Using Plan Publish Log when importing previously published plans from SCV

The Plan Publish Log is used to log the details of each plan published from SCP applications to SCV. Logged information includes details such as plan category and plan version. Several changes have been applied in this release to align the logged plan details with the filter conditions used when importing the same plans back into the SCP applications:

1. One single application variable is defined for each plan and plan attribute (for example, plan type). This application variable is defined in all templates that publish or read the plan, with the same default value in all templates.
2. When loading previously published plans back into SCP applications, the plan version is retrieved from the Plan Publish Logs. The plan version from the latest log record based on the plan category, plan type and plan subtype is used as filter condition when reading the plan from SCV.
3. These plan attributes are used when publishing and when loading:
   • Plan category: Always hardcoded to one of Sales, Inventory, Production, Purchase or Transfer.
   • Plan type: Set using application variable (during publish and during load)
   • Plan subtype: Where applicable, set using application variable (during publish and during load)
   • Plan version: Set using application variable (during publish), latest version retrieved dynamically from plan publish logs (during load) based on plan category, plan type and plan subtype.

These new application variables are added:

• statistical_forecast_plan_version
• statistical_forecast_plan_type
• abc_simulation_plan_version
• abc_simulation_plan_type
• inventory_simulation_plan_version
• inventory_simulation_plan_type
• inventory_plan_version
• inventory_plan_type
• consumed_forecast_plan_version
• consumed_forecast_plan_type
• constrained_forecast_plan_version
• constrained_forecast_plan_type
• constrained_forecast_plan_subtype

These interface services are updated to populate the plan attributes described above:

• DPLS - SCV - Import Demand Future Measures
• DPLS - SCV - Import Previous Published Demand Future Measures
• DPLS - SCV - Import Demand Future Measures (SC_DEMAND)
• DPLS - SCV - Import Previous Published Demand Future Measures (SC_DEMAND)
• DPLS - SCV - Import Demand Measures - Current ABC - XYZ
• DPLS - SCV - Publish Forecast
• DPLS - SCV - Publish ABC - XYZ Simulation
• IPLS - SCV - Publish Simulation
• IPLS - SCV - Import Previous Inventory Plan
• IPLS - SCV - Import Previous Published Demand Future Measures

These macros are updated to align the application variables passed as parameters:

• Publish Forecast Plan to SCV
• Publish ABC - XYZ Simulation SCV
• Publish Simulation to SCV