GATP: Product allocation with SD Scheduling Agreements ?

Hello experts,
we want to use Product allocation in APO-GATP (SCM5.0 SP13) to do shipping capacity leveling. The location is fulfilling following DocTypes :
SD Sales Orders
SD Scheduling Agreements
MM Stocktransfers
Does somebody know if SD Scheduling Agreements can be used with GATP product allocation ? I'm asking since this document type is NOT supported for Rules-Based-ATP (substitution etc.) for example.
Thanks
Thomas Schulze

Hi Thomas,
Just have a look into the SAP Help:
Check Against Product Allocations
You can use the check against product allocations in SAP APO for the following documents:
·         Sales orders
·         Sales scheduling agreements
·         Free-of-charge deliveries
·         Stock transport orders
-> Yes, Scheduling Agreements can be checked against Prodcut allocations !
best regards,
Michael

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1./sapapo/ac42-This report is helpful but this has 2 issues.
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