Product Allocation question

Hi all,
My client is looking to implement product allocation and would like to know the difference in the functionality as available in R3 and the one offered by GATP. Would be great if you can let me know.
Regards
Praveen.

Hi praveen,
Look into the threads.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/93/744d05546011d1a7020000e829fd11/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_scm50/helpdata/en/98/5ad83738c11613e10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm
might be helpful.

Similar Messages

Issue with Product Allocation Scenario

I am Trying out Product Allocation in APO (SCM 5.0).
Relevant setup in SPRO - Product Allocation Object, Group, Procedure, Sequence etc., Planning Object Structure, Planning Area, CVC generation, Connection between Planning Area and Product Allocation object in GATP, assignment in Location Product Master (at Customer Location) Product Allocation Procedure, Check mode, ATP Group has been done in APO.
After entering data in appropriate keyfigures (Allocated Qty) it shows up under GATP>> Reporting >> Product Allocations >> Time Series per CVC
Have carried out ATP Simulation to check that for a given product at Customer the Product Allocation against a Required Quantity takes place correctly.
Now trying to carry out the Product Allocation check by creating a Sales Order in ECC. In that case during the material availability check screen in APO, the product allocation does not show up.
I believe it is related to master data settings for the product in ECC. My questions are as follows:
1. In ECC the product exists at the manufacturing plant only (and not at customer as in APO). There in MRP3 tab Strategy Group is maintained. Is this along with Availability Check field responsible for determining the check instruction (combination of check mode + business event) in APO for the Product Allocation check.
2. If so (which I guess it is) I can see the check instruction picked up in APO while creation of sales order in ECC is different from the check instruction I ran simulation with. How can I ensure the same check instruction is chosen (in which case I believe the availability check result will be same as the ATP Simulation carried out in APO).
3. In APO I ran simulation for the product at customer location (and maintained the required ATP settings in the product master). In case of Sales Order creation in ECC how does system pick up the Check Mode and Business Event for the product (having Sold-to as customer and Supply Plant as the plant code) and use it in APO.
4. Any other setting/configuration that is missed causing this behaviour.
I guess some of the questions is a bit hazy but I would appreciate if someone can outline the Product Allocation Scenario. I am trying out based on Building Block S59 Demand Planning for Product Allocation but of course it does not detail out enough.
Disclaimer: My knowledge of GATP is almost nil but am exploring.
Thanks,
Somnath

