APO Technical Information

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APO Technical Information 26/08/09

SARATH BABU PALLEBOYINA Sarath.p@tcs.com

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Table of contents Introduction of APO Technical document

Useful tables

Useful Function modules

Useful BAPI’s

Useful BADI’s

Useful Reports 

Useful User‐Exits  

Additional Information 

Common transactions 

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Introduction of APO Technical document  This document is specifically meant for collecting relevant technical information for APO.

Useful Tables, Function modules BAPIs, BADIs, user-Exits and reports are placed here.

Useful tables The useful tables are listed in the table1:

Table Name Details

/SAPAPO/APPLOCS Location Types in APO

/SAPAPO/LOC Location Details in APO

/SAPAPO/LOCMAP Mapping Table for Location between APO and R/3

/SAPAPO/PLANNER Planner Codes in APO

/SAPAPO/MATKEY Product Master details in APO - equivalent to MARA table in R/3

SAPAPO/MATLOC Location Product Master details in APO (use /SAPAPO/V_MATLOC) - equivalent to MARC table in R/3

/SAPAPO/MATLOTSZ Lot Size related details in APO

/SAPAPO/TRPROD Source of Supply - contains both PDS and Transportation Lane reference

/SAPAPO/RES_HEAD Resource Header details in APO

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/SAPAPO/RES_UNIT Resource related details in APO

/SAPAPO/TR Transportation Lane

/SAPAPO/TRM Means of Transport for Transportation Lane

/SAPAPO/TRPMOD Assignment of Source of Supply to Model

/SAPAPO/CULLHDR Determine Key for Cluster Table

/SAPAPO/CURTOWUL CURTO: Usage of Components

/SAPAPO/CURTOPPE Additional Header Data for PP/DS Production Data Structures

/SAPAPO/CURTOSNP Additional Header Data for SNP Production Data Structures

/SAPAPO/TS_SEL* Tables related to selection profile variants

BAL* Tables related to Application Log details

/SAPAPO/PCMH Production Campaign, Header

/SAPAPO/PCM_CP Production Campaign: Changes to Orders as to Campaigns

Table - 1

USEFUL FUNCTION MODULES The useful Function modules are listed in the table 2:

Function Module Name Details

OWN_LOGICAL_SYSTEM_GET Logical System fo current logged-on system

RFC_TRUSTED_CHECK Checking RFC connection to the partner system

GUID_CONVERT To convert between 16, 22 and 32 digits

/SAPAPO/FOT_CONVERT_QUANTITY Quantity conversion based on Product master

/SAPAPO/MCPSH_SELECTION_* Function modules related to Selection profiles (save,Change,Delete,Get,Rename,Show,Descr)

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/SAPAPO/TS_DM_LOCK USer Change/Display mode in Interactive Planning

/SAPAPO/TS_PLOB_CREATE Create CVCs

/SAPAPO/TS_PLOB_DELETE Delete CVCs

/SAPAPO/DPBW_CUBE_READ Infocube Data read

/SAPAPO/DM_ACCID_GET_ORDERS

/SAPAPO/EFPL_ORD_NET_GET For pegging relationship across entire strucuture

/SAPAPO/DM_MATERIAL_GET_PEGID Determine PEGID for Material

/SAPAPO/RRP_LC_PEGID_GET_IO Fetching MRP related data from liveCache

/SAPAPO/OM_PEG_CAT_GET_ORDERS Fetch Order elements by ATP Categories

/SAPAPO/RRP_HEURISTIC_GET_DATA Heuristic Related Data

/SAPAPO/DM_RESERVATION_MAINT To delete the purchase orders

/SAPAPO/CIF_IRQ_REDUCT_INBOUND To reverse the forecast

/SAPAPO/DM_ORDKEY_SELECT_ORDNO GUID of Order from live Cache

/SAPAPO/ADV_ALERT_SET Generate Alert

/SAPAPO/MSDP_NOTE_WRITE Write notes in

/SAPAPO/TS_PLOB_CREATE Creates CVC

/SAPAPO/TS_LCM_PLOB_DELTA_SYNC After all char combos have been created call the sync function.

/SAPAPO/TS_PLOB_DELETE CVC Deletion

Table - 2

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USEFUL BAPI’S The useful BAPIs are listed in the table 3.

