SAP ABAP IMG Activity SIMG_CFMENUOLPAMC8H (Define user methods)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
   ⤷ PP-SOP-SP (Application Component) Sales Plan
     ⤷ MCPC (Package) Sales & Operations Planning: Customizing
IMG Activity
ID SIMG_CFMENUOLPAMC8H Define user methods  
Transaction Code S_ALR_87001719   IMG Activity: SIMG_CFMENUOLPAMC8H 
Created on 19981222    
Customizing Attributes SIMG_CFMENUOLPAMC8H   Define user methods 
Customizing Activity SIMG_CFMENUOLPAMC8H   Define user methods 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name SIMG_CFMENUOLPAMC8H    

In this step, you create one or more user methods. A user method is a program or programs written by your company to perform a clearly defined, highly specific task when certain conditions are fulfilled. For example, a method allows you to perform complex transformations on statistical data. It consists of administrative information and an ABAP/4 FORM routine which you write yourself.

In Sales & Operations Planning, you can define methods for the following situations:

  • the setting of initial stock values (B)

    For full information on the different possibilities for setting opening stock levels, see the online guide "PP Sales & Operations Planning" (SOP).

  • the copying of planned key figure values from one information structure to another (Y)

    If the combination of planning methods from and to which you want to copy is not defined in the R/3 System, you create a copying method. For information on the standard copying methods supplied with the R/3 System, see the online guide "PP Sales & Operations Planning" (SOP).

  • the reduction in the number of fully qualified records from an information structure, determined by the Actual Data Generator, to those records relevant for planning (P)

    For information on the Actual Data Generator, see the online guide "PP Sales & Operations Planning" (SOP).

In a method, you maintain the following:

  • method usage (B, Y, or P)
  • method

    This is a four-character key of your choice which denotes the method.

  • source table

    This is the source information structure.

  • target table

    This is the target information structure. If the method usage is 'B' or 'P', you enter the same information structure for both the source and the target table.

  • program

    This is the program in which you create the FORM routine for the transformation.

  • subroutine

    This is the FORM routine with which the data transformation is carried out.

  • description

    This is a description of the method.

Actions

  1. Enter the method usage (B, Y, or P) and press Enter.
  2. Select Methods maintenance -> Maintain methods.
  3. Maintain your entries.

    To branch into the editor for program or subroutine maintenance, double-click on the field Program or Subroutine.

  4. Save your entries.

Further Notes

To see an example of a particular method, place your cursor on the scenario and click the pushbuttons Documentation and Reference.

You can also create a method to plan characteristic values that are not updated from the operative applications. For an example, see Copy Management in Customizing for the Logistics Information System.

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 255   Create Interfaces 
Mandatory / Optional 3   Nonrequired activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 1   Critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
Assigned Application Components
Documentation Object Class Documentation Object Name Current line number Application Component Application Component Name
SIMG SIMG_CFMENUOLPAMC8H 0 HLA0009522 O HLA0006250  
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type C   Customizing Object 
Assigned objects
Customizing Object Object Type Transaction Code Sub-object Do not Summarize Skip Subset Dialog Box Description for multiple selections
IMGDUMMY D - Dummy object MC8H SOPMETHODE Maintenance of user methods 
History
Last changed by/on SAP  19981222 
SAP Release Created in