Creation of Diagnosis group and SETTING UP ALERT PROFILE

CREATION OF DIAGNOSIS GROUP:

The diagnosis group contains the threshold values, which trigger an alert when they are
exceeded.
1. To Access the activity, use one of the following navigation option:

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Transaction code

/SAPAPO/MC96B

SAP SCM Menu

Demand Planning Environment Maintain Forecast

Profiles

Input YDP_PA in Planning Area the field, on the Master Prfl. Tab page.
Choose the Univariate Profil. tab page, select your Univariate Profile by input help.
Then choose Maintain diagnos. Group in the Model Parameters section.
In the dialog box Maintain Diagnosis group, maintain the value as follows:
Field name

User action and values

Comment

YDP_DG1

Your diagnosis group name

MAD upper limit

10

Your parameter

MAPE upper limit

30

Your parameter

Group name
Group name
Group Parameters

You can choose the parameters according to your business requirements.

6. Choose Save Group to save the diagnosis group.

7. On the same screen, choose Adopt values. The defined Diagnosis Group has been
assigned to the Univariate Profile.
8. On the Univariate Forecast Profile screen, choose Save Single Profile.

Set up application specific Alert profiles APO forecast Alert

Profiles.
USE: Maintain this alert profile if you want to monitor forecast alerts for Demand
Planning. The profile allows you to maintain a user-specific selection of alerts
corresponding to your area of responsibility.

Pre-requisites :
You have specified priorities for forecast alerts in Customizing. If you do not specify
priorities, the system issues all forecast alerts as warning messages, as standard.

In the Forecast Profile for Demand Planning, you have defined a diagnosis group. The
diagnosis group contains the threshold values, which trigger an alert when they are
exceeded. For Univariate forecasts these are always maximum values.
1. To access the activity, use one of the following navigation options:
Transaction code

/SAPAPO/AMON_SETTING

SAP SCM Menu

Supply Chain Monitoring Current Settings Set Alert

Monitor

2. In the Alert Profile Maintenance window, choose Create Profile.

3. In the Create Alert Monitor Profile window, enter the value as follows:
Field name

User action and values

Comment

selected

Category
Application Profile
Identification
Profile ID

YDP_FP01

Description

Forecast alert profile

AMO Application

APO: Forecast Planning

Choose from drop list

4. Choose Create.
5. In the Alert Profile Maintenance: Change <your alert profile name> window, choose
the Selection tab page at the right side of the window, in the Select Alert Types
section, expand the node Demand Planning Forecast Alerts, maintain the value as
the table below:
Alert Types

Selection

MAD upper limit exceeded

MAPE upper limit exceeded

Information

Warning

Error

Here you should choose the alert types based on the parameters you selected in your
diagnosis group.

6. In the Object Selection section of the same screen, maintain the value as the table:
Field name

User action and values

Comment

YDP_PB_MASS_JOB

The planning book name

Object Selection
Planning Book

Select the planning book for which the system should determine alerts. You can enter
a selection restriction. If you enter a selection range for a specific characteristic, only
those alerts will be displayed that have that particular characteristic. If you do not
enter a selection, the system determines alerts for all selections in a planning book.

7. Choose Save. Expand the node APO: Forecast Planning at the left side of the
window, then you can see the alert profile you just created.