Reviewing the BOD separation details

In the detail view of the BOD Separation Rules page, the detail settings of a BOD separation rule are shown.

To review the BOD separation details:

  1. Select Release Management > Configuration > BOD Separation Rules.
  2. Click the Drill down button of a BOD separation rule.
  3. Review the header information of the BOD separation rule:
    Effective from Date
    This field defines the start date of the valid period for the configuration.
    When editing, click the Calendar button to select the start date from a calendar.
    Effective to Date
    This field defines the end date of the valid period for the configuration.
    When editing, click the Calendar button to select the end date from a calendar.
    Remark
    Review or provide a short description that clarifies the purpose of the configuration.
    Remark
    Review or provide a short description that clarifies the purpose of the configuration.
    Customer
    The customer is an arbitrary set of characters that is used to uniquely identify a customer in an accounting entity. The customer is taken from the ERP system.
    When editing, click the Lookup button of the field. Select the customer from the list that is displayed in the dialog box.
    Customer Name
    The field shows the name of the customer who holds the contract.
    When you select a customer, the name of the customer is automatically displayed.
    Ship To
    Review or specify the ship to location of the contract line. This field indicates the location code that is used with the ship to location to identify where the goods are shipped.
    When editing, click the Lookup button of the field. Select the ship to location of the customer from the list that is displayed in the dialog box. The ship to locations that are displayed are valid for the selected customer.
    Internal Item
    Review or specify the internal item number of the contract line that is used by the supplier and identifies the item.
    When editing, click the Lookup button of the field. Select the item that is used by the supplier from the list that is displayed in the dialog box. The items that are displayed are valid for the selected customer and ship to.
    Accounting Entity
    The accounting entity is a corporation or a subset of a corporation. The accounting entity is independent in regard to one or more operational functions or accounting functions. An accounting entity produces a P&L and balance sheet from a complete, balanced set of transactions, and is often a legal entity. An accounting entity is defined within a tenant and can contain locations.
  4. Expand Notes and review the comments that are specified for the BOD separation rule.
  5. Review the BOD separation lines that are shown at the bottom of the page:

    In a BOD separation line, the attributes for the separation of requirements from the combined plan are defined. These attributes are defined for the BOD types Planning Schedule and Shipment Schedule. The requirements that are assigned to these BODs are published and sent to the ERP system:

    BOD Type
    The BOD type can be a Shipment Schedule or a Planning Schedule.
    Not in Shipment Schedule
    If this check box is selected, the requirements that are not published to the Shipment Schedule are stored in the Planning Schedule.
    By Level of Commitment
    The firm and planned requirements from the combined plan are stored in a BOD type according to their schedule status.
    Firm Requirements
    If this check box is selected, requirements that have the schedule status Firm Requirement are assigned to the defined BOD type.
    Planned Requirements
    If this check box is selected, the requirements that have the schedule status Planned Requirements are assigned to the defined BOD type.
    By Frequency
    If this check box is selected, the requirements are separated and assigned to the defined BOD type according to their shipment frequencies.
    Day
    If this check box is selected, the requirements that have a shipment frequency specified in days are assigned to the defined BOD type.
    Week
    If this check box is selected, the requirements that have a shipment frequency specified in weeks are assigned to the defined BOD type.
    Month
    If this check box is selected, the requirements that have a shipment frequency specified in months are assigned to the defined BOD type.
    Other
    If this check box is selected, the requirements that have other shipment frequencies are assigned to the defined BOD type.
    In Time Period
    If this check box is selected, the requirements within the specified time horizon in days are published to the defined BOD type.
    Days
    The defined time horizon in days.
    After Time Period
    If this check box is selected, the requirements after the specified time horizon in days are published to the defined BOD type.
    Days
    The defined time horizon in days.

BOD separation

The requirements from the combined plan that are scheduled within a time horizon of five days are published as ShipmentsSchedule BODs. The other requirements of the combined plan are published as PlanningSchedule BODs.

Settings of the BOD separation lines:

  • BOD type Shipment Schedule: The check box of the In Time Period column is selected. The Days column is set to five days.
  • BOD type Planning Schedule: The check box of the Not in Shipment Schedule column is selected.