Alternative iteam group

how to create an alternative iteam group for the bom .
what is the use of it

Hi
You can go through the following notes which is self explanatory.
Alternative item: group
Consolidation of alternative items within a BOM. Every material in the assembly can be included in the alternative item group.
Use
As soon as you enter an alternative item group, you see an additional dialog box with the following data: ranking order, strategy, usage probability.
You can maintain alternative items in the following situations:
Alternative positions with specific usage probability
These alternative items are incorporated with a specific usage probability. Enter the usage probability for each alternative item in the group, so that:
dependent requirements are determined in requirements planning
dependent requirements are changed to a reservation in the production order
Alternative positions as information
You can enter an alternative item for information purposes. This item would then, for example, only be taken into account in situations involving missing parts.
As there should be neither dependent requirements nor a reservation for this item, enter no usage probability.
Procedure
Enter the same character string to denote the alternative items of an alternative item group.
Enter the same strategy for all alternative items in the alternative item group.
Dependencies
Alternative items are valuated in the following way:
Dependent requirements determination
Requirements planning determines the dependent requirements according to the usage probabilities that have been entered.
If the usage probability is 0%, then no procurement is planned for the item. For information purposes, however, dependent requirements with 0 as quantity are created.
Withdrawal posting
You can control the withdrawal posting for the resevation in the production order in the following way:
Withdrawal according to usage probability (manual change is possible)
Withdrawal if there is 100% availability
Pl. try in these lines .
If you still have problem pl. get back.
Regards
YMREDDY

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We have created BOM with all the substitution materials which can be used at the time of Production.
We have utilised the Alternative item group for this. When i look at BOM for a material say X using CS03 i can see the Alternative Item group. But when i explode the BOM using CS11 i cannot see the alternative item group in it.
The scenario in details is :
For the header material X i have X1,as component with different change numbers and unique validity dates and this component is seen in 3 lines in BOM with alternative item groups against it.
Now when i explode the BOM using CS11 i can see X1 component with alternative group for only 2 line items.
We are in ECC6.0 version, can i ask you whether there is any patch or oss note to be applied.I have tried searching OSS notes but couldnt find them
Please advice as this is of very high importance.
Thanking you
Regards
Raj Kiran

Dear Raj,
What I wanted to confirm from you is ,after executing CS11--->
Changing Layout -
> Selecting Alternative Item group,
priority,Usage probablitity,the values are not shown in the field
properly though they are actually present in the BOM?
So enter the proper valid from dates in CS11(Select the date
on which the alternative item group is active) & also alternative
BOM number properly.
So go ahead as I suggested and even after entering the proper
valid from dates,Alt.BOM---changing layout ,if its not giving
proper results,then go for checking OSS notes.
This is with respect to ECC 6.0.
Check & revert back.
Regards
Mangal

Bom alternative item group

Hello Experts,
I have one issue in BOM alternative item group I have made the settings as below.
Material 1     AltItemGroup         01
                     Priority                                  1
                     Strategy             2 100% check
                   Usage prob.         100
Material 2     AltItemGroup                      01
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For Material 2 required bill of material quantity is 65 MT
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Hi Ganesh,
Pl. make the following settings:
Material 1 AltItemGroup 01
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Material 2 AltItemGroup 01
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Usage prob. 0
The strategy 2 will automatically handle the situation when Material 1 is not available and 2 is available.
Pl. test & revert. It will work as per your requirements
Regards,
HKV...

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user633278 wrote:
It is a general question rather than asking for actual help to an SQL query. My question is whether there is an alternative to GROUP BY and MAX when the cost is high?Sometimes you can quickly get a MAX value of a certain column by using an index.
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You can also write it like this:
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HI,
You need to use the SORT and Internal Table Events ..
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but when I try applying a simple group by it affects the performance of the query.If you could show us the query + execution plan with and without the group by, we could have suggestions...
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Alternative for group by

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Alberto Faenza wrote:
Is there any reason why you don't want to use group by or just your curiosity to find alternatives?Simple case would be: "I need to select everything from account table where account has multiple products". And between:
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FROM YOUR_TABLE
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Alternative item group bom

Hi All,
Is there any way we can differentiate between the primary material and secondary material using alternative item in bom
I know we have usage probability strategy ranking in alternative group but i guess they dont specify which one is primary and which one is secondary material
any suggestions would be highly appreciated
Thanks
shaiil

