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<Session ID="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd6100m000" xml:lang="en">
	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Plan Unit (cprpd6100m000)</Title>
	</Header>
	<HelpTopic><AimSection><Paragraph>Use this session to display and maintain <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000004" role="glossary">plan units</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</AimSection>
		<GeneralSection><Paragraph>Before you define <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000004" role="glossary">plan units</Link>, you must determine which plan items you want to group to a plan unit, because they must use the same critical materials and the same critical capacities.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>You can assign a plan items to a plan unit in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd100.mrpu" role="formfield">Master Plan Unit</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd6100m000#cprpd600.plme" role="formfield">Master Planning Method</GUIRef> field you can select the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000061" role="glossary">master-planning engine</Link> that SSA ERP must use to plan the plan unit.</Paragraph>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>SSA ERP does not take into account plan units for order-based planning.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</GeneralSection>
		<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000025" role="manual">Plan units in Enterprise Planning</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000001" role="manual">To use an overview session</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000035" role="manual">To maintain records in an overview session</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000156" role="manual">Planning sequence and phase numbers</Link>
			</RelTopic>
		</RelatedTopics>
	</HelpTopic>
	<Fields><FieldHelp ID="cprpd600.rpun"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Plan Unit</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000004" role="glossary">plan unit</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="cprpd600.plme"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Master Planning Method</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The master planning engine indicates which optimization algorithm will be used to generate master plans for the plan items of a plan unit.</FuncDesc>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>Specify the hosts and servers for the planning engine in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd0100m000" role="session">EP Parameters (cprpd0100m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<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>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="cprpd600.phnu"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Master Phase Number</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000045" role="glossary">phase number</Link> for <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000059" role="glossary">master planning</Link>.</FuncDesc>
			<DefaultValue><SectionTitle>Default value</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>By default, SSA ERP sets the phase number to zero.</Paragraph>
			</DefaultValue>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000156" role="manual">Planning sequence and phase numbers</Link>
				</RelTopic>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000053" role="manual">To recompute phase numbers</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
	</Fields>
</Session>