BAPI Name Details

BAPI_PIRSRVAPS_GETLIST Planned Independent Requirement i.e. Forecast

BAPI_POSRVAPS_GETLIST3 Procurement Order (Purchase Requisition / Stock Transfer Requisition)

BAPI_MOSRVAPS_GETLIST2 Planned / Production Order I.e. Manufacturing Order

BAPI_SLSRVAPS_GETLIST2 Sales Order / Deliveries

BAPI_STSRVAPS_GETLIST2 To remove the Stocks from live cahce

BAPI_LOCSRVAPS_GETLIST2 Locations

BAPI_PRDSRVAPS_GETLIST2 Products

BAPI_RSSRVAPS_GETLIST Resources

BAPI_TRLSRVAPS_GETLIST Transportation Lane

BAPI_PROCRELATION_GETLIST2 Procurement Relationship

BAPI_STSRVAPS_SAVEMULTI2 To create the stock categories in Live cache

BAPI_SLSRVAPS_SAVEMULTI2 To create the sales orders in live cache

BAPI_POSRVAPS_SAVEMULTI3 To create the intra Affiliate stock transfer orders in live cache

BAPI_MOSRVAPS_SAVEMULTI3 To create C0-packaging purchase orders in live cache.

BAPI_SLSRVAPS_DELMULTI To delete the sales orders from the live cache.

BAPI_MOSRVAPS_DELEMULTI To delete the co-packaging orders from the live cache.

Table – 3

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USEFUL BADI’S The useful SCM BADIs are listed in the table 4.

BADI Short description For Transaction

/SAPAPO/DM_PO_OP_DA2 BAdI: Change Opening Period and Calendar

Product Overview, Product View, DS Planning Board, Interactive SDP

/SAPAPO/CDPS_SIMCTRL PP/DS Heuristic: Save/Merge/Delete Own Data

Product Overview, Product View, DS Planning Board

/SAPAPO/PPT_TREE_COL Additional Columns in Navigation Tree

Product Overview, Product View

/SAPAPO/RRP_SRC_EXIT BAdI for Selecting Source of Supply, Creating Planned Orders

Product Overview, Product View

/SAPAPO/CULLRTOEXPL Enhancement for PP/DS PDS Explosion

Product Overview

/SAPAPO/POV_COL POV: BADI for Columns Product Overview

/SAPAPO/RRP_COVPARAM Time Parameters for Receipts in the Days' Supply Calculation

Product Overview, Product View

/SAPAPO/RRP_IO_COL User-Exit for Enhancement of the Order View

Product View

/SAPAPO/CDPS_FT Configuration of Interface for Error-Tolerant Scheduler

DS Planning Board

/SAPAPO/PRODU_CONVEX Product Number Conversion DS Planning Board, Interactive SDP

/SAPAPO/PROD_DEPOBJ Product Usages (Deletion Blocks)

DS Planning Board, Interactive SDP

/SAPAPO/CDPS_RC_CDAT Change Curve Data for the Resource Utilization Chart

DS Planning Board

/SAPAPO/CDPS_MC_CDAT Change to Curve Data for Product Stock Chart

DS Planning Board

/SAPAPO/SDP_INTERACT SDP: Interactive Planning Interactive S&D Planning

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/SAPAPO/SDP_COLWIDTH Planning Period Column Width Default

Interactive S&D Planning

/SAPAPO/SDP_SELECTOR User Exits for SDP Selector Interactive S&D Planning

/SAPAPO/SDP_SAVE Data Save Operation Check Interactive S&D Planning

/SAPAPO/ADVX Use this BADI for complex calculations in Planning book

DP/SNP Macro Builder

/SAPAPO/CURTO_CREATE, /SAPAP/CURTO_SNP

PPDS and SNP PDS Creation

Table - 4

Useful Reports The useful reports are listed in the table 5.

Reports For Remarks

/SAPAPO/OM_DELETE_INCON_ORDERS Delete inconsistent orders

Need to provide Order GUID.

/SAPAPO/VERSION_CREATE Create Version Need to provide Model Name

/SAPAPO/RMDP_CHANGE_SEL_ORG Maintain Selection Id's Need to provide Planning Book

/SAPAPO/RSDP_CALC_SAFETY_STOCK Safety Stock Calculation

/SAPAPO/TS_D_OBJECTS_COPY l Activate Standard Objects (Info Objects)

/SAPAPO/TS_REALIGN_COPY Performs Realignment

/SAPAPO/AMON_REORG Deletion of Alerts

/SAPAPO/VERSION_COPY_PAR For copying the data from one version to other version

Source and Destination Version

FUNCTION_LOADER_INLAY Load Data from Excel Sheet using BAPI

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Relevant R/3 Reports are listed in the table 6.