Usage probability is for MRP run.
Priority is the order in which stock is checked in order to reserve.
if either 100% of A or 100% of B can fulfill the demand then it will pick that component based on priority (A first, B second).
Let us make it a little bit more detailed.
Component A
Priority 1
Strategy 2 ( 100 %)
Usage prob. 30
Qty reqd in BOM : 20 EA
Component B
Priority 2
Strategy 2 ( 100 %)
Usage prob. 70
Qty reqd in BOM : 10 EA
If Available stock
A: 20
B: 10
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If Available stock
A: 4
B: 6
(After MRP run)
pur req for A: 2 EA and
pur req for B: 1 EA
If Available stock
A: 0
B: 0
(After MRP run)
pur req for A: 6 EA and
pur req for B: 7 EA
If either 100% of A or 100% of B cannot fulfill the requirement then MRP run will look at the usage probability and generate purchase orders based on the probability and available stock.
But you want to purchase either component A or component B (according your requirement where you want to make one of them primary) It makes little sense to set one at 30% and other 70% so you set that component usage probability for primary as 100% and rest of the components in the group 0 so that pur reqs are generated only for the primary.
Example you always want the system to look for A if it's in stock and can fulfill demand but you always want to purchase B first, so you set priority 1 for A and probability 0 and usage probability 100 and priority 2 for B
Edited by: Jeevan Sagar on Oct 13, 2011 4:47 PM
Edited by: Jeevan Sagar on Oct 13, 2011 5:13 PM

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Hi Sylvain,
The use case is something like this :
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Count(1) returns null in group by

hi gems..good afternoon..
I read that the COUNT() function always returns 0 (zero) if there is no matching rows in the table.
The following code returns the 0 as expected:
SELECT COUNT(1) FROM book_table
             WHERE client_id = 10009
               AND book_id = 5465465
               AND book_sub_id = 'gfdf'
               AND amount = 78686But when I used the GROUP BY clause with the query, then it returned nothing:
SELECT COUNT(1) FROM book_table
             WHERE client_id = 10009
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group by client_id,book_id,book_sub_id,amountWhy this is happening..please suggest...

gogol wrote:
But Ranit...
Again I am thinking...the COUNT() is an aggregate function. Now a function should return something(as per my plsql knowledge) and in this case the return datatype is integer. So why isnt it returning zero..Don't think like that sandy.
The Group By is actually done on an empty result set, so the result is neither 0 nor NULL
It is an empty result set.
Check this -- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2552086/does-count-always-return-a-result
>
The "return value of the 'count' function" is ALWAYS a non-null integer, without exception. By mentioning "group by", you're referencing the containing query and changing the subject of "return value" from "count function" to "query's result set". A non-grouped count query produces a result set of a single record containing the return value of count. Alternatively, a grouped count query produces a result set where each record contains a count value. In that case, if there are no groups for count to run on, count is never run and the "query return value" is an empty set.
>
Hope this Helps.
Ranit B.
Edited by: ranit B on Nov 23, 2012 5:25 PM

Alternative item with follow-up material

Hi,
I have a finished product X for that component A-1 pc and B-1 pc is required.
Now A cannot be used in next year thatu2019s why my client wants 1) to issue 2 pcs of A instead of A-1pc and B-1 pc until the stock of A is available. 2) If the stock for A is not available then only it goes for B.
1) I have used alternative item grp with priority: 1, strategy : 2, usage probability 200% for A and priority: 2, strategy : 1, usage probability 0% for B
System issues 2 pc of A only
2) Also maintained follow up material as B so if there is any shortage for A then system is looking for B.
Problem is with the above setting the follow up material and alternative item is not working together. System issues only 1 pc of A if I maintained B as follow up material. If I maintain only alternate item then it issues 2 pc of A but at the same time it will not check B if any shortage occur.
Pls help.

Hi,
[Kindly check this link |http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/a0/1016bd4c8311d189520000e829fbbd/frameset.htm] which has information of the below.
Alternative item group
You can only define discontinuation data for a stock item or variable-size item that is not assigned to an alternative item group.
Once you have maintained discontinuation data for an item, you can no longer assign the item to an alternative item group.
reg
dsk

Creation of alternative material in production

Dear folks,
I have following requirements:
Customer orders Material A and for some reason (e.g. low stocks), the mrp controller decides to produce an alternative material (B) which is
equal to Material A. This also counts for planned independent requirements.
How can I maintain this in SAP? I tried to use alternative item group in the BOM, but this does not solve my requirement, since this is just a function to assign an alternative BOM position for Material A. I really need to assign an alternative material on header level.
The assignment has to take place before actual production. We cannot use Material Determination (SD) - Transaction VB11.
Any ideas? Is this something we have to develop?
Kind regards,
Peter

