SCHEDULING TYPES

Hi All,
Please guide me to understand the following SCHEDULING TYPES will be grateful.
In transaction "OPU3 " there is a field called "SCHEDULING TYPE" it has several types (1) Backwards, (2) Backwards in time, (3) Current date, (4) Forwards, (5) Forwards in time, (6) Only Capacity requirement.
I would like to know the functionality (i.e., Working methodology) with Scheduling & production orders of following SCHEDULING TYPES
Only Capacity requirement
Backwards in time
Current date
Forwards in time
Provide me with simple example.
Thanks in Advance

Hi,
Forward Scheduling
If you have specified forward scheduling in the network header as the schedule type, you must also specify the basic start date of the network.
The system starts from the basic start date and schedules forward in time to calculate the earliest dates of the activities and the scheduled finish first. Then it calculates the latest dates of activities and the scheduled start of the network.
If you have also specified a basic finish date in addition to the basic start date in the network header, the system uses the basic finish date as the starting point for backward scheduling.
Backward Scheduling
If you have specified backward scheduling as the scheduling type in the network header, you must enter the basic finish date of the network.
The system starts from the basic finish date and schedules backward in time to calculate the latest dates of activities and the scheduled start. Then it calculates the earliest dates of activities and the scheduled finish of the network.
If you also enter a basic finish date in addition to the basic start date in the network header, the system uses the basic start date as the starting point for forward scheduling.
Current Date Scheduling
With scheduling to current date, you can see whether the network can be completed by a certain date. In this method, the system uses the basic finish dates and schedules the network backwards and then starting with the current date, schedules forwards.
You can use the floats in the activities to determine how many days you still have or are short to make the finish date.
Only Capacity Requirements
If you specify capacity requirements only as the scheduling type in the network header, the system copies the basic dates from the network header into the scheduled dates and into the earliest and latest dates of all activities.
When you have the system only calculate capacity requirements in scheduling,
o Time constraints of the activities are taken into consideration
o Relationships are ignored.
Special Function: Today Scheduling
"Today" scheduling is a special function in scheduling. In Customizing for the Project System, you can specify the number the days that the scheduled start may be in the past. If the scheduled start of a network is further back in the past than allowed, the system at first attempts to reduce the duration. If this is not sufficient, the system automatically schedules forward starting with todayu2019s date.
It is possible to have negative float times with today scheduling.
The backwards scheduling calculates a scheduled start that is in the past despite maximum reduction. Forward scheduling then calculates the scheduled finish, starting at todayu2019s date and using maximum reduction.
Thanks
HK

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2)Backwards
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Regards,
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Forward scheduling
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Backward scheduling
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Specifies that the system only calculates capacity requirements.
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Schedule from current date
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orders und collective orders forward, starting at today's date
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Hi,
Please explain the difference between the scheduling types 'Backwards' & 'Backwards in time'.
Case 1: I convert a planned to a process order with 'Backwards' scheduling. Following dates are observed:
Scheduled finished    2009/08/06   17:00:00
Basic Finish date        2009/08/07   00:00:00
Case 2: I convert a planned to a process order with 'Backwards in time' scheduling. Following dates are observed:
Scheduled finished    2009/08/06   17:00:00
Basic Finish date        2009/08/06   17:00:00
Can anybody explain the basis of difference of behaviour.
regards,
Mohit

Hi,
Using Backward scheduling, when you create a prod order system will allow you to enter only finish date. But using Backward scheduling with time, when you create a prod order system will allow you to enter finish date with time.
You have mentioned 2 cases. Both are same.
In case1,
Scheduled finished 2009/08/06 17:00:00
Basic Finish date 2009/08/07 00:00:00
System finishes the work on 2009/08/06 at 17:00:00. This is the end of the day as per your workcenter (check in capacity header view) and basic finish shows 2009/08/07 00:00:00. This is the start of the next day also known as end of previous day.
Regards,
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Please refer following notes, 151503
In that
In-house production time is larger than 0 days:
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Dear,
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What is scheduling type forward in time and backward in time?
How it is different from backward and forward scheduling

Hi,
In simple words:
In backward & forwards scheduling the resolution is in days, so when you do scheduling it would be in terms of start date & end date.
With backwards in time & forwards in time, the resolution is in minutes. Meaning you can specify not only the start & end dates but the time with a least resolution of 1 minute. Implying that it is more accurate.
Instead of me writing too much, do a simple test in your sandbox, open any production order, select the scheduling type as forwards in time / backwards in time & you will notice that the time field adjacent to start & finish dates which is grey, will become editable. So for testing specify a time & do scheduling.
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When MRP is run with '2' Lead Time Scheduling - Schedule Margin Key is considered. Dates are calculated from Routing and Capacity requirement calculations are also done. Here calculation are exact to the seconds.
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http://scn.sap.com/thread/1535577
http://scn.sap.com/thread/1554548
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