Availability check with cumulative, confirmed quantities

[Former Member]

In the Customizing for checking group we have a column like "Accumul" and we have four options there. They are

0  No cumulation

1  Cumulation of confirmed quantity when created and changed

2  Required quantity when created, no cumulation when changed

3  Required quantity when created, conf. qty when changed

Can any one please explain me what is the difference between each option & when it can be use.

Your earlier help & co-operation will be highly appreciated.

Br,

Nitin M.Pawar

[former_member187488]

Yes, F1 help explains this field very well. It defines during ATP check, which quantity do you want to use for checking -- the required quantity or confirmed quantity. Generally, for all orders, the total required quantiy is equal or bigger than total confirmed quantity.

SAP suggests to use '3' with this setting. In this case, however, you may notice different results between order creation and order change, for example, the required quantity is not confirmed when you create the order in VA01, but when you change the order in VA02, the quantity gets confirmed. This happens when total required quantity is bigger than total confirmed quantity.

[Former Member]

Hi Ada,

Thanks for your reply.

Could you please expalin in case of option '3' with this setting, the required quantity is not confired when you create the order in VA01, but when you change the order in VA02, the quantity gets confirmed.

why system behave like that?

Br,

Nitin M.Pawar

[former_member187488]

One scenario is, if you have some previously created SOs with required quantity not confirmed, and you're creating a new SO now. Generally we expect the SOs that are created first can get confirmed first. In this case, though there's available quantity, the new order won't get confirmed based on required quantity. And the available quantity will get allocated during backorder processing. However, if you want the newly created SO to be confirmed, you can do that manually and explicity in VA02.

[former_member184701]

dear,

you would read sap help under that..just put cursor on the field and hit F1

regards,

p.s. for this particular field sap provides some examples (please use F1)

use t-code OVZ2