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Oracle advanced supply chain
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Flexfields Configuration
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Table of contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................................................. 3

2. Oracle ASPC planning Flexfield configuration guide.............................................................................................3

3. Additional information.......................................................................................................................................... 15

4. Appendices.............................................................................................................................................................. 16

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 1.
Introduction
This Configuration Setup Guide document contains the set-up or configuration tasks of Oracle Advanced Supply
Chain Planner (ASCP). The Configuration is documented outside the Packaged Application to capture the reasoning
or rationale behind the set-up choice and to provide for a backup for manual re-production of the set-up. This is
intended to be used by all process owners/business analysts involved with the package set-up. This document will
communicate the navigation and configuration tasks that were preformed for the configuration. This document is a
supplement to the ASCP Configuration Checklist and serves to provide more detail regarding setting up the
Planning Flexfields. Note that this document only contains the steps that warrant explanation for the particular
configuration setup task at hand; refer to the ASCP Configuration Checklist for an explanation of all the setup steps
in the recommended order of execution.List bullet

<Source Materials include the Oracle user and implementation guides, white papers and notes on new release.>
<Note to project teams: Please carefully review all information included in the Configuration Setup Guide,
evaluate if the setups are reusable at your client sites and make modification when necessary. Please complete the
setup rationale as pertinent to your client’s business requirements.>

2. Oracle ASPC planning

Flexfield configuration guide
The Create Planning Flexfields concurrent program creates new segment definitions in existing descriptive
flexfields to hold data that may be required for constrained and/or optimized planning. The program also populates
profile values with the value corresponding to the descriptive flexfield attribute number for each attribute (planning
parameter) created. Appendix A below shows the descriptive flexfields Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning
Implementation and User's Guide attributes that are required, the name of the attributes that are created, the
tables in which the data resides, and the profile options that correspond to each attribute.

Descriptive Flexfields are defined to capture the penalty cost data at the appropriate levels for independent
demand, items and resources. These penalties will be used for calculations in constrained and optimized plans.

Submission of the program will spawn eleven additional processes. These jobs compile the descriptive
flexfield views.

<In this table outline the Configuration tasks including the application and module name, the configuration task
that the setup guide outlines, the configuration steps involved in the setup and applicable prerequisites.>

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Value
Application:
Configuration task:
Configuration step(s):
Prerequisite(s):
Details
Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning
Planning Flexfield Configuration
1. From ASCP Advanced Supply Chain Planner Responsibility, launch Concurrent
Request “Create Planning flexfields”
In the job parameters; enter the flexfield attribute number to be used for each
of the flexfields. Remember to document the entries so that the results of the
job can be verified
2. After successful completion of the job, validate the results
1. Source instance ASCP patches must be installed
2. Instances must be defined,with database links created for multiple
instance environments

The following setup steps are presumed to occur using the Adavnced Supply Chain responsibility unless
otherwise noted.

2.1. Step 1: Run “Create Planning Flexfields”

concurrent request
2.1.1. Navigation
Navigate to Advanced Supply Chain Planner->Requests->Submit New Request->
Selected “Create Planning Flexfields”->Enter Values

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2.1.6. Configuration
Field name Description R/O/C/D/E User action and value Comments
Late Demands Attribute Number to O Choose any available Document the entry
Penalty Attribute be used to hold the attribute number from for validation

