SAP APO Learning

Dear all,
This is Veeresh here, worked in MES,SAP MII and now into EHS area.I have got 7 years in IT ,now wanted to learn SAP SCM-APO/PP.
Please let me know different sources to learn this one.Also I wanted to Install both ECC and SCM-APO in my system, please let me know the system requirements as am having 4 GB RAM and 500GB HDD i3 processor.
Please let me know the market scope and growth in SAP SCM-PP/APO.Also guide me which module of APO is good to learn and its scope.
Thanks
Veeresh

Hi Veeresh,
1) For learning perspective, use the basic link
http://help.sap.com/search/sap_trex.jsp
2) For installation related items, use the below
link
www.service.sap.com
3) Module selection is based on your interest
Regards
R. Senthil Mareeswaran.

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As you have good exposure in BI , DP would be a good area to explore. Let me tell you , BPC is the area that might help you more in the long run.
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Hi ved123,
You can refer the book "'Sales and Inventory Planning with SAP APO', Author Marc Hoppe". You can buy this book even online in sappress website.
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Request to please share any link or document associated with programming logic in different planning models available in APO.
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Hi Senthil,
Thanks dear for your response.
What I am looking in programming details of exisiting DP forecasting models like Trend Analysis, Linear Regression.
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Hi Manimaran,
Saving in Simulation means in DS board when you click on save it provides you option to save sim version or adopt to active version. If you copy to inactive version you cannot copy back trasaction data specially PPDs orders back to active version again while if you save in simulation you can adope it to active version at any point of time. YOu can adopt simulation version changes to active version using T-code /SAPAPO/CDPSS0
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From a technical perspective, what is it that a developer should know to work on SAP APO with SAP R/3 integration. Kindly elaborate on this if you can...
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Edited by: Marvin Jones on Feb 3, 2008 5:09 AM

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Senthil,
During the creation of the Sales order in SAP R/3 a Purchase requisition is created in SAP APO
?? I guess you are talking about one of the planning procedures that executes 'Start product heuristic immediately', yes?
and assigned with temporary sales order
I guess you are talking about [Temporary Quantity Assignments|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_glossary/en/74/b171467944d3119b440060b0671acc/content.htm], yes?
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Ali
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Regards
R. Senthil Mareeswaran.

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