Use Planning Output for Scheduling

Select this field to specify that the system should copy the output from the APS Planning activity to the database tables used by the Scheduler output forms and reports. The system will copy this planning output to the scheduling tables each time you run APS Planning. Also, when this field is selected and you run APS Planning, the system copies the operation start and end dates calculated by APS to the Start Date and End Date fields on the operations forms.

You can also copy incremental planning output, such as from Get ATP/CTP activities, using the Update Schedule form (if you need to analyze the latest plan data between runs of APS Planning).

This option allows you to schedule your shop floor with information that closely matches the planning output. When this field is selected, the normal Scheduling activity does not function.

See “Using APS to Backward Schedule” for a list of the scheduler forms and reports that display the planning output.

Default: Do Not Select