SAP APO Boot camp SNP Configuration

Supply Network Planning

Exercise 02.1 Setting SNP configuration

Estimated Completion Time: 45 minutes

Overview
This exercise will describe the logical steps to set planning area, master planning object
structure, how to create bucket profiles, planning book and data view. This exercise also
describes how to incorporate standard SNP macros into planning book.

Instructions

Detailed Instructions:

NOTE: YY has been used as reference naming convention. Replace YY with Your initials for first and
last name to create your unique naming convention.

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Comments
Step # Description System Steps
1.
Go to: spro SAP
Reference IMG
SAP Advanced
Planner and
Optimizer (SAP
APO) Master
Data Product
Specify Output
Format of Product
Number

2. Go to: SNP Comments: Use

Environment standard SNP
Current Settings Planning Object
Admin of Demand Structure
Planning and 9ASNPBAS. If
Supply Network status is inactive,
Planning: Click right click on it
on Planning areas and select
Select Planning Activate
Object Structure
Setup: 9ASNPBAS

3. Planning Areas Comments:

used to define key Use standard
figures, attributes, SNP Planning
and storage Area 9ASNP02.
buckets profile to
use during the
planning process
Go to: SNP
Environment
Current Settings
Admin Demand
Planning and
Supply Network
Planning: (Planning
Area is default)
9ASNP02
Double click on
MPOS
Setup: 9ASNP02

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Comments
Step # Description System Steps
4. Verify that it has
been activated.

5. Planning Buckets Comments:

profile - used to Created a time
define the future bucket to cover a
planning horizon 24 month Master
and the past Scheduling
horizon by entering horizon.
them in a planning
book: one for the Note: Replace
future planning (YY) with youre
horizon and one for the initials for
the past horizon. your first and last
Go to: DP name
Environment
Current Settings
Maintain Time
Buckets Profile for
Demand Planning
and SNP Save
Setup: ZYY9ASNP

6. Planning Books Comments:

using the design Enter
the layout and ZYY9ASNP94
content of for Planning
Interactive Book; Select
Planning screen for Data View and
the planners at a Check with
company reference; Enter
Go to: SNP SNP94 (1) for
Environment SNP Plan view.
Current Settings Enter ZYY
Define Planning Copied Data
Books View on the
create data view
Setup: line; Check that
ZYY9ASNP94 Data View is still
selected, then
select the
Create button;
Then Click on
Edit tab,
following screen
appears

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Comments
Step # Description System Steps
7. Select Planning
Book to edit the
Planning Book

8. Go to Data view
and Enter the
information as
mentioned in the
screen shot.

Click on the
continue button to
proceed to the next
screen.

9. Click on the
complete button

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Comments
Step # Description System Steps
10. Click on yes

11. Click ok

12. Go to: SNP Comments:

Environment Similarly enter
Current Settings ZYY9ASNP94
Define Planning for Planning
Books Book; Select
Data View and
Setup: Check with
ZYY9ASNP94 reference
SNP94(2) for
Capacity
Planning view;
Enter ZYY
Copied Data
View on the
create data view
line; Check that
Data View is still
selected, then
select the
Create button;
Then Click on
Edit tab,
following screen
appears
13. Click on the check
button

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Comments
Step # Description System Steps
14. Select Planning
Book to edit the
Planning Book

15. Enter Planning

Book Description;
Make sure all
standard functions
are checked;

Select Data view

tab and update the
TB profile as
shown. Click on the
continue button to
proceed to the next
screen.

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Comments
Step # Description System Steps
16. Select tab Key fig. Select key figure
9APPROD;
attributes select Free Text.
Change the
description to
Production
Planned (APO)
and save the
settings. Select
key figure
9AFPROD;
select Free Text.
Change the
description to
Production
Confirmed (SAP
R/3); click Save
settings to save
your changes.

17. Click on the

continue button.

18. Click on the

complete button to
complete the
creation

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Step # Description System Steps
19. Copy standard
SNP macros into
user/business
specific planning
book
Go to: SNP
Environment
Current Settings
Macro workbench

20. The following

screen appears
Click on the
Generate button to
get all macros to
macro book.

21. Verify that it has

turned green in
the depot window.

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Step # Description System Steps
22. Similarly do it for
the other planning
book.

23. Click on the

generate button

24. Verify that it has

turned green in the
depot window.

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Comments
Step # Description System Steps
25. APO Master Data
Product
Product

26. Enter the name of

the demand profile

Click on Create
button

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Comments
Step # Description System Steps
27. Click on save
button

28. Enter the name of

the supply profile

Click on create
button

29. Enter the push

deployment horizon
as 30

Click on Save

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Comments
Step # Description System Steps
30. Enter the lot size
profile.

31. Create Lot size

profile. The lot size
profile will define
the product lot size
in determining the
production planning
orders Select Lot
for Lot.

32. SNP
Environment
Current Settings
Administration of
DP and SNP.
Setup: Right click
on planning area
and select Initialize
planning version

Enter the planning

version and
execute.

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Comments
Step # Description System Steps
33. Highlight planning
area 9ASNP02 and
right click; select
Details. In the view
to the right of the
screen expand
Master PlngObjstr.
Select the key
figure and expand
it. Select Key
Figure details and
expand it. The
Category Group is
found in the details.

34. SPRO SAP

Reference IMG
SAP Advanced
Planner and
Optimizer (SAP
APO) Supply
Chain Planning
Supply Network
Planning (SNP)
Basic Settings
Maintain Category
Groups.

Click on maintain
category groups

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Comments
Step # Description System Steps
35. Select ATI

36. Click on These

categories will
Categories be considered
for issuing of
materials

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Comments
Step # Description System Steps
37. Click on ATR

38. Click on These

categories will
Categories be considered
for receipt of
materials

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