Hi Somnath,
It will be a pleasure to help you out.
Firstly I will list out all the steps which I can think of:
(1) R3-You have moved all the ATP customizing from R3 to APO via ATP integration model.
(2) APO- goto SPRO>APO>GATP>General Settings>Maintain Check Instructions
Here go to Check Mode- 041 and Business Event- A and maintain the following settings manually in development and migrate it all the way to Production
I am assuming here that you want to first do an allocation check and then availability check**
Product Allocation: Change from NO CHECK to First Check
Product Check: Change from First Check to Second Check
This check mode and business event is the most common one which is triggered while placing a sales order
See the following blog for DETERMINATION OF CHECK MODE
http://solution-timezone-issue.blogspot.com/
There might be other check modes( 030, 050) which might also require this change. However you can judge that while placing a sales order and when you go to the availability screen, You have the tab - SCOPE OF CHECK CONTROL where you can see the Check Mode + Business Event
Following guidelines can be used to modify Check Instrctions after Customizing Import from R/3
1. Business Event A* is Sales Order Entry (The main scope of GATP) so define check instructions for all check modes since it is not possible to identify the requirement class that may come over on an order. For Business Event A* if availability check was being done in R3, then define check instructions with Allocation as first step, then Availability check as second step. Else if no availablity check in R3 then define check instructions with no availability and no allocation checks.
2. Business Event B* is normally for deliveries but is also required for Rush Sales Orders. An R/3 configuration showed that 041 is the only requirement class that will come across for this business event. Hence defined only for 041 check mode. For Business Event B* if availability check was being done in R3, then define check instructions with Allocation as first step, then Availability check as second step. Else if no availablity check in R3 then define check instructions with no availability and no allocation checks.
3. Business Event 03 required for Inventory Transaction availability check such as MB1C. For such transactions, the APO Product Master Check Mode is used. Hence check instructions for all Check Modes are maintained. For Business Event 03 if availability check was being done in R3, then define check instructions with Availability check as first step. Else if no availablity check in R3 then define check instructions with no availability checks.
(3) Maintain the Product Alllocation Procedure:
a- Create a Product Alloc Object -- Example: PAO-001
In this step, we define the product allocations objects - product allocations are saved per object for a characteristics combination in the product allocation group.
Product Allocation Procedures can be used to maintain different Product Allocation Objects for different time validity periods.
Generally Product Allocation Objects are used to model the different reasons for the need for allocation material shortage, capacity constraint, etc.
b- Product Alloc Group--PAO-1234
A product allocation group defines a group of characteristics against which allocation checking is done.
 Creating a Product Allocation Group creates a characteristics directory in the APO database and an area in Live Cache where the key figures are maintained.
 If Check Planning Area is set to No then allocation and incoming order quantitiy data can be seen in table /SAPAPO/QTTAB. If the Check Planning Area is set to Yes then no data is stored in this table and the allocation check is done directly against the data in the Planning area.
 Detials of allocationconsumption by sales orders are maintained in table /SAPAPO/QTVB in APO and in QTVB in R/3.
If Check Planning Area is set to Yes and if there are users are in the change mode in the Planning Book, Sales Order Entry can get locked out.
If Check Planning Area is initially set to yes and then deactivated later you will no longer see data in /SAPAPO/AC42.
Settings:
Check Planning Area Yes. The reason being that users are not expected to lock planning books as they would be defaulted into the display mode (through a development object). Also most allocation uploads will be through batch jobs. Setting it to Yes reduces one step of moving data between the planning area and the allocation group.
Check Date - Material Availability Date. Consumption of allocation quantity and checking of available allocation quantities is determined by the check date.
Time Bucket Profile Week
Characteristics Product Allocation Object (1), Product (2), Plant(3), Customer(4)
Consumption Period Bwd Consumption 1
Meaning that first the order will consume from current week allocation and then go 1 week backward to consume.
c- Product Allocation Procedure --- PAO-4567
Step Sequence:
Step -
Step Name- -
Prod Alloc Group -
Wild card
1 First Step PAO-1234 9
