SAP ABAP Data Element DEMANDCATEGORYGROUP (Demand Groups for Supply and Demand Matching)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
   ⤷ PP-MRP (Application Component) Material Requirements Planning
     ⤷ PPH_GENERAL (Package) PP on HANA: General Functions

Basic Data

Data Element	DEMANDCATEGORYGROUP
Short Description	Demand Groups for Supply and Demand Matching

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	DEMANDCATEGORYGROUP
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	1
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	1
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Dem.Groups
Medium	15	Demand Groups
Long	20	Demand Groups
Heading	30	Demand Groups

Documentation

Definition

Provides a list of demand groups that you can include in supply and demand matching.

Use

You can assign each MRP element category to a demand group.

Note:

Each group builds on the preceding group. That is, each group contains the demands of the preceding groups plus new demands.

You can select one of the following options:

• Blank - No Demands
  No demands are included in supply and demand matching.
• 1 - Negative Stock
  The negative stock quantity is included in supply and demand matching.
• 2 - Execution Demands
  Negative + plus execution demands are included in supply and demand matching.
  Execution demands are demands for which an outbound delivery exists and that are ready to be shipped to the customer.
• 3 - Ordered Demands
  Negative stock + execution demands + ordered demands are included in supply and demand matching.
  Ordered demands include, for example:
• All other SD requirements (such as customer inquiries, customer quotations, and sales orders)
• Dependent reservations of released production orders
• Requirements of materials provided from subcontract orders/subcontract schedule lines
• Stock transfer releases from stock transfer orders/delivery scheduling agreement schedule lines
• 4 - Planned Demands
  Negative stock + execution demands + ordered demands + planned demands are included in supply and demand matching.
  Planned demands include, for example:
• Dependent reservations from production orders that have not yet been released
• Requirements of materials provided from subcontracting purchase requisitions/planned orders
• Dependent requirements, total requirements
• Planned independent requirements
• Manual reservations
• 5 - Forecast Demands

  Negative stock + execution demands + ordered demands + planned demands + forecast demands are included in supply and demand matching.

  Planned demands include, for example:

• Forecast requirements

Dependencies

Example

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20140121
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