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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To maintain a channel master plan</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Channel master plan</Level1>
			<Level2>maintaining</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Master plan</Level1>
			<Level2>channel</Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>If you maintain an <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000019" role="glossary">item master plan</Link> for a plan item, you can also maintain a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000020" role="glossary">channel master plan</Link> for each item/channel combination.</Paragraph>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>How to set up a channel master plan</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>Once you have set up items, business partners, and channels (see <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000080" role="manual">Channels in Enterprise Planning</Link>, you can prepare a channel master plan by using the following procedure:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Define specific item/channel combinations in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/dsp/cpdsp5100m000" role="session">Plan Item - Channels (cpdsp5100m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Run the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd4200m000" role="session">Initialize, Roll, and Update Scenario (cprpd4200m000)</GUIRef> session, select the item and channel, and select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd4200m000#gen.plan" role="formfield">Generate Item/Channel Master Plan</GUIRef> check box.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>If you want to use <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000037" role="glossary">channel ATP</Link>, enter the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000025" role="glossary">allowed demand</Link> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/dsp/cpdsp5130m000" role="session">Channel Master Plan (cpdsp5130m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
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		</GeneralSection>
		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>If you primarily use channels for channel ATP, you need not necessarily group all your customers into channels. Only those customers for which you want to limit the maximum sales volume need be in a channel.</Paragraph>
		</Note>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Views</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>For a channel master plan, two different views are available:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/dsp/cpdsp5130m000" role="session">Channel Master Plan (cpdsp5130m000)</GUIRef> session displays the channel master plan of one particular item/channel combination, in a way comparable to the item master plan.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/dsp/cpdsp5130m000" role="session">Channel Master Plan (cpdsp5130m000)</GUIRef> session displays all channel master plans available for a particular item for one plan period. The corresponding data in the item master plan is also displayed.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>How to delete a channel master plan</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>You can use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rmp/cprmp2210m000" role="session">Delete Master Plan (cprmp2210m000)</GUIRef> session to delete channel master plans.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000080" role="manual">Channels in Enterprise Planning</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000022" role="manual">To use master plans</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000125" role="manual">Channel ATP</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
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