Hi Peter,
Check these links for discontinuation parts:
Discontinued Parts - Material Requirements Planning (PP-MRP) - SAP Library
Concept of Discontinuation Data - Material Master and BOM
Regards,
Anupam Sharma

Alternative item in BOM

Hi Experts,
I have a scenario. A is a FG and X and Y are the child items. We want to use X or Y is a alternative items in the BOM. i.e If X is available in the system, system backflush the quantity from X and if X is not there system backflush the quantity from Y. And if X is available in partial quantity, sytem backflush first quantity of X and then balance Qty from Y. Priority given to X is 1 and to Y is 2.
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GR

Hi G R,
Find below an example from a forum member - Mr. Mangalraj, i think it is one of the best ones to help understand the concept & usage. If after reading it, you need any more info revert.
Regards,
Vivek
Eg:
If there's a material Alt2 which can be used instead of a material called Alt1,now we will first form an Alternative item group using this 2 material.It can be more than 2 materials also.
Now in our case after u enter Alt1 as the line item for a HALB or FERT,select that entire row and click on Item details or Press F7.In Item data screen,in the bottom under general data u can find the field for Alternative item group.
Click that and enter the values as follows
A-Alt Item Group
2- Priority
2- Strategy
70% - Usage probability ,now come back.
Now enter Alt2 as the line item and after that as i said select that row & press F7.
Click on Alt.Item group button and enter the values.
A,
1,
2,
30%.Now save.
Now let's assume this BOM is used for a HALB.Let's assume 10 quantity is mentioned in the BOM for each of this line item.
Now if there's PIR for say 100 quantity
After running MRP for the HALB the requirements will be seen as Alt1 700 required & Alt2 300 required.
Here for the planning Only Usage Probability comes into picture.
When you are doing the production booking for making 100 quantities,the system shows 1000 quantity of Alt1 and no Alt2 will be seen in good's movement's screen.
Now the priority comes into picture,as we have given priority as 1 to Alt1 the systems proposes 1000 quantity of Alt1.
So while planning Only usage probability is considered and requirements fallas as per that.
While doing Production booking priority comes into picture.
So Here as we have maintained priority 1 and strategy as 2 for Alt1,the systems proposes 1000 quantity of Alt1.
If your strategy is then the planning & production will be as per the usage probability.
Second case:
If for Alt1 A & for Alt2- A
2 1
2 1
70% 30%
Planning will be 700 & 300 of Alt1 & Alt2.
But for production booking 1000 & 300 of Alt1 , Alt2 will be proposed by the system.Because For Alt1 though the priority is 2,but its strategy is 2.
For Alt2 priority1 but strategy is 1(Manual maintenance).

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i just came to know about a query which will avoid group by function,
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from <table_name>
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cheere

Hi
Analytic functions are not alternative for group by.
Analytic functions are the last set of operations performed in a query except for the
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see this example from oracle documentation
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manager that are equal to or less than the current salary. You can see that Raphaely and Cambrault have the same cumulative total. This is because Raphaely and Cambrault have the identical salaries, so Oracle adds together their salary values and applies the same cumulative total to both rows.
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RANGE UNBOUNDED PRECEDING) l_csum
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100 Fripp 8200 36400
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100 Errazuriz 12000 80900
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149 Hutton 8800 39000
149 Abel 11000 50000
201 Fay 6000 6000
205 Gietz 8300 8300
King 24000 24000
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Whenever the order_by_clause results in identical
values for multiple rows, the function returns the same result for
each of those rows
ITS THE CUMULATIVE SUM HERE.
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Alternative Item Strategy 2

Hi,
We use Alternative Item Group to automatically select items of phantom assemblies with 100% availability, during process order release.
In the item detail screen of the phantom material's BOM, Strategy is 2 and priorities are assigned to components.
In Customizing OPJK, "Check material availability when saving order" is selected.
Component check type is ATP check.
This Phantom material is used twice in the BOM explosion of the finished product.
However, when the finished product's order is released, item withdrawal quantities for the phantom is determined according to priorities (which is true) for one and determined according to usage probabilities for the other.
Any ideas on how to fix it?
Thanks in advance.
Edited by: Deniz Ozgenc on Dec 24, 2009 5:03 PM

Purna,
This is not possible in standard SAP. SAP has provided only two options for this. The one which you explained and the other in which you define the percentage of usage probability.
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