Maintaining the Scope of Check

Use

You create the scope of check for the product availability check.

Prerequisites

You created a business event and an ATP group.

If you want to take into account non-SAP categories in the scope of check, you must have already
created these.

Procedure

1. You maintain a field catalog in Customizing for the Advanced Planner and Optimizer by
choosing Global ATP Product Availability Check Maintain Check Control.

2. Select an entry from the check control and choose the ATP Check Control: Scope of
Check frame.

3. Choose New entries.

4. Using the input help (F4), choose the categories that you want to assign to an ATP group
and a business event.

5. Choose Save.

6.

scope of check (SCM-APO-ATP)

7. Global Available-to-Promise (SCM-APO-ATP)
8. A group of categories that should be included in the check control (ATP group and business
event) in the product availability check.
9. The scope of check is configured in APO Customizing.
Maintaining ATP Groups

Use

You create an ATP group for the product availability check.

Procedure

1. You maintain an ATP group in Customizing for the Advanced Planner and
Optimizer via Global ATP Product Availability Check Maintain ATP Group.

2. Choose New entries.

You branch to the detail view.

3. Define a two-digit alphanumeric value for the ATP group.

4. Choose the relevant entry in the Cumulation field, if you want to carry out a shortage check.

If you choose No cumulation, the shortage check is not active.

In order that the shortage check gives consistent results, Availability check with
cumulated, confirmed quantities must be activated in R/3 in the checking group. In R/3
Customizing for Sales and Distribution select Basic Functions Availability Check and
Transfer of Requirements Availability Check Availability Check with ATP Logic or
Against Planning Define Checking Groups.

5. Choose the relevant entry in the Reaction field (reaction to shortfall), if you want the
system to display a message if a shortage exists when processing sales orders.

You can only use the indicator when cumulating confirmed quantities or requirement
quantities.

6. Enter a short text (maximum 40 characters) for the ATP group.

7. Choose Save.