Release category

[Former Member]

Hi all,

I released my demand plan to supply network plan,in Release profile i used category FC but no data is shown in SNP planning book,afterwards i used category FA insted of FC this time all my data is shown in my SNP planning book what is the difference between FA and FC .

Is there any specific settings for FA,is there any document please let me know.

Thanks in advance

prabhu

[somnath_manna · Accepted solution]

Prabhu,

In the standard SNP Planning Area 9ASNP02 the Forecast (9ADFCST) keyfigure is assigned category group DF1. Category Group DF1 standard comprises of category FA only (check in SPRO).

On the other hand keyfigure Additional Forecast (9AAFCST) is assigned category group AF1 which has only FC category assigned.

In the standard planning book - Forecast keyfigure is displayed and not Additional Forecast. Hence when you released your forecast as category FC it released successfully (check in Product View /SAPAPO/RRP3) but in Interactive Planning (/SAPAPO/SNP94) there is no keyfigure to display it.

On the other hand when you released your Forecast as category FA it shows up against Forecast keyfigure in the planning area.

Hope this answers your question.

Somnath

[Former Member]

Hi,

Categories serve to group orders according to different kinds of stocks, goods receipts, goods issues and order types. Enter a category that represents orders or forecasts such as FA or FB. The system creates demand orders with reference to the category in the liveCache order area (also called Order liveCache). The category is determined during the release to SNP as follows:

1. Has a category been entered in the release profile? If yes, this category is used.

2. If no, has a category been set in the definition of the requirements strategy in Customizing? (You define the product’s strategy in the Proposed strategy field on the Demand tab page of the product master record.) If yes, this category is used.

3. If no, the category FA (forecasts) is used.

Hope this will be useful for you.

Regards,

A.Fahrudeen