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Definition

A Supply Planning Exception is an exception that reports an incorrect planning situation or an unsolved problem or error in supply planning.

Business Context and Use

The Supply Planning Exception business object can be used to support the monitoring of exceptions in external procurement processes.
An exception indicates an unplanned or critical situation that requires intervention to be resolved. The operation of this business object allows you to find exceptions that need the attention of a planner.

Example

You want to implement your own custom-defined application that allows a planner to monitor all orders that require his or her approval. The planner might like to monitor purchase orders and purchase requisitions, as well as all related exceptions, for which they are responsible.

Related Business Objects

To combine all objects in the system that require approval or monitoring in one custom-defined application, you can also use operations from related process components such as the following:

• Planning View of Purchase Order business object
• Purchase Requisition business object
• Service Part Demand Forecast business object (see Find Demand Forecast for Approval by Elements operation)

Notes on SAP Implementation

The exceptions involved in the Supply Planning Exception business object correspond to the alerts generated in Supply Parts Planning (SPP).  SPP alerts are mainly created by SPP applications, and are uniquely identified by four-character alert type IDs that begin with 78. 

User authorizations for this business object are checked as follows:

• By planner
  Planners must be assigned to a code that identifies them as a planner in SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM).  You can assign a planner to this code in Customizing for Advanced Planning and Optimization , under Master Data --> Enterprise Services --> Assign Code to Planner .
• By alert ID
  When a user works with exceptions, he or she needs authorizations for authorization object C_ATID ( Authorization Check for Alert Type) in SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM). This object is used to enable authority checks by alert type.

More Information

For more information about alert monitoring, see SAP Library for SAP SCM on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com .  Relevant search topics include Analysis, Monitoring, and Reporting for Service Parts Planning , Shortage Analysis , Alert Monitor , Alert Types , and Visibility of Alerts .

Service Interfaces

Query Supply Planning Exception In

An interface to query supply planning exceptions.

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