Initially setting up APS

Your system administrator or installation consultant may have already performed these initial setup steps. In some cases, these steps must be repeated periodically. See your installation guide for more details.

  1. Use the Server Service Configuration utility to start the planner database manager and create at least one planner database. Find Server Service Configuration under Apps. Run as Administrator. For instructions regarding creation of planner databases, see your installation guide.
  2. Open the Planning Parameters form.
  3. Enter a Site record for the local site, with Alternative of 0 (required if you will be using APS or the Scheduler).
  4. Enter a Site record for each of your supply (remote) sites, with Alternative of 0, that provide component parts to this site (required if you will be running APS Global Planning in either Global Planning or Multiple Site Planning mode).
  5. Enter the above Site records for each Alternative number that you wish to execute.
  6. Define options located on the General, APS, and Advanced APS tabs.
  7. If you are not using global planning to replicate transfer orders to your supply sites, set up transfer order replication. If you are using Multiple Site Global planning, or Global Planning, but some sites are not participating in global planning runs, set up transfer order replication for those sites. See “Setting Up Planned Transfer Order Replication” for more information.