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Find Demand Forecast for Approval by Elements

synchronous inbound  service operation (SAP A2A)


Definition

To find demand forecasts that require approval using elements as search criteria.

Technical Data

Technical Name ServicePartDemandForecastSCMForApprovalByElementsQueryResponse_In
Namespace http://sap.com/xi/APO/Global
Latest Software Component Version SAP SCM 7.02
First Shipped With: Software Component Version SCM SE 5.0
First Shipped With: Product Version SAP SCM ES 5.0 - mySAP SCM enterprise services package 5.0
Category SAP A2A
Direction inbound
Mode synchronous
Point-to-Point Communication Enabled TRUE
Release State released
Idempotency not applicable
Application Component for Customer Messages SCM-APO
Related Web Service Definition /SAPAPO/SPP_DFSFAQR
WSDL


Business Context and Use

A created demand forecast that exceeds a certain threshold or breaks a certain rule must be approved by an analyst or manager before it can be implemented. You can use the Find Demand Forecast for Approval by Elements inbound operation to find demand forecasts that require manual approval in the back-end system.

Related Operations 

See Query Service Part Demand Forecast In and Manage Service Part Demand Forecast In service interfaces.

You can use the Find Demand Forecast by Elements inbound operation to find any kind of demand forecast by using one or more elements as search criteria.

Features

The Find Demand Forecast for Approval by Elements request message accepts the following elements as search criteria:

Wildcards are accepted only in place of the location and product elements.


If successful, the operation returns the details of all demand forecasts that match the search criteria. If there are no matches for the search criteria, the operation returns a log with error details.

Error Handling

See the documentation for error handling in Create Demand Forecast inbound operation.

Integration

This service operation belongs to the Query Service Part Demand Forecast In
service interface.

Notes on SAP Implementation

Enhancements

The BAdI for ESA-Service Demand Forecast SCM For Approval By Elements (/SAPAPO/SE_SPP_DFSFAQR) Business Add-In (BAdI) is available for this operation.

More Information

To learn more about creating and implementing Service Part Planning (SPP) Demand Forecast deviation values and other SPP forecasting functionalities, see SAP Library for Supply Chain Management on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com.  Search for the topic "Forecasting".