Alloc Procudure - PAO-4567
Prod Alloc Step -1
Control
Valid from -
Valid to---- -
Object -
Active -
Factor
 12/31/2037 PAO-001 Check the Box 1
d- Maintain Connection to Planning Area (APO)
In this step, we maintain the assignment of the planning area to the product allocation group. We must make this assignment because characteristics of the product allocation group have different names from the info objects of the planning area.
All characteristics of a product allocation group must be assigned to an info object. But multiple info objects can be assigned to one info object. It is not always necessary to assign every info object to a characteristic. It is possible for aggregation and disaggregation (depending on the direction of transfer) to take place with info objects that are not assigned.
Product Alloc Group -
Planning Area -
Version -
Time Buckets
PAO-1234 xxxxx 000 W
Characteristic
KONOB - Prod Alloc Obj
MATNR --- Material
WERK -
Plant
XXXXX---- Customer
Key Figures
Order Qty - AMENGE
Alloc Qty - KCQTY
e- Check the Product Alloc Settings
This is only a check- Everything should be green and OK .
(4) You have planned the Characteristic Combination on which you want to do ALLOCATION.
Create a new POS- Which has your chracateristics as PRODUCT, PLANT,CUSTOMER, Product Alloc Object ( 9AKONOB)
Planning Area,- Key figures required are Alloc Qty, Order Qty( Sales Order Qty)
PLannig Book, Data View which has the following characteristics- Product, PLant
Assuming you are allocating at the following CVC level- Product, PLant,Customer
Step 1:
/n/sapapo/MC62-Create Time Series- Basicallly your CVCs -
Example: Product 1234, Plant INDIA, CUstomer WALKART
Step 2:
Move Characteristic Values Combination to Allocation Group (APO)
/SAPAPO/ATPQ_PAREA_K
INput :
Planning Area: xxxx
Prod Alloc Group: PAO-1234
(5) In the INtegration MOdel - Activate the ATP CHECK Integration model for the Plant and material
THis is the KEY which decides whether availability should be done in R3 or APO
Material Active in the integration model -- Means Availability( GLOBAL AVAILABILITY: Prod Alloc+Prod Availability) is done in APO
Material not active in the integration model --- Means Availability Check is done in R3
(6) APO MASTER DATA SETTINGS:
Material Master: On the ATP Tab, Assign Loc Dep Procedure ( Prod Alloc Procedure)
Location Master: Calendar Tab> Create a shipping time stream calendar
Additional Info: Please contact your R3-SD people as this involves a lot of understanding and I have not listed all the details here.
This config shown here is a very basic one which not even 25% of the companies might be using.
If you have any questions on this part- please see my business card and email me**
(7) SCHEDULING: This is a major task which determines the route and transit times for calculating the
Material Availability date
Goods Issue Date
Delivery Date
on the sales order line item- schedule line
I dont know whether you need info on this**There are many ways of doing this
a- Configurable Scheduling
b- COndition records
c- User Exit
You can find documentation in SPRO or else let me know*
For simplicity- Let me take the easiest to create and difficult to maintain master data- Condition Records
Step1 --Define Field Catalog for Condition Table (APO)
/SAPCND/AU01
Require Plant and Route defined here in the field catalog
Step 2- Define Condition Table for Scheduling (APO)
/SAPCND/AU03
Create a new table- 901
901 - Pick Time based on Route with key as Route
902- Route Time based on route
Step 3- Maintain Access for Scheduling (APO)
/SAPCND/AU07
Take the important ones- PICK and TRAN
I am assuming again as I dont know what kind of Scheduling is maintained on R3 Side. Mostly 80% companies have only two lead times- Pick and Route Transit time.**
PICK- Select pick and click on accesses > Acno-10-- Table-901
 >> Then save it > and go in again
Select PICK and click on Fields> A popup will appear > Enter the access sequence as PICK--- Enter the access as 10 and click on the GREEn ARROW and save it
TRAN- Select TRAN and click on accesses > Acno-10-- Table-902
 >> Then save it > and go in again
Select TRAN and click on Fields> A popup will appear > Enter the access sequence as TRAN--- Enter the access as 10 and click on the GREEn ARROW and save it
Now coming to maintaining the Condition records in APO EASY ACCESS
/SAPCND/AU11
Create SCheduling Step for PICK : Enter condition type- PICK
Enter Route- USCAN --- Duration -24:00 (Hrs)
Create SCheduling Step for TRAN: Enter condition type- TRAN
Enter Route- USCAN --- Duration -48:00 (Hrs)
Now Let me answer your questions:
(1) Question 1- In ECC the product exists at the manufacturing plant only (and not at customer as in APO).
I did not undertsand what you mean here. As we can create a Material at the following locations in APO( Dist Center(DC), Manu Plant(PL), Cusomter, Vendor, etc)
For GATP all we need is the material at a PLant location
STrategy Group on MRP3 tab: This is purely used for determining the CHECK MODE value on APO Product Master.
