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Lesson: Setting Up Rules-Based Availability Check in Global Available-to-Promise (Global ATP)

Rules-based ATP does not carry out any ATP checks itself. Instead, it acts as a framework
that specifies in which sequence and on which substitutions ATP checks should be carried
out.
The system terminates the search as soon as a check step has returned an acceptable check
result. Alternatively, if conditions stored in the calculation profile are active, then the system
terminates the search if the step returns a result that matches those conditions—for example,
the check returns the maximum number of partial confirmations.
If no other setting is active, then the system adds together the results of each step until the
requested quantity is reached. If SD is used (in SAP ERP), sub-items are generated in the
corresponding sales order.

Note:
Currently, for SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM), the rules-based ATP
function in SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO), in SD (for
example, from the SAP CRM system), is only supported by sales order processing
and from within the multilevel ATP check.

Elements of a Rule

Figure 67: Elements of a Rule

The rules-based ATP check is based on multiple rules, which are executed in sequence. In this
context, a rule is interpreted as an instruction that informs the system of the sequence in
which to execute substitutions.
Each rule consists of at least one of the following:
● A calculation profile (the results of which are accepted during a check)
● A product substitution procedure
● A location determination procedure

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