Send Article Susbstitutions - F&R Integration
Application component: Forecasting and Replenishment backend integration
App type: SAP GUI
Description: You can use this function to assign one or more follow-up and replacement articles to the original article for each storage level and substitution type. For more information, see Event Control and Time Control. You can display, change, and delete currently existing substitution assignments. A follow-up article replaces an original article permanently, whereas a replacement article only replaces an original article for a specific period of time. An article can be both a follow-up article and a replacement article for an original article. 
Key features: Note When processing a follow-up/replacement article relationship, you can only process assignments for one selected substitution profile. Selection of articles To assign follow-up or replacement articles to original articles, you can choose between two different selection types: Article selectionWith reference to a substitution profile, you can select articles regardless of whether follow-up or replacement articles for the substitution profile specified in the selection criteria are already assigned to the articles. Article selection with existing assignmentsWith reference to a substitution profile, you can select articles to which follow-up or replacement articles for the substitution profile specified in the selection criteria are already assigned. Note For both selection types, you can specify whether the system should hide assignments that have expired.  On the left side of the screen, the system displays the articles that match your selection criteria, along with their short texts.  Display of assignments To display existing assignments for one or more original articles on the right-hand side of the screen, you can select the articles and choose Assignments. The system displays each existing assignment in a line. Your Customizing settings determine which fields the system displays. Example You have defined a substitution profile in Customizing for which validity periods but not priorities are required. Accordingly, the system displays the mandatory fields Valid From and Valid To for specifying the validity period, but not the Priority field. Note If you have selected articles using Article selection and you then select articles from the worklist for the assignment of follow-up or replacement articles, the system checks whether assignments for the selected articles already exist for the substitution profile specified in the selection criteria. If such assignments do exist, the system displays them.  Where-used list Use the where-used list function to display assignments belonging to an article across all profiles. Recommendation If you want to display all substitution assignments that exist in the system for an article, regardless of the selected substitution profile, we recommend the where-used list. The system displays a two-part overview: Assignments in which the article is an original articleAssignments in which the article is a substitution article  Creation of assignments On the right side of the screen, you can create assignments for follow-up or replacement articles for original articles. You can also create assignments for original articles that did not result from the previous selection. Add AssignmentsEnters a line at the end of the list. Insert AssignmentsEnters a line above the selected line. Note If you have specified in Customizing that validity periods are required for a substitution profile, the system automatically proposes the start and end date of the validity period when you add or insert assignments. It sets the start date to the next day's date and the end date to the latest possible future date, 12/31/9999. Copy AssignmentsCopies existing assignments as templates for new assignments. Note If you have specified in Customizing that validity periods are required for a substitution profile, and neither the start nor end date of the validity period in the template is in the past, the system copies the dates from the template. Otherwise it selects the next day's date. Delete Assignments  Changing of assignments You cannot change the original article, follow-up/replacement article, assortment, or substitution profile for an existing assignment. Note If you want to change original articles, follow-up/replacement articles, assortments, or the substitution profile, you must delete the relevant assignment and create it again. Your Customizing settings determine whether you can change validity periods, priorities, and follow-up actions. You can only change the start and end dates of a validity period if the dates are not in the past. Note You can display but not change assignments that have expired.  Conversion factor For assignments that are still to be created and assignments that already exist for the original product, substitution product, or both, you can define a factor that the system is to use for calculating base units of measure. Example For example, by entering a factor for both articles involved in the article substitution, you can define that:Two base units of measure of article A correspond to four base units of measure of follow-up article B.  Importing of assignments You can use an import interface to create and change substitution assignments. The system imports them using a function module, called by an example program. For more information, see the documentation for the WRF_FOLLOWUP_MAINTAIN_RFC function module.  Checking and saving of assignments If you want to check a follow-up or replacement relationship during processing, choose  Check Assignments. The system performs the different checks and, where applicable, displays an error log. If you save a follow-up or replacement article relationship, the system performs additional checks and, if necessary, displays an additional error log. For more information, see Checks for Follow-Up/Replacement Article Relationships. Note You can only save assignments of follow-up or replacement articles to original articles if the system has performed all the checks and no errors have been found.  Display of the article master You can select original articles and follow-up or replacement articles on both the left-hand and the right-hand side of the screen and display details for the articles. To do so, switch to the article master display.  Follow-up actions If an active implementation exists for the Business Add-In (BAdI) Follow-Up Actions, the system displays the Follow-Up Action field on the right-hand side of the screen and you can activate follow-up actions for the follow-up relationships. You define follow-up actions in the BAdI. For more information on the BAdI, see Customizing for Logistics - General under Material Master  Retail-Specific Settings  Settings for Follow-Up/Replacement Article  Enhancements Using Business Add-Ins  BAdI: Follow-Up Actions.  
Business roles: Demand Planner (Retail)
Demand Planner (Retail) : 
Is responsible for forecasting the demand for all different customer sales channels as input to supply and inventory planning.