APO DP CVC

I was unfortunately deleted CVC's related to one customer
could you please let me know how to retrive those combinations, when i checked in the amnage log there i unable to see the detaled data, except the customer no
thanks in advance

Raj,
Since you say that you deleted the CVCs for a particular customer then at least you knoe teh characteristic value for that customer. Try and access data for any cube which you updated recently for DP. It could be teh sales cube, or the backup cube. From here you can generate the CVCs into the list. From there you can use a filter to select the Customer and generate them again. What more, if you have the data backup you can again load the data.
Regards,
Abhi

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APO DP CVC's diappeared

Hi,
The POS, CVC's, Planning area , planning and forecasting e'thing was working.
We performed the Initial/Re-load of Characteristics (Infoobjects) from R/3 and SAP BW.... the Infoobjects like Material, Shipto were re-loaded from SAP BW.
When we go to POS and check the CVC count --> it says 3000 records but when you display the CVC it lists nothing.
when we go to Interactive planning -- see no objects to select for planning.
Not sure what went wrong.. please help!

1) POS and Planning area is active/initialized alreadyu2026 we did not do anything on this.
2) Go to MPOS > RIGHT click> click on check char. combination/ Master data.
Gives a message  u201CThere are no plannable characteristic combinationsu201D
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    When you try to display the CVCu2019s it show no records.
4) /SAPAPO/MC62 (Maintain Characteristic Values)
When you do u201Cselect conditionsu201D to restrict the CVCu2019s selectionu2026. The fields like Material, Ship To display no values for selection when you do F4 and these are the Infoobjects which were re-loaded from BW
Although other fields like Locations, Sold to which were not loaded from BW, on F4 displays values to select.
5)The POS u2013 internally generated cube shows only u201Cplanning object-GUIDu201D exactly same numbers as it shows in CVCu2019s but when you try to display other fields ..it shows no records in the Cube
6)To view the CVCu2019s I tried to put * in the selection criteria to check but it still so no records
7) /SAPAPO/SDP94 - Interactive Demand Planning
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So the system shows the number of combinations for CVCu2019s but Actually it does not show CVCu2019s and in Interactive planning it does not show the plannable objects.
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Standard Concepts: CVC and POS in APO

Hello All,
please con anybody explain me these standards concepts in APO: CVC and POS, in detail what is the links between these 2 concepts?
my client has given me a brief explanation that CVC is master data of DP, and POS is the principle structure where is based DP and contain the CVC.
is not clear for me these concepts and how should i do to control on the system these informations and the links.
thanks a lot
Bilal

Bilal,
Firstly refer to :
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_scm50/helpdata/en/8f/9d6937089c2556e10000009b38f889/frameset.htm
Now, let me try and explain to you briefly.
Consider a table. A table has a certain structure. This structure is defined by its fields. For instance a table for sales orders will have SO Number, Sold to Party, Ship to Party, Reference PO, Delivery Date etc... These fields, constitute the structure. Then there rae records. For the sales order table a record will be
So number=100001
Sold to Party = ABC
Ship to Party = XYZ etc
This is a record.
Now try to draw an analogy with POS. The Master Planning Object structure constitutes a structure. You assign characteristics to an MPOS, which are equivalent to teh fields in the table. For instance the standard DP MPOS 9ADPBAS conatins the follwoing characteristics:
9ABRAND     Brand
9ALOCNO     APO Location
9ALOCTO     APO Destinatn Loc.
9AMATNR     APO Product
9AVKORG     Sales Organization
This structure is called the MPOS. It defines the lowest level at which data is storeed and planned.
Now draw an analogy of teh table records to the CVC. A characteristic value combination is a record with values assigned to the characteristics of the MPOS. For instance one CVC could be:
9ABRAND     PEPSI
9ALOCNO     NEW YORK
9ALOCTO     PARIS
9AMATNR     PEPSI CAN 330 ML
9AVKORG     001
This is ONE CVC. similarl;y for the same MPOS you can have another CVC:
9ABRAND     PEPSI
9ALOCNO     NEW DELHI
9ALOCTO     BANGALORE
9AMATNR     PEPSI PET 500 ML
9AVKORG     002
Similarly you can have thousands of CVCs for the same POS.
So, MPOS is nothing but just the structure which defines what are the plannable characteristics. CVCs are records, or values assigned to MPOS characteristics...
MPOS: /sapapo/msdp_admin
CVC: /sapapo/mc62
I have tried to draw an analogy so that you understand better. hope this helps.
I would sugegst you to purchase "Supply Chain Planning in SAP SCM by Jorg Dickersback. Its an awesome book for starters.
Abhi

Taking long time to load from the planning area to the cube since cvc big?