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Field name Description R/O/C/D/E User action and value Comments
Late Demands the list of values following the
Penalty value job completion
Material Over- Attribute Number to O Choose any available Document the entry
Capacity Penalty be used to hold attribute number from for validation
(Item): Material Over- the list of values following the
Capacity Penalty job completion
(Item) value
Late Demands Attribute Number to O Choose any available Document the entry
Penalty (Org) be used to hold Late attribute number from for validation
Demands Penalty the list of values following the
(Org) value job completion
Material Over- Attribute Number to O Choose any available Document the entry
Capacity Penalty be used to hold attribute number from for validation
(Org) Material Over- the list of values following the
Capacity Penalty job completion
(Org) value
Resource Over- Attribute Number to O Choose any available Document the entry
Capacity Penalty be used to hold attribute number from for validation
(Org) Resource Over the list of values following the
Capacity Penalty job completion
(Org) value
Transportation Over- Attribute Number to O Choose any available Document the entry
Capacity Penalty be used to hold attribute number from for validation
(Org) Transportation Over- the list of values following the
Capacity Penalty job completion
(Org) value
Aggregate Resource Attribute Number to O Choose any available Document the entry
(Resource) be used to hold attribute number from for validation
Aggregate Resource the list of values following the
(Resource) value job completion
Resource Over- Attribute Number to O Choose any available Document the entry
Capacity Penalty be used to hold attribute number from for validation
(Resource) Resource Over- the list of values following the
Capacity Penalty job completion
(Resource) value
Material Over- Attribute Number to O Choose any available Document the entry
Capacity Penalty be used to hold attribute number from for validation
(Supplier) Material the list of values following the
Over-Capacity Penalty job completion
(Supplier) value
Substitute Items Attribute Number to O Choose any available Document the entry
Priorities be used to hold attribute number from for validation
Substitute Items the list of values following the
Priorities value job completion
Transportation Over- Attribute Number to O Choose any available Document the entry
Capacity Penalty be used to hold attribute number from for validation
(Ship Method) Transportation Over- the list of values following the
Capacity Penalty job completion

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 Field name Description R/O/C/D/E User action and value Comments
(Ship Method) value
BOM/Routing Cost Attribute Number to O Choose any available Document the entry
be used to hold attribute number from for validation
BOM/Routing the list of values following the
Cost value job completion
Late Forecast Penalty Attribute Number to O Choose any available Document the entry
be used to hold Late attribute number from for validation
Forecast Penalty value the list of values following the
job completion
Resource Group Attribute Number to O Choose any available Document the entry
(Line) be used to hold attribute number from for validation
Resource Group the list of values following the
(Line) value job completion
Demand Priority Attribute Number to O Choose any available Document the entry
be used to hold attribute number from for validation
Demand Priority the list of values following the
value job completion
See Table Legend at end of this section for an explanation of R/O/C/D/E abbreviations.

2.2. Step 1: Validate results of job run

2.2.1. Navigation
Navigate to System Administrator->Applications->Flexfields->Descriptive->Segments
 Use “Find” to select Application and title for each Planning Flexfield
 Choose Context Flexfield Value Code
 Click Segments
 Validate the Attribute Value see
Find Profile Options and confirm values

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2.2.6. Configuration
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Field name Description R/O/C/D/E User action and Comments
values
Late Demands Attribute Number to D Find Descriptive Flexfield Validate the
Penalty Attribute be used to hold the Descriptive flexfield
Late Demands Inventory/Items/Glbl Attribute Value
Penalty value against the value
entered in the “Create
Planning Flexfield”
parameter
Material Over- Attribute Number to O Find Descriptive Flexfield Validate the
Capacity be used to hold Descriptive flexfield
Penalty (Item) Material Inventory/Items/Glbl Attribute Value
Over-Capacity against the value
Penalty (Item) value entered in the “Create
Planning Flexfield”
parameter
Late Demands Attribute Number to O Find Descriptive Flexfield Validate the
Penalty (Org) be used to hold Late Descriptive flexfield
Demands Penalty Inventory/Org Attribute Value
(Org) valu Parameters/Glbl against the value
entered in the
“Create Planning