When this is blank on R3, the check mode will be blank on APO.
However SAP recommends Putting in a strategy group value on R3 Material Master
or
a default Check MOde value for all those Products who have blank check mode- 041 is the best value * This piece SAP hasnt recommended but I found that there is No harm in anyway and it is MANDATORYfor inventory transactions like GOODS ISSUE otherwise you will get a QUEUE in SYSFAIL **
Even if this is blank this has no effect on the GLOBAL ATP as the Check mode for a SD transaction is determined as follows
98% of the SD transactions will generate a CHeck mode of 041 and Business Event- A ***
Through the item category and the MRP type in the MRP view
The item category is derived from the item category group in the Sales view of the material master record and from the order type of the sales document. Together with the MRP type in the MRP view of the material master record, the item category determines what requirements type is selected. The advantage of this method is that the selection of the requirements type depends on the business process (such as quotation, sales order, or repair).
(2) Question 2 - I guess now you must have understood why when you do a simulation in APO, it is taking the Check mode from APO product Master
and when you do a ATP Check from R3, the check mode(041) is different
You dont need to ensure that they are the same- It doesnt matter in anyway.
(3) Question 3- In APO I ran simulation for the product at customer location (and maintained the required ATP settings in the product master).I
When you run ATP simulation- AC04, you generally run it for the plant as that is the supplying location and not the customer.
In case of Sales Order creation in ECC how does system pick up the Check Mode and Business Event for the product (having Sold-to as customer and Supply Plant as the plant code) and use it in APO.
PLease look above for this answer.
(4) Question 4 - Any other setting/configuration that is missed causing this behaviour.
To my best knowledge, whatever I could remember I have listed out. However there are some more steps which might be needed.
Follow all the steps as I have mentioned and whenever you get struck somewhere, shoot me a message and I will help you.
ONe more pointer here to what you have mentioned
Relevant setup in SPRO - Product Allocation Object, Group, Procedure, Sequence etc., Planning Object Structure, Planning Area, CVC generation, Connection between Planning Area and Product Allocation object in GATP, assignment in Location Product Master (at Customer Location) Product Allocation Procedure, Check mode, ATP Group has been done in APO.
After entering data in appropriate keyfigures (Allocated Qty) it shows up under GATP>> Reporting >> Product Allocations >> Time Series per CVC
Have carried out ATP Simulation to check that for a given product at Customer the Product Allocation against a Required Quantity takes place correctly.
Somnath, I believe you might have a wrong picture here. The concept of allocation is Controlling Supply against huge Demand which is in this case coming from SALES ORDER
When you place a sales order, the supplying location is your plant and that is where you would like to put in allocation quantities
Say for example for a material 12345 - You have stock of 100 Qty in Plant KING fo this week and it shows as follows in the planning book
Customers say are WALKART, GE-FUG, MACROGUN
The CVCs which we have to create are as follows
Similar to Demand PLanning**
Material 12345 -PLant KING-Cust WALKART-Prod Alloc Obj
Material 12345 -PLant KING-Cust GE-FUG-Prod Alloc Obj
Material 12345 -PLant KING-Cust MACROGUN-Prod Alloc Obj
And this is how it appears in the planing book when you go into DETAILS ALL
You basically enter the Allocation Quantities just as how you enter forecast quantities in DP Book*
 Wk1 | WK2 WK3 WK4 WK5
Alloc Qty |
Material 12345 |
Plant KING |
Cust WALKART 50 |
Cust GE-FUG 30 |
Cust MACROGUN 20 |
Incoming Order Qty |
Material 12345 |
Plant KING |
Cust WALKART 50|
Cust GE-FUG 25 |
Cust MACROGUN 20 |
50 : Say the Cust WALKART has ordered 250 for this week, however only the allocated quantity -50 will be confirmed for him and the remaining 200 qty will be confirme at a later week when he is given the allocated amount.
25 :Similarily say this customer GE-FUG has ordered 20 qty. So his remaining allocation is basically 5 which cannot be used by any other customer.
20 : Say this customer MACROGUN has ordered exactly the allocated amount of 20. So his remaining allocation will be 0.
This is the basic idea of how Allocation Concept is used in GATP.
Ofcourse you can add the other functionalities like
Rules Based ATP(LOcation Substitution, Product Substitution)
Multi ATP( BOM-COmponents)
Check Aginst Forecast
Etc Etc
Like any other module of SAP- this module has much to offer which unfortunately I cannot list here**
GOOD LUCK and let me know If you need additional help.
Regards
KUMAR AYYAGARI
Message was edited by:
 Kumar P Ayyagari

