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<Session ID="/baanerp/cp/rmp/cprmp1203m000" xml:lang="en">
	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Generate Master Planning (Item) (cprmp1203m000)</Title>
	</Header>
	<HelpTopic><AimSection><Paragraph>Use this session to run a master-plan simulation for one item.</Paragraph>
		</AimSection>
		<GeneralSection><ProcedureList><ListIntro>To simulate the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000019" role="glossary">item master plan</Link>:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Specify a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000007" role="glossary">scenario</Link>, a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanLevel.ti" role="glossary">plan level</Link>, and a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanItems.ti" role="glossary">plan item</Link>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Select a range of <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000109" role="glossary" Update="No">plan periods</Link>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Select or clear the appropriate check boxes.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rmp/cprmp1202m000#exec.cont.process" role="formcommand">Generate</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
			</ProcedureList>
			<List><ListIntro>This session provides several basic options for the simulation run. If you need one or more of the following options, you must use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rmp/cprmp1202m000" role="session">Generate Master Planning (cprmp1202m000)</GUIRef> session instead:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Simulation for a range of items.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>A <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000078" role="glossary">net-change calculation</Link> instead of a complete regeneration.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The use of iterations when considering constraints.</ListItem>
			</List>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>If the specified scenario is defined as a central multisite scenario in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd4100m000" role="session">Scenarios (cprpd4100m000)</GUIRef> details session, SSA ERP performs a central multisite simulation run.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
			<Paragraph>The simulation is only carried out for the specified range of plan periods. However, SSA ERP recomputes the projected inventory for the entire <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000066" role="glossary">planning horizon</Link> and the (cumulative) ATP values for the entire <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#415" role="glossary">ATP/CTP horizon</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000086" role="manual">To maintain an item master plan</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000049" role="manual">To update master-plan data</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000148" role="manual">Multisite planning</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000005" role="manual">To use a details session</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000006" role="manual">To use From and To fields</Link>
			</RelTopic>
		</RelatedTopics>
	</HelpTopic>
	<Fields><FieldHelp ID="plnc"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Scenario</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000007" role="glossary">scenario</Link> in which SSA ERP performs master planning for the specified <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanItems.ti" role="glossary">plan item</Link>.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>The scenario's <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000010" role="glossary">plan status</Link> must be <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.plst#open" role="enum">Open</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000044" role="manual">Scenarios in Enterprise Planning</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="plni"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Plan Item</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanItems.ti" role="glossary">plan item</Link> for which SSA ERP generates a master plan.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="rpun"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Plan Unit</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000004" role="glossary">plan unit</Link> to which the selected item belongs.</FuncDesc>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000025" role="manual">Plan units in Enterprise Planning</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="pern.f"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">From</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Specify the first of a range of <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000109" role="glossary">plan periods</Link> for which SSA ERP generates a master plan.</FuncDesc>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000302" role="manual">Plan periods in Enterprise Planning</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="date.f"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Date from</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The end date of the specified plan period.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="pern.t"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Specify the last of a range of <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000109" role="glossary">plan periods</Link> for which SSA ERP generates a master plan.</FuncDesc>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000302" role="manual">Plan periods in Enterprise Planning</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="date.t"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Date to</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The end date of the specified plan period.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="sim.in.fence"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Simulate within Time Fence</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>If this check box is selected,SSA ERP performs the simulation for the entire <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000303" role="glossary">master-planning horizon</Link> of the specified plan item, even if part of this horizon falls within the item's <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000063" role="glossary">time fence</Link>.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>If this check box is cleared, the planning within the time fence is frozen and is not affected by the simulation.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>More so than the setting of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rmp/cprmp1203m000#sim.in.fence" role="formfield">Simulate within Time Fence</GUIRef> check box in this session, the setting of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd100.utmf" role="formfield">Use Time Fence</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session is determinant for simulation of item master plans within the time fence.</Paragraph>
				<List><ListIntro>Dependent on the previously mentioned check boxes, three possible situations exist:</ListIntro>
					<ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd100.utmf" role="formfield">Use Time Fence</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session is cleared: Enterprise Planning generates the item master plan within the time fence, regardless of the setting of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rmp/cprmp1203m000#sim.in.fence" role="formfield">Simulate within Time Fence</GUIRef> check box.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd100.utmf" role="formfield">Use Time Fence</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session is selected, and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rmp/cprmp1203m000#sim.in.fence" role="formfield">Simulate within Time Fence</GUIRef> check box is cleared: Enterprise Planning generates the item master plan outside the time fence.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd100.utmf" role="formfield">Use Time Fence</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session, and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rmp/cprmp1203m000#sim.in.fence" role="formfield">Simulate within Time Fence</GUIRef> check box are both selected: Enterprise Planning generates the item master plan within the time fence.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</SimpleSection>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>You can define the length of the time fence in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000023" role="manual">Horizons and time fences</Link>
				</RelTopic>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000411" role="manual">Time fences in order planning and in master planning</Link>