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Field name Description R/O/C/D/E User action and Comments
values
Flexfield” parameter
Material Attribute Number to O Find Descriptive Flexfield Validate the
Over-Capacity be used to hold Descriptive flexfield
Penalty (Org) Material Inventory/Org Attribute Value
Over-Capacity Penalty Parameters/Glbl against the value
(Org) value entered in the
“Create Planning
Flexfield” parameter
Resource Attribute Number to O Find Descriptive Flexfield Validate the
Over-Capacity be used to hold Descriptive flexfield
Penalty (Org): Resource Inventory/Org Attribute Value
Over-Capacity Penalty Parameters/Glbl against the value
(Org) value entered in the
“Create Planning
Flexfield” parameter
Transportation Attribute Number to O Find Descriptive Flexfield Validate the
Over-Capacity be used to hold Descriptive flexfield
Penalty (Org) Transportation Inventory/Org Attribute Value
Over-Capacity Penalty Parameters/Glbl against the value
(Org) value entered in the
“Create Planning
Flexfield” parameter
Aggregate Resource Attribute Number to O Find Descriptive Flexfield Validate the
(Resource) be used to hold Descriptive flexfield
Aggregate Resource Bill of Materials/ Attribute Value
(Resource) value Department Resource against the value
Information/Glbl entered in the
“Create Planning
Flexfield” parameter
Resource Attribute Number to O Find Descriptive Flexfield Validate the
Over-Capacity be used to hold Descriptive flexfield
Penalty (Resource) Resource Bill of Materials/ Attribute Value
Over-Capacity Penalty Department Resource against the value
(Resource) value Information/Glbl entered in the
“Create Planning
Flexfield” parameter
Material Attribute Number to O Find Descriptive Flexfield Validate the
Over-Capacity be used to hold Descriptive flexfield
Penalty (Supplier) Material Purchasing/ Attribute Value
Over-Capacity Penalty Attributes/Glbl against the value
(Supplier) value entered in the
“Create Planning
Flexfield” parameter
Substitute Items Attribute Number to O Find Descriptive Flexfield Validate the
Priorities be used to hold Descriptive flexfield
Substitute Bill of Attribute Value
Items Priorities value Material/Substitute against the value
Component entered in the
Information/Glbl “Create Planning

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 Field name Description
Transportation Attribute Number to
Over-Capacity Penalty be used to hold
(Ship Method) Transportation Over-
Capacity Penalty
(Ship Method) value
BOM/Routing Cost Attribute Number to
be used to hold
BOM/Routing Cost
value
Late Forecast Penalty Attribute Number to O Find Descriptive Flexfield Validate the
be used to hold Late
Forecast Penalty value
Resource Group Attribute Number to
(Line) be used to hold
Resource Group
(Line) value
Demand Priority Attribute Number to
be used to hold
Demand Priority
value
See Table Legend at end of this section for an explanation of R/O/C/D/E abbreviations.
R/O/C/D/E User action and Comments
values
Flexfield” parameter
O Find Descriptive Flexfield Validate the
Descriptive flexfield
Inventory/Additional Attribute Value
Info for Inter_Org_ against the value
Ship_Methods/Glbl entered in the
“Create Planning
Flexfield” parameter
O Find Descriptive Flexfield Validate the
Descriptive flexfield
Bill of Material/Bill Attribute Value
of Material Information against the value
/Glbl entered in the
“Create Planning
Flexfield” parameter
Descriptive flexfield
“Master Scheduling/ Attribute Value
MRP”/MRP_Forecast_D against the value
ates/Glbl entered in the
“Create Planning
Flexfield” parameter
O Find Descriptive Flexfield Validate the
Descriptive flexfield
Bill of Materials/ Attribute Value
Department Resource against the value
Information/Glbl entered in the
“Create Planning
Flexfield” parameter
O Find Descriptive Flexfield Validate the
Descriptive flexfield
Order Entry/Additional Attribute Value
Line Attribute against the value
Information/glbl entered in the
“Create Planning
Flexfield” parameter

2.3. Legend
 R (Required) The field listed is a required field. Data must be entered for the transaction to
be completed.
 O (Optional) The field listed is an optional field. Data may be entered but it is not required to complete
a transaction. When a business variation warrants data in this field, it should be entered.
 C (Combined) The field listed is required only if other related fields have not been populated. The
requirement is combined across two or more fields; it is required that one of the fields
listed be populated.
 D (Display) The field listed is a display only field. Data cannot be entered into this field..