GATP Product allocation status report and backorder processing

Dear Experts,
We are using product allocation as the first and only step in GATP check.
The scenario is like this:
Sales order total quantity = 200
Planned allocation quantity=150
Thus
Confirmed sales order quantity=150
Questions:
1.Now how can see the confirmed/unconfirmed situation for all sales orders.
Is there any standard report.
I understand that this report need to show the planned allocation quantity,total sales order quantity and the confirmed sales order quantity may be bucket wise.Also this report can show the details of all sales orders in the bucket.
The GATP planning book only shows confirmed sales orders in the "sales order" keyfigure until you have introduced another order series key figure for sales order(not related to GATP) which has sales order/scheduling agreement category group assigned to it.
2.Can I do backorder processing of sales orders assuming that after the above report is run,I have changed the planned allocation quantity from 150 to 200 and I need that the sales order can be confirmed now by this program rather than by going into ECC and triggering the GATP check again.
Note that the stock availability situation may remain the same.
Request you to kindly suggest if this is possible in backorder processing.If yes,then what are the settings and the transactions to execute this.
Thanks,
Chandan

Thanks so much Michael for a prompt reply.
Couple of points.
1./sapapo/ac42-This report is helpful but this has 2 issues.
It has to be run at individual CVC level.Thus it is not a comprehensive report.
It does not provide sales order original quantity.It just provides the planned allocation quantity,confirmed sales order quantity and the remaining quantity.This is normally already available in interactive planning of GATP planning area.
What we need is a report which must say what is the original sales order quantity and how much has been confirmed and how much is the bucket planned allocation quantity.
2.Running ATP in product view or interactive backorder processing view may not help as they seem to be working with ATP group and not with check mode.Note that product allocation gets triggered when check mode comes into play.
Do you know if we can make it work with check mode.
3.The batch backorder processing is working when I am using the "update changes" option.I am still evaluating the results as I don't understand many settings here.It will be nice if you can elaborate on some of the settings used in this transaction please.
Thanks again.
Regards,
Chandan

Dispatch Capacity using Product Allocations

Looking for a bit of guidance on an issue. Have a scenario where we get heavy demand on dispatching requirements. Strangely enough, SAP doesn't have any capacity planning around Logisitcs Execution from what I have seen - it assumes unconstrained capacity to dispatch stock. So I am looking to use Product Allocation based on a total volume (key figure) per site (Characteristic) basis.
My issue is around the Planning Period indicator. I want to use the Allocation model on a daily basis - i.e. fill up the Dispatch 'bucket' daily and once filled, it will look to the next available planning period. I need to do this daily - not weekly or monthly. Period indicator 'T' (Daily) is available but the planning parameter doesn't seem to like this.
Anyone manage to get this working on a daily basis? Other than that I may have to go down the custom path, which will be sub-optimal, as the standard functionality works sensationally at a weekly or monthly basis.
Cheers,
Paul...

As per usual, I solve the issue just after I log a question in the forum!
It appears that within MC7F, that the Planning Period indicator is also controlled via table T445A, which is maintainable. I updated the table, checked the planning parameters associated with my Info Structure, which showed up as 'T', then assigned the entry to my transport. I recreated my Plan via MC93 (after deleting the old one), and the daily planning buckets have come through.

Leading zeros in the Product allocation characteristic combinations.

Hi All,
I am copying Characteristic combination from planning area to product allocation group, after i complete the transaction system is automatically preceding the zeroes to the product number.
I have one the following activities before copying CVC of planning area to product allocation group.
against all the Product allocation settings.
2.Created the MPOS with product (characteristic length of Product is 18), Customer and Allocation object.
3.Created planning area and planning book.
4.Copied cvc combination from planning are to product allocation group and also copied planning area values in to Product allocation group.
5.Tried to check in the ATP simulation mode, while I was doing system has given no characteristic combination found, when I checked Product is preceding zeros as per the filed MATNR length 40 and this MATNR is selected from the Product allocation field catalog, But when I add zeros to product system is performing Product allocations in simulation mode.
6.Tried triggering gATP Product allocations by creating Order in ECC, here also it has given same error No characteristic combination exists.
When I did initial R&D on this. I found that material number in the product allocation characteristic combination is leading by zeros for ex:- 000000000000000002200325.
Could any one please suggest me what to do on this.
Thanks and Regards,
T.Muthyalappa

