will get deleted from livecache.

Hence it is advisable to plan standard timings for deletion job

which will not clause with other planning jobs.

If you run both deletion jobs as well as planning jobs, livecache

will be used for both jobs which leads to performance issues.

Regards

R. Senthil Mareeswaran.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Jenny,

As mentioned by R. Senthil Mareeswaran. it is (unfortunately) standard.

The easiest solution in my opinion is to never delete completely a version.

However you can, to reduce the space consume by the version, "reinitialise" it: instead of deleting it, copy back the active version on your simulaiton version but FOR MASTER DATA ONLY.

This way all transactional data are deleted, which save a lot of space.

I think this will also automatically deinitialise the planning area... If not do that to!

Good new: if you do that yur jobs will not be deleted.

Next time you want to use the version, do again a copy, with transactional data!

Ps: your job can be transported from on system to another, so hopfully you haven't lost them all: just transport / reimport the request

good luck

Thanks and Regards

Julien