				</RelTopic>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000015" role="manual">Simulated time period (RRP run)</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="goods.flow"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Update Goods Flow</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, the simulation includes an update of the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000044" role="glossary">goods flow</Link> data from the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000027" role="glossary">execution level</Link>.</FuncDesc>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000050" role="manual">To update goods-flow data</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="plme"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Planning Method</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000061" role="glossary">master-planning engine</Link> that applies to the item.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>The master-planning engine is determined by the item's <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000004" role="glossary">plan unit</Link>. If the item does not belong to a plan unit, the master-planning engine is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.plme#infinitplanning" role="enum">Infinite Planning</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000025" role="manual">Plan units in Enterprise Planning</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="material.const"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Consider Material Constraints</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>If this check box is selected,SSA ERP takes constraints on the availability of components into account when generating an item's production plan. To generate a production plan, SSA ERP uses the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000013" role="glossary">workload control (WLC)</Link> planning engine.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>You can define parameters for the workload control (WLC) planning engine in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/wlc/cpwlc2101m000" role="session">Work Load Control Parameters (cpwlc2101m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>If you define <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.plme#workloadcontrol" role="enum">Workload Control</GUIRef> as the planning engine for the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000004" role="glossary">plan unit</Link> to which an item belongs (see the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd6100m000" role="session">Plan Unit (cprpd6100m000)</GUIRef> session), SSA ERP applies workload control. If the item's plan unit has <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.plme#infinitplanning" role="enum">Infinite Planning</GUIRef> as its planning engine, or if the plan item has not been linked to a plan unit, this check box does not affect the planning of the item involved.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000027" role="manual">Workload control, to plan against constraints</Link>
				</RelTopic>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000003" role="manual">Workload control</Link>
				</RelTopic>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000142" role="manual">Infinite master planning</Link>
				</RelTopic>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000025" role="manual">Plan units in Enterprise Planning</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="capacity.const"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Consider Capacity Contraints</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>If this check box is selected,SSA ERP takes constraints on the availability of production capacity into account when generating an item's production plan. To generate a production plan, SSA ERP uses the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000013" role="glossary">workload control (WLC)</Link> planning engine.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>You can define parameters for the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000013" role="glossary">workload control (WLC)</Link> planning engine in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/wlc/cpwlc2101m000" role="session">Work Load Control Parameters (cpwlc2101m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>If you define <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.plme#workloadcontrol" role="enum">Workload Control</GUIRef> as the planning engine for the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000004" role="glossary">plan unit</Link> to which an item belongs (see the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd6100m000" role="session">Plan Unit (cprpd6100m000)</GUIRef> session), SSA ERP applies workload control. If the item's plan unit has <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.plme#infinitplanning" role="enum">Infinite Planning</GUIRef> as its planning engine, or if the plan item has not been linked to a plan unit, this check box does not affect the item planning.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000027" role="manual">Workload control, to plan against constraints</Link>
				</RelTopic>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000003" role="manual">Workload control</Link>
				</RelTopic>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000142" role="manual">Infinite master planning</Link>
				</RelTopic>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000025" role="manual">Plan units in Enterprise Planning</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="upd.signals"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Update Signals</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>If this check box is selected,SSA ERP updates the planning signals for the item involved.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>You can view the signals that SSA ERP generates during the master planning run in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rao/cprao1120m000" role="session">Signal Overview - by Planner (cprao1120m000)</GUIRef> session or the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rao/cprao1125m000" role="session">Planner/Item Signals (cprao1125m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000041" role="manual">Planning signals in Enterprise Planning</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="upd.resources"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Update Resource Masterplan</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>If this check box is selected,SSA ERP updates the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000132" role="glossary">resource master plan</Link> for the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000008" role="glossary">resources</Link> used to produce the specified plan item.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="num.iterations"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Number of Iterations</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The maximum number of <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000372" role="glossary">iterations</Link> used by the workload control planning algorithm.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>Since the use of iterations has a considerable effect on the duration of the computation, you must only use iterations if you need them.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>If you define <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.plme#workloadcontrol" role="enum">Workload Control</GUIRef> as the planning engine for the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000004" role="glossary">plan unit</Link> to which an item belongs (see the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd6100m000" role="session">Plan Unit (cprpd6100m000)</GUIRef> session), SSA ERP applies workload control. If the item's plan unit has <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.plme#infinitplanning" role="enum">Infinite Planning</GUIRef> as its planning engine, or if the plan item has not been linked to a plan unit, this check box does not affect the item planning.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000027" role="manual">Workload control, to plan against constraints</Link>
				</RelTopic>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000028" role="manual">Planning without iterations, an example</Link>
				</RelTopic>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000029" role="manual">Planning with iterations</Link>
				</RelTopic>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000030" role="manual">Planning with iterations, an example</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
	</Fields>
	<FormCommands><CommandHelp ID="exec.cont.process"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Generate</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Starts the simulation procedure.</FuncDesc>
		</CommandHelp>
	</FormCommands>
</Session>