Hi Muthyalappa ,
If i have understood your question properly , then my guess is you should be facing this problem only for numeric material codes. Try out the following things
1. Execute the same test condition for a non numeric material. I believe it will work perfectly .
2. For numeric material codes it is not working because of the difference in MATNR length between ECC and APO. In ECC the maximum possible MATNR length is 18 char whereas it is 40 chars in APO. So as per std SAP functionality the numeric materials get concatenated with leading zeros when you try to transfer it (or carry out any kind of processing ) from ECC to APO.
ex consider material 12345. In ECC it will be stored internally as 13 leading zero's followed by12345 . But in APO it will be stored as 35 leading zero's followed by 12345. Your issue is the system does not recognize the CVC that has this material as characteristic. At the time of cvc creation / change make sure your material characteristic ( especially for numeric material codes) totally has 40 chars . Pack it with leading zeros and make the material length 40.
Try this out and update me .
Thanks
Saradha

ATP control in ABAP code, product allocation

Hello,
Scenario is like this:
I am creating sales order for 10 PC of material. Material is fully available on unrestricted stock but product allocation is allowing me to use only 3 PC of material.
Question:
I am searching for ABAP code which tells me what is the reason of 'incomplete' availability control?
So in other words I would like to know (in ABAP) whether the quantity is blocked due to the product allocation or due to the stock shortage.
Regards,
Piotr

Hi,
Please check the below code, MODULE should be in between Loop and End loop.
PROCESS BEFORE OUTPUT.
LOOP AT ITAB WITH CONTROL EMPTABLE CURSOR EMPTABLE-CURRENT_LINE.
MODULE STATUS_0001.
ENDLOOP.
PROCESS AFTER INPUT.
MODULE USER_COMMAND_0001.
LOOP AT ITAB.
ENDLOOP.
Thanks,
Sriram.

Product Allocation Control OV4Z

I am confusing on active checkbox in OV4Z.
As I want to extend valid date for Product allocation.
last year, I put it as 31.08.2008 and acitve
for this year, I want to change it like 31.12.2999 but it is not allow me to change. So, I have to add new line for this. And of course, it should be activated.
My question is, for the 31.08.2008. Should I leave it actived like that?
If I remove active checkbox, what is the effect?
If I leave it checked, what is the effect?
Thank you in advance for your answers.
Darin
P.S. I think I logged it under incorrect forum..
Edited by: Darin Yamrubboon on Jul 17, 2008 10:26 AM

I am not sure if we can control it with the configruation done in this OV4Z t code. One approach might be , you have code in MV45AIZZ to control the allocation qty agaianst the order qty.
Hope this helps
Regards
Sai

Control product allocation

Hi all,
I am confusing on active checkbox in OV4Z as I want to extend valid date for Product allocation.
last year, I put it as 31.08.2008 and acitve
for this year, I want to change it like 31.12.2999 but it is not allow me to change. So, I have to add new line for this. And and active checkbox is checked.
My question is, for the 31.08.2008. Should I leave it actived like that?
If I remove active checkbox, what is the effect?
If I leave it checked, what is the effect?
Thank you in advance for your answers.
Darin

Hi Darin,
You marked the message as answered. May I find out your solution for this? Did you remove the Active indicator for the entry that has the old date?
I also have similar requirement and want to make sure that I am doing it right so would appreciate if you can let me know the solution.
Cheers!
SF

Restrict Product Allocation if Planned order is not getting created

Hello All,
We have a scenario that when ever a Sales Order is getting created, Product allocation assignment will be done automatically and planned orders will be created for that requirement in APO.
There are some cases where in because of wrong Variant Configuration, Planned orders wont be created. Our requirement is to delete the Product Allocation automatically or to stop the product allocation assignment if the planned orders are not created.
Do we have any standard setting for doing so or Kindly suggest me some BADI's which can be used for it.
Thanks in advance.
Best Regards,
Srinivas.D

Srinivas,
A rather odd requirement.
Have you tried in SCM APO 'Maintain check instructions' to perform the product check first, then allocation? I would think that if the product check failed, then allocation would not be consulted, and no allocation therefore assigned.
IMG > APO > GATP > General Settings > Maintain check instructions
Best Regards,
DB49

Adding new field to product allocation catalog?

