| Exception Messages in Enterprise PlanningIn Enterprise Planning, one way
to monitor the performance of your planning involves the use of exception messages. These are used to indicate bottlenecks and other (possible)
problems occurring in a specific scenario, and allow you to analyze and solve
these problems. Here are some key characteristics of exception
messages: - Exception messages are
created for a specific combination of scenario and plan level.
- Each exception message
belongs to an exception message type (for an overview of the available
exception message types and their meanings, see the Related topics Types of exception messages).
- The exception message is
a brief description of the problem or situation involved. The exception message
can contain extra information, such as a relevant date, or an error
specification.
- Attached to each
exception message are a number of fields containing information, such as a
reference date, information on the order involved, and a quantity indication.
The meaning of these fields can vary per exception message type; for more
information, see the help for these fields in the Exception Messages by Planner and Item (cprao1125m000) session and the Exception Messages by Resource (cprao1130m000) session.
You can use the Update Exception Messages (cprao1210m000) to generate or update planning exception
messages based on the current planning situation. In the following situations,
you can also let LN generate or update the exception messages online: - When you initialize or update a scenario in the Initialize, Roll, and Update Scenario (cprpd4200m000) session, additional exception messages may be generated
due to progression of the planning periods.
- When you generate a
master plan.
- When you generate an
order plan.
When a exception message is created, it is marked as directed to a specific planner. The
following procedure is used to determine this planner: - When generating orders
using the Generate Order Planning (cprrp1210m000) session, you can specify in the Planning Signals to Planner field to which planner the
newly generated exception messages are sent.
- If you leave the Planner field empty, or if the exception messages are generated
starting from a different session, the planner defined for the plan item in
question (in the Items - Planning session) is used.
- If the Planner field in the Items - Planning session is empty, the exception message is not marked for a
specific planner. In sessions which give an overview or list of exception
messages, you can view such non-planner-related exception messages by leaving
the planner ID field empty.
The Resource Analysis and Optimization module contains several sessions to quickly
analyze and resolve exception messages. Examples of what you can do with these
sessions are: - Get an overview of total
exception messages by item and resource.
- Zoom to specific
exception messages by item or resource.
- Zoom to the planning and
simulation sessions to analyze and resolve the exception messages.
Note Exception messages are only generated if the exception message type involved is
included in the exception message settings defined for the planner in question.
You can define and view the exception message settings in the Exception Message Types by Planner (cprao1110m000) session. Here you can define customized
settings for each exception message type (and separately for each planner), to
fine-tune the circumstances in which each exception message is generated. | |