MRP Live: Incompatible Changes

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The following tables contain a list of the incompatible changes that you must take into account when working with MRP Live.
Functions Not Supported
BAdIs no Longer Supported
Total Requirements not Supported
Total customer and total dependent requirements are
not supported.
Planning Horizon This planning run type was a performance measure
MRP Live does not support net change planning in the only which is now no longer necessary.
planning horizon. The planning horizon is ignored.
Planning File Entries in Table MDVM
Only planning file entries in table DBVM are supported.
Planning file entries in table MDVM are no longer
supported.
Planning Sequence of Plants
Table T439C has been decommissioned.
Creation Indicator for Purchase Requisitions
The creation indicator for purchase requisitions is not
available in MRP Live. MRP Live always creates
purchase requisitions for external procurement. It does
not support the process where planned orders are
created first that have to be converted into purchase
requisitions later.
Creation Indicator for Delivery Schedule Lines
The creation indicator for delivery schedule lines is not
available in MRP Live. MRP Live always creates
delivery schedule lines if the materials source list entry
tells MRP to do so.
Destinations for Parallel Processing
For MRP Live, destinations for parallel processing no
longer have to be defined in table T462A. The
Customizing activity Define Parallel Processing in
MRP is no longer necessary.
Subcontractor Planning Segments
Subcontracting is only supported with explicit MRP
areas (BERTY 03). Subcontractor planning segments
(PLAAB 26) are not supported.
Different System Behaviour
MRP List
No MRP list is created for the MRP Live run with the
exception of termination MRP lists for materials with
inconsistent data.
Deletion of Planned Orders and Purchase
Requisitions
MRP Live deletes planned orders or purchase
requisitions created by an earlier planning run and
creates new ones if they were not firmed and if the
quantity or date has to be changed.
Maximum Number of Purchase Order Proposals
Difference in behavior with regard to the maximum
number of purchase order proposals per date (which is
maintained in the customizing transaction OMI8).
Reorder Point Planning with External Requirements For performance reasons.
In Customizing for MRP, you can define that external
requirements are to be included in the planning run for
reorder point planning. In classic MRP, you can
differentiate between the external requirements for
order reservations and for plant maintenance orders or
networks. In MRP Live, this differentiation is no longer
valid and the system only takes the order reservation
indicator into account.
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Reason How to Upgrade
MRP Live (transaction MD01N) does not process BAdIs For such materials, you have to force the MRP Live run
for materials that are completely planned in SAP to call classic MRP by setting the Plan in Classic MRP
HANA. indicator in transaction MD_MRP_FORCE_CLASSIC.
Total requirements were used for performance reasons Before activating the business function, make sure you
which is now no longer necessary. have no total requirements in your system. See
Prerequisite: Clean Up Total Requirements
After the upgrade, a new report is available to carry out
MRP Live. The new report does not offer this planning
run type.
Performance of reading DBVM is much better because it Run report RMDBVM00 if it has not already run before.
has a proper key.
Table T439C only allows you to define the planning The MRP logic determines the planning sequence of
sequence of locations not location materials. With the plants automatically. There is no need to define a
sequence defined in table T439C you cannot support planning sequence in a table. No special activities are
the stock transfer of different materials in different necessary.
directions between the same two locations.
Simplification of the procurement process. The reason After the upgrade, a new report is available to carry out
for using planned orders in the external procurement MRP Live. The new report does not support the
process was to separate responsibilities. The creation of planned orders for external procurement.
purchaser was responsible for purchase requisitions If you require planned orders for external procurement,
and the production planner for planned orders. The you have to use classic MRP.
conversion of planned orders into purchase
requisitions transferred responsibility from the
production planner to the purchaser. This process is no
longer required.
There is no conversion of purchase requisitions into No upgrade activity necessary.
delivery schedule lines. Therefore an MRP run that
does not create delivery schedule lines, renders
delivery schedules useless.
Destinations can be determined automatically using Define server groups.
server groups. There is no need to define them
separately
Subcontractor MRP areas support all features of You have to activate subcontractor MRP areas by
subcontractor planning segments. This is an attempt to creating an MRP area of the type subcontractor for
reduce redundant features. every subcontractor. Then you have to assign every
subcontracting part and every vendor that requires the
part to the MRP area.
Reason How to Upgrade
For performance reasons. The same information is available in the
stock/requirements list. Use this list instead.
For performance reasons. This means that planners Nothing to be considered during the upgrade.
should be aware of the fact that planned order
numbers or purchase requisition numbers could
change more frequently than in the past.
Classic MRP: The planning run is terminated when the Nothing to be considered during the upgrade.
number of purchase order proposals per date is
exceeded and a relevant error message is displayed.
MRP Live: Here, the system creates as many purchase
order proposals as is defined.
Depending on your current selections in Customizing,
note the following:
If both indicators are selected, no change.
If only order reservations are selected, no
change for classic MRP, but in MRP Live on
HANA, the system will behave as if both
indicators are selected and include the external
requirements for both order reservations and
plant maintenance orders or networks in the
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If only plant maintenance or networks is
selected, no change for classic MRP. However,
these external requirements will no longer be
included in the MRP Live on HANA run. To
include these external requirements, select the
order reservations indicator.

Processes Not Supported by MRP Live Reason How to Upgrade

Multi-Level, Make-to-Order Planning Multi-level, make-to-order planning was a performance Use MRP Live for the top-level material and include the
Multi-level, make-to-order planning (transaction MD50) measure only which is no longer necessary. BOM components in planning.
is not optimized for MRP Live.

Individual Project Planning Individual project planning was a performance Use MRP Live for the top-level material and include the
Individual project planning (transaction MD51) is not measure only which is no longer necessary. BOM components in planning.
optimized for MRP Live.

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