We are configuring product allocations in SCM 7.0 and have a requirement to add a new field to the standard field catalog for the allocations check. We have followed the procedure outlined by SAP to add our new field to the structure /SAPAPO/KOMGOZ, add the field to the field catalog, and copied the source code to ERP.
The issue that we are having is that new custom field that we added to the field catalog is not being populated when we execute /SAPAPO/ATPQ_PAREA_K - Characteristics Combinations from Planning Area. The product allocations group that is being used in /SAPAPO/ATPQ_PAREA_K has three characteristics. The first two which are SAP provided fields are being populated correctly, but the last custom field we added to the field catalog is not. It is just blank.
Is there a step that we missed during the configuation. We are only using this field for the product allocations check (we do not use Rules Based ATP).

Hi Arnel,
I was expecting with examples but anyway.
consider the examples of your CVC
Country Region brand SO DV DC mat plant etc...
now you want to first get confirmation on SO and DV , Prd allo group with these 2 characteristics
same goes for all other combinations.
now if you want to go with Either Or /And.. decides if you need to go with one product allocation procedure with many prod allocation group /or/ a sequence product allocation procedure.
Its very straight forward as such... if you come up with examples, i can give better details.
Looking at point 3 it looks like you want to go with 'OR' so you will have to go with sequence.
(tcode: /SAPAPO/ATPCQ_GENER)- is to check the customizing, sometime you might move the Prod allocation from dev system and just to make sure there is no issue in transport /missing config.. it will check with transaction code. I don't think you have to run this every time. After every transport..may be you have too as a caution check.
Imp: just to check @ different levels i dont think you will have to create different planning area. If all the characteristics on which you want to (combinations) is available in one planning area , you should be good with one planning area only.
Hope this is helpful. I would suggest to follow what we have discussed so far and then you can create another message after the configuration/approach you finalized with new issues/concerns you will be facing.
If issue are really bothering you much, you can reach out to me directly. Let me know
Pravin M

Product allocation is not working after setting all required config!

Hello SD gurus, Would you please help me to resolve this issue?
I followed and configured all the required steps for product allocation in ECC 6.0 Version still the product allocation is not working as expected.
Here are the steps performed
1. Created procedure through OV1Z
Maintained Product allocation procedureT.code OV1Z
2. Maintain product allocation object Transaction code: OV2Z
3. Create required info structure as per requirement T.code MC21
4. Specify Hierarchy and Define the “Product allocation planning structure”
Transaction code: OV3Z
5.Define Consumption periods
6. Control product allocation
T. code: OV4Z
Selected the product allocation procedure and given the required criteria and assigned to Info. Structure S991. Activated ‘Requirement category’ for product allocation
8. T.code OVZ0
Activate schedule line category for product allocation
S991 Info structure Planning parameters updated
Mc7F
Create update
T.code MC24
Activate the update
T.code OMO1
Create planning Hierarchy
T.code: MC61/62
Maintain planning type
. T.Code: MC8A/B
Created the product allocation plan for required quantity through MC94 IN spite of reserving stock as shown against the product allocation material specific and customer specific product allocation is not worked and the regular Atp check allocated stock to some other customer when created SO.
Thanks for your help in advance
Srini

Hi Sumitra,
Thanks a lot for your quick response!
Actually to say availability check is working but not product allocation.
I checked the settings in Material master MRP 3 view for strategy group and it is 40.
Availability check is 02 assigned. OVZ9 settings are assigned correctly 02-A- SD Order.
Not knowing what is preventing to reserve the stock against product allocation!
Do you or any one know where to see the product allocation stock?
Best Regards& Thanks a lot for your help!
Srini

Can I use the fields Product allocation and Basic material for bifurcation of material

Dear Users,
We have a requirement for bifurcation of material so we need two field in material master for fulfilling the requirement. First requirement is material category like insurance or revenue etc., second requirement is department wise like electrical, maintenance etc, so i have choosen the fields 'Product allocation' in basic data 1 screen in material master for fulfilling department requirement and then in basic data 2 i have choosen 'Basic Material' field for fulfilling material category requirement. My doubt is whether this change will effect the reports and i need to know the effects of such changes.
Thanks,
Manoj

As you are trying to use the standard fields, so you can read the F1 help for these fields.
Also check in which table and program, the fields are used.
Read the F1 help and find the table and program by using this document How to find Table name for a Field which is shown structure name on press F1.
After reading this, If these fields are suitable for your requirement, then you can continue.
Regards
Dev