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Hi Pooja,
15K is not huge at all. We have worked with 50k and still managed do the extract into cube in about an hours time.
Pls help me understand a few things, so that we can help you better.
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2) Number of Periods?
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How to pass back results of gATP from APO to R/3

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we're currently working on a gATP implementation and face following open challenges for which we kindly ask you for your valuable support:
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Dear Mohan,
thanks for your reply.
We actually use the functionality you described already for passing the required additional information from R/3 to APO. What we're currently searching, is a solution to pass back results (such as the allocated CVC or additional information from APO) from APO back to R/3 and store it there in VBAP-appends.
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Issue in new macro calculating values in time series in CVC

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Anjali,
...but other than the DP-BOM specific characteristics, these POS are identical...why should I need to utilize a user exit to map them?
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Use of storage bucket profile in APO DP

I'm trying to clarify the sizing implications of using various buckets in the APO DP storage buckets profile.
Suppose I have a storage bucket profile 1 consisting of calendar weeks and days, and a profile 2 consisting of weeks only.
What will be the relative database/memory sizing resulting from these 2 profiles?
Thanks for any advice...

Hi,
As our other friends have mentioned here, just having a storage bucket profile doesnt consume memory, however let us assume you have generated time series objects based on these storage bucket profile, the following example will highlight the memory usage.
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Use of planning characteristics in APO DP

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In my planning object structure I have the following planning characteristics:
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As I see things, I have two alternatives for the extraction of 'product group':
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2. Model the product group as an attribute (display) of the product InfoObject, maintain this attribute as part of APO master data, and then read the product group from the product master data when I extract the despatch data from ECC.
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Thanks, Bob Austin

Bob
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Can anyone give good examples of where 2 grids have been found to be useful?
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Bob Austin

The definition of two grids in a data view (not sure if you mean that by planning book view) is only possible when creating a data view for the first time. Once a data view is created you cannot add the second grid as the Table 2 option is grayed out under Title section of Data View tab.
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Use of navigation attributes in APO DP

I am trying to clarify how navigation attributes compare with full planning characteristics in APO DP (V5).
In general, I know that navigation attributes are used for selection and navigation in APO DP.
But suppose I have a navigation attribute called 'product type' for planning characteristic 'product'. Isn't it also possible to forecast and make adjustments at the 'product type' level.
If the answer is yes, what is the real difference between the use of navigation attributes and planning characteristics?
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just a little more detail on the difference between nav attributes and planning char
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Bw-apo consultant roles n responsibilities?

hi,
i am a bw consultant.i just want to know what are the roles n responsibilities of a bw-apo consultant.

Hello PADMAVIJAYA M,
I am in a similar role right now. In this role, you might be in charge of any of the following:
1) Design and implementation of components for extraction of data from source systems and loading of data into APO structures. For example, in APO Demand Planning, sales history is retrieved from a source system (e.g. SAP ERP, Oracle, Flat File) and then placed into a temporary InfoCube in the APO server. The data from this InfoCube is then used to load data into the DP Planning Area. It can also be used to generate Characteristic Value Combinations (CVCs).
2) Design and implementation of components for extraction of data from APO structures (and then loading that elsewhere). For example, in APO Demand Planning, you will be in charge of extracting data from the Planning Area (using the datamart interface) and then processing that (e.g. aggregating/disaggregating the data into the required hierarchy level) or loading that to an external BW server (e.g. an Enterprise DW).
3) Reporting (i.e. using BeX)
For example, you might be asked to design reports in BeX that for example, might compute the discrepancy of the sales history VS the forecast..
There is usually a large volume of data that comes from APO and we have to make sure we manage the performance aspects.
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Updating of data in APO DP - what is 'best practice'?

I am using APO DP V5.
I am using XI as an integration broker to receive data from external sources which is to be loaded into APO DP.
There are of course different ways of doing this, for example:
1. From XI, pass an XML message which then loads a delta queue in APO BW, loads an InfoCube, which is then used to load data into an APO planning area
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Hi Bob,
I do not have experience in SCM 5.0 and XI but shall give my views from general experience.
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Hi Suresh,
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Edited by: karan s on Apr 3, 2008 8:58 PM
Edited by: karan s on Apr 3, 2008 8:59 PM

Hi karan
have you loaded the data from APO cube into the Planning book with TSCUBE ? you can add this step in your process chain also.
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