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<Session ID="/baanerp/cp/rmp/cprmp2701m000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Chart of Item/Channel Planning (cprmp2701m000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to display data of an <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000019" role="glossary">item master plan</Link> or a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000020" role="glossary">channel master plan</Link> in a graphical format.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>The following chart types are available:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>Demand chart</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Supply chart</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Inventory chart</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Demand, supply, and inventory chart</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Cost chart</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Cash flow chart</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Cost and cash flow chart</ListItem>
         </List>
         <ProcedureList>
            <ListIntro>To display data:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>Specify a plan site, a scenario, and a plan level.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Select a range of plan items.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Specify a channel (optional). If you specify a channel, LN displays a channel
			 chart; otherwise, an item chart is shown.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Specify whether the values shown on the chart must be
			 aggregated for the selected items or channels, and whether the values shown
			 must be cumulative.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Specify the start date and the maximum number of <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000109" role="glossary">plan periods</Link> for the chart.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Choose a chart type.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rmp/cprmp2701m000#exec.cont.process" role="command">Show Chart</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         </ProcedureList>
         <GeneralSection>
            <SectionTitle>Determining chart periods: example</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph/>
         </GeneralSection>
         <Paragraph>Scenario start date: March 1 Scenario finish date: April 30
		  Chart start date: March 20 Period length: 14 days</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>The scenario is divided into the following periods:</Paragraph>
         <TABLE border="1" borderstyle="default" space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
            <TBODY noTR="6">
               <TR no="1" isLast="false">
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Period</TD>
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">From</TD>
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">To</TD>
               </TR>
               <TR no="2" isLast="false">
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</TD>
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">March 1</TD>
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">March 14</TD>
               </TR>
               <TR no="3" isLast="false">
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">2</TD>
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">March 15</TD>
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">March 28</TD>
               </TR>
               <TR no="4" isLast="false">
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</TD>
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">March 29</TD>
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">April 12</TD>
               </TR>
               <TR no="5" isLast="false">
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">4</TD>
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">April 13</TD>
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">April 27</TD>
               </TR>
               <TR no="6" isLast="true">
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">5</TD>
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">April 28</TD>
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">April 30</TD>
               </TR>
            </TBODY>
         </TABLE>
         <Paragraph>The requested start date for the chart is in period 2.
		  Therefore, LN creates a
		  chart that starts at the beginning of period 2, that is, on March 15.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>This example shows that the last period can actually be
		  shorter than the normal period length.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <RelatedTopics>
         <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000020" role="manual">Master planning, an overview</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="plsi">
         <Header>
            <Title>Plan Site</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000110" role="glossary">plan site</Link> for which LN displays planning charts.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="plnc">
         <Header>
            <Title>Scenario</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000007" role="glossary">scenario</Link> for which LN displays planning
		  charts.</FuncDesc>
         <RelatedTopics>
            <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
            <RelTopic>
               <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000044" role="manual">Scenarios in Enterprise Planning</Link>
            </RelTopic>
         </RelatedTopics>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="plvl">
         <Header>
            <Title>Plan Level</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanLevel_ti" role="glossary">plan level</Link> of the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanItems_ti" role="glossary">plan items</Link> for which LN displays planning charts.</FuncDesc>
         <RelatedTopics>
            <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
            <RelTopic>
               <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000149" role="manual">Plan levels and product families</Link>
            </RelTopic>
         </RelatedTopics>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="plni.f">
         <Header>
            <Title>From</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Specify the first of a range of <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanItems_ti" role="glossary">plan items</Link> for which LN must display planning charts.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="plni.t">
         <Header>
            <Title>To</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Specify the last of a range of <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanItems_ti" role="glossary">plan items</Link> for which LN must display planning charts.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="chan">
         <Header>
            <Title>Channel</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Specify the appropriate <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000016" role="glossary">channel</Link> here, if LN must display a channel
		  chart.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="summation">
         <Header>
            <Title>Aggregation</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, the values shown in the
		  chart are total values for all selected plan items (or channels).</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>If this check box is cleared, LN generates