Product allocation not working even after complete setup at sales order lvl

Hi All,
I have setup product allocation as detailed in forum earlier links, still I am not gettin sales order to use ATP with product allocation. I have tried with S140 and S700 with no success. Already went thru all the steps starting with OVZ* tcode. And during allocation check I can see the part number which has PRODUCT ALLOC procedure assigned. So, what is missing?
Appreciate if someone can provide me with a SAP documentation to make sure I can recheck the settings one final time.
Thanks.
Naren

It worked but doesn't seem to suit business requirement.

Product allocation error while creating a sales order

Hi Gurus,
My client is using the availability check against product allocation functionality in sales order.while I am creating the sales order and entering the material system is throwing the error message product allocation XXX is invalid,after pressing the enter button system has thrown another error "incorrect index structure for table XMVERF_POS/000010" and unable to save the order.
I have checked the material master and the product allocation is assigned in basic data 1 view,I have also checked the IMG settings it has maintained and assigned to infostructure.Please let me know is there any config settings are missing related to product allocation.
Regards,
hari challa.

Please check if storage location is populated for the material. Also may be this material is a non-stock material and not relevant for storage location check.. If you have any non-stock items in your order and if you are populating the storage location in the order automatically, then this happens. Please check your code and bypass the check for non stock items.
Hope this helps
Regards
Sai

Product Allocation in OM17

Hi Experts
I am new to APO GATP.We have implemented GATP Basic methods product availabilty check and allocation check in our project.
When i run OM17 for product allocations we are getting following inconsistencies:
000 Shortage of incoming orders quantity @5F\QNo long text exists@ ZCS_S999 32oyIy8a043X0000meaTaW 12.04.2010 18.04.2010 0 0 1,222 1,222
When i run correct inconsistencies , inconsistencies are not getting removed.following message is prompting:
Message Number: /SAPAPO/OM_SYNC082
Diagnosis
The incoming orders quantity in liveCache could not be adjusted using product allocation assignment. This can have a number of causes. Check the following causes and try again:
Procedure
Check:
If the planning area to be adjusted is locked
If the time series are initialized (after liveCache has been initialized)
If all characteristics combinations exist in the planning area
1)What is the problem and why i am getting this error message?
2) How to remove or resolve the above inconsistency?
Regards
Vicky

Hi Senthil
Thanks for your reply.
When i run OM17 for product allocations we are getting following inconsistencies:
000 Shortage of incoming orders quantity @5F\QNo long text exists@ ZCS_S999 32oyIy8a043X0000meaTaW 12.04.2010 18.04.2010 0 0 1,222 1,222
1) Based on the planning object number(32oyIy8a043X0000meaTaW) from om17, i went to the transaction /SAPAPO/ATPQ_CHKCHAR - Characteristic Combinations and i dont find the characteristic value combination of the Planning Object Number.
2) I ran the transaction /SAPAPO/ATPQ_CHKUSG - Product Allocation Assignment Check based on the product allocation group and planning object number (32oyIy8a043X0000meaTaW ) with Assignment w/o order quantity i found it with red lght.
1) Check whether if the allocation group is used in several product allocation steps. (We are using only single product allocation step )
2) Check the product allocation procedure is maintained correctly( Yes its maintained correctly)
3) Check whether any lock created in planning area(How and where to check this )
4) Check whether the planning area is initialised(yes Planning area is intialized )
5) Run /SAPAPO/TSCONS and check for any errors(No errors)
6) Run /SAPAPO/ATPQ_CHKUSG and look for any errors
(I ran the transaction /SAPAPO/ATPQ_CHKUSG - Product Allocation Assignment Check based on the product allocation group and planning object number (32oyIy8a043X0000meaTaW ) with Assignment w/o order quantity i found planning object number with red colour.I dont understand what need to done in this transaction. I tried to delete but Delete option is greyed Out)
What would be the reason for this error?
How to resolve this inconsistency?
Regards
Vicky
Edited by: vicky999 on Jun 24, 2010 4:17 PM

Product Allocation question

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for