PLANNING AREA title: planning area (SCM-APO) (SAP Library - Glossary)
PLANNING AREA category: Advanced Planning and Optimization (SCM-APO)
PLANNING AREA explained:
Central data structure of Demand Planning and Supply Network Planning.
The planning area is created as part of the Demand Planning/Supply Network Planning setup. A planning book is based on a planning area. The end user is aware of the planning book, not the planning area. The liveCache objects on which data is actually saved are based on the planning area, not the planning book.
The planning area specifies the following:
Unit of measure in which data is planned Currency in which data is planned (optional) Currency conversion type for viewing planning data in other currencies (optional) Storage buckets profile that determines the buckets in which data is stored in this planning area Aggregate levels on which data can be stored in addition to the lowest level of detail in order to enhance performance Key figures that are used in this planning area Settings that determine how each key figure is disaggregated, aggregated, and saved The assignment of key figures to aggregatesSupply Network Planning comes with predefined planning areas. You can also define your own.
More terms such as planning area in Dictionary P.
- Manual Plan Status:
- Help A customer-defined setting that determines whether a plan is active or inactive, and whether or not employees can enroll in a plan planning area definition.
- Manual Personnel Number Substitution:
- Help working time that deviates from planned working time. This substitution type lets you record short-term deviations to the personal work schedule of employees regardless of whether the employee planning area explain.
- Manual Personnel Assignment Grouping Reason:
- Help that determines whether the SAP system processes the personnel assignments of a concurrently employed person at the same time or separately. Examples Tax calculation Eligibility check for benefits planning area what is.
- Manual Process Control (BC-BMT-WFM):
- Help workflow definition for performing the following operations at runtime: Canceling or setting to obsolete work items of the current workflow Completing or canceling the workflow Activating a planning area meaning.
- Manual PLM Document:
- Help that depicts business transactions (such as the death of an account holder) and using which you can set and delete locks on lockable objects of the Account Management system. PLM documents are planning area abbreviation.