R/3 Report For Remarks

RCIFORDER_RESERVATIONS_COMPARE Reconciliation of Order Reservations

Refer OSS Note 538111

SDRQCR21 Reconciliation of Sales Order from R/3

Table - 6

Useful User‐Exits  

The useful user-Exits are listed in the table 7.

Exit Name Details

EXIT_/SAPAPO/SAPLCIF_LOC_001 APO CIF Inbound - Location

EXIT_SAPLCLOC_004 R/3 CIF Outbound - Location

EXIT_/SAPAPO/SAPLCIF_PROD_001 APO CIF Inbound - Product

EXIT_SAPLCMAT_001 R/3 CIF Outbound - Material

EXIT_/SAPAPO/SAPLCIF_RES_001 APO CIF Inbound - Resource

EXIT_SAPLCRES4_001 R/3 CIF Outbound - Resource

Table - 7

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Additional Information Common terminologies in APO are listed in the table 8.

Terminology Details

Planned Order Manufacturing Order created in APO resulting from Production Planning run for In-house Produced Product

Production Order Planned Order is converted to a Production Order in R/3 which is then executed up (actual production carried out)

Purchase Requisition / STR Planned requisition resulting from Production Planning run for an Externally Procured Product

Purchase Order / STO Requisition is converted to a firmed Order in R/3 for subsequent execution

Independent Requirement / Demand

Requirement for a finished product coming from customer. This may not be the firm demand but just a plan

Sales Order Firm demand from customer with a confirmed requirement date and quantity

Stock Quantity of product available at a location either after production or procurement

Pegging Area Combination of Product - Location - Account Assignment Object - Planning Version = Planning Segment in R/3

GUID Unique ID used to identify each Master and Transaction Data element in APO. 40 character alpha-numeric code automatically system generated

Planning Version All Transaction and many Master data in APO stored in live Cache against a planning version. Default Planning Version to use is 000 - Active Version

Table - 8

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Common transactions used in APO  

The transaction are listed in the table 9.

Transaction Name

Transaction Code Details

Master Data Related

Location /SAPAPO/LOC3 Plants (Manufacturing / DC), Vendors, Customers, MRP Areas in R/3 all map to Location master in APO differentiated by Location Type (1001, 1002, 1011, 1010, 1007)

Product /SAPAPO/MAT1 Material in R/3 is mapped to Product in APO. Have multiple tabs similar to that in R/3. Many field values come from R/3 while APO-specific field values are either manually populated or automatically during CIF transfer from R/3 to APO

Resource /SAPAPO/RES01 Work Center (or Capacity) in R/3 defines the machine or equipment used for Production, Storage or Transportation

PDS /SAPAPO/CURTO_SIMU Combination of Bill-of-Material and Routing in R/3 (Production Version). Used for In-house Produced Products to determine components and resource (capacity and time) requirements

Transportation Lane /SAPAPO/SCC_TL3 Purchasing Info records and Contracts in R/3 map to Transportation Lanes in APO that define from where - to where products can be moved and the transportation duration

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Procurement Relationship

/SAPAPO/PWBSRC1 Displays Contracts, Purchasing Info records and Scheduling Agreements coming from R/3

Transaction Data Related

Product View /SAPAPO/RRP3 Most commonly used - needs Planning Version 000, Product and Location. This is equivalent to MD04 txn in R/3

Planning Board /SAPAPO/CDPSO Detailed View of Orders/operations used by End-users for Scheduling. Not much useful from Technical perspective

Order Resource Reporting

/SAPAPO/CDPS_REPT Combination of multiple reports

Interactive SDP /SAPAPO/SDP94 Used to display DP and SNP data through a Planning Book / Data View combination and selecting CVCs

Interactive Load Builder /SAPAPO/SNPTLB Used to carry out Transport Load Building - creation of Shipments

Display LC Contents /SAPAPO/OM16 User-friendly way to display LC data by type of data. Need to know Order Type, Business System Group (BSG01)

liveCache Browser /SAPAPO/OM19 You need to select live Cache option and browse the tables. This is not a very user-friendly option

Table – 9