SNP Resource available capacity variance

Hi friends,
need your help??
I am using an SNP resource with capacity 500 min per day(Bucket). but after thew SNP run when i download the optimizer log data( Transaction:/SAPAPO/SNPOPLOG) the available capacity derived from the log is for the particular day is different than the actual capacity of the resource(i.e. it is less than the actual available capacity).
How can be this issue resolved.??
please revert back urgently

Hi kiran ,
Check for the following possible reasons :
Try this resource in SNP Heuristic and check the capacity and do levelling.
Check the Time zone and the calenders for this resource and plant.
Check the overload % and min load % rounding & down times.
See oss note 510339.
Optimizer gives the results based on the settiing you have entered,and you will only be able to analyse it better .
Regds // Digs...

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