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3. Additional information
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3.1. Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations

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3.3. References and related documents

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The Configuration Setup Guide document provides further instruction on steps documented in the Configuration
Checklist document and further explains the set up of the step that require additional detail. The Configuration
Checklist document provides the setup sequence of steps.

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Appendices
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4.1. Appendix A – Planning descriptive flexfield details

The table below shows the descriptive flexfield attributes that are required, the name of the attributes that are
created, the tables in which the data resides, and the profile options that correspond to each attribute.

Descriptive Parameter name Descriptive Base table name Profile option

flexfield names (In flexfield form flexfield name
and report navigation
parameter)
Items Late Demands Inventory/ MTL_SYSTEM_ MRP: Penalty cost
Penalty (Item) Items/Glbl ITEMS factor for late demands
flexfield attribute
Items Material Over- Inventory/ MTL_SYSTEM_ MRP: Penalty cost factor
Capacity Penalty Items/Glbl ITEMS for exceeding material
(Item) capacity flexfield
attribute
Organization Late Demands Inventory/ MTL_PARAMETERS MSO: Penalty cost
Parameters Penalty (Org) Org factor for late
Parameters/ demands (Organization)
Glbl flexfield attribute
Organization Material Over- Inventory/ MTL_PARAMETERS MSO: Penalty cost
Parameters Capacity Penalty (Org) Org factor for exceeding
Parameters/ material capacity
Glbl (Organization) Flexfield
Organization Resource Over- Inventory/ MTL_PARAMETERS MSO: Penalty cost
Parameters Capacity Penalty (Org) Org factor for exceeding
Parameters/ resource capacity
Glbl (Organization) Flexfield
Organization Transport Over- Inventory/ MTL_PARAMETERS MSO: Penalty cost factor
Parameters Capacity Penalty (Org) Org for exceeding
Parameters/ Transportation capacity
Glbl (Organization)
Department Aggregate Resources Bill of BOM_DEPARTMEN MSO: Aggregate resource
Resource Information Materials/ T _RESOURCES name flexfield attribute
Department
Resource
Information/
Glbl

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Descriptive Parameter name Descriptive Base table name Profile option
flexfield names (In flexfield form flexfield name
and report navigation
parameter)
Department Resource Over- Bill of BOM_DEPARTMEN MSO: Penalty cost
Resource Information Capacity Penalty Materials/ T _RESOURCES factor for exceeding
(Resource) Department resource capacity
Resource (Resource) flexfield
Information/
Glbl
Attribute (Purchasing) Material Over- Purchasing/ PO_ASL_ MSO: Penalty cost factor
Capacity Penalty Attributes ATTRIBUTES for exceeding material
(Supplier) /Glbl capacity
(Supplier-Item) Flexfield
Substitute Component Substitute Items Bill of BOM_SUBSTITUTE MSO: Priority for
Information Priority Material/ _ COMPONENT substitute items
Substitute flexfield attribute
Component
Information/
Glbl
MTL Interorg Transport Over- Inventory/ MTL_INTERORG_ MSO: Penalty cost
ship Methods Capacity Penalty (Ship Additional SHIP _METHOD factor for exceeding
Method) Info for transportation capacity
Inter_Org_ flexfield attribute
Ship_
Methods/Glbl
Bill of Material BOM/Routing Cost Bill of BOM_BILL_OF_ MSO: Cost of using
Information Material/Bill MATERIALS a BOM/Routing
of Material flexfield attribute
Information/
Glbl
MRP Forecast Dates Late Forecasts “Master MRP_FORECAST_ MSO: Penalty cost factor
Scheduling/ DATES for late forecasts
MRP”/MRP_
Forecast_
Dates/Glbl
Additional Late Sales Order Order Entry/ SO_LINES MSO: Penalty cost
Line Information Penalty Additional factor for late sales
Line orders
Attribute
Information/
glbl
Production Line Resource Group Work in WIP_LINES MSO: Resource group for
(Line) Process/ a line flexfield attribute
Production
Line/Glbl

4.2. Appendix B: Title

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