LiveCache anchor could not be found with the DP BOM

Question

Hi Users,
I have a com error when trying to call up the child products in a planning book that is linked to a BOM POS.
I've chceked the CVC's and BOM information and this all appeard to be okay. I've created the TSO (without deleting the old one), run the consistency checks /SAPAPO/PSTRUCONS, /SAPAPO/TSCONS and /SAPAPO/OM17 but still  no joy.
After running the consistency check for the TSO (with repair ticked) the are a lot of "No live cache anchors found" errors that don't get fixed. These appear to be all of the BOM products that error.
What other options do I have to create the livecache for these info objects. I'm REALLY stuck with this and would appreciate any help. I don't want to delete the TSO and loose data in livecache.
Thanks
Paul

Answer 1

Paul
Take a look at the SAP "Manage Demand Planning in SAP APO (3.x) / mySAP SCM (4.x, 5.0)" Best Practice for Solution Management document.
It says
Adapt Time Series for New Characteristic Combinations with report
/SAPAPO/TS_LCM_PLOB_DELTA_SYNC. For example, if you create a new characteristic
combination without the option 'Create time series objects' (see transaction /SAPAPO/MC62),
you get the error u201CNo liveCache anchor foundu201D when selecting this characteristic combination.
In this case, execute report /SAPAPO/TS_LCM_PLOB_DELTA_SYNC for the basis planning
object structure of the planning area. This creates the corresponding liveCache anchors and
liveCache time series for all planning areas that use this basis planning object structure and
for all versions of these planning areas for which time series objects already exist.
/SAPAPO/TS_REALIGNMENT cannot work without the liveCache anchors. So before
executing realignment (or if missing liveCache anchors are reported), run report
/SAPAPO/TS_LCM_PLOB_DELTA_SYNC. Mark the option display error log to get a log in
case of unsuccessful execution. See also SAP Notes 492399 and 573127.
If necessary, you can determine and repair inconsistencies for the planning area by executing
report /SAPAPO/TS_LCM_CONS_CHECK and choosing the Repair option (see Maintenance
of DP Data Storage Structures). For details, see SAP Note 402046.
In another section it also says
Delete Time Series and Time Bucket Profiles having no liveCache Anchors with report
/SAPAPO/TS_LCM_REORG. This report is supplied with SAP Note 542946, SP 22 (for APO
3.0), and SP 10 (for APO 3.1) u2013 see SAP Note 425825. The report determines all liveCache
time series and time buckets profiles from a selected planning version that do not have any
'liveCache anchors', independently of planning areas. These objects do not refer to the
application data so they are not inconsistent, but they are unnecessary and consume
liveCache memory. It may be sufficient to run the report approximately once a month.
If you have selected the 'Repair' option, any such unnecessary objects are deleted.
Caution: When you run report /SAPAPO/TS_LCM_REORG, no other processes for a
planning area with key figures based on liveCache time series should be allowed to run with
the same planning version. Otherwise, liveCache objects that are still required by the other
parallel process may be recognized as unnecessary and even deleted. For this reason, we
recommend that you always run the report with the option 'Lock planning version'. In this case,
all planning areas that use the planning version to be checked are locked for the relevant
version. If you cannot activate the lock, report execution is interrupted and a list of system
users is displayed, showing users who have already set a change lock for the planning
version.
I dont know if this helps. But might be worth a try.
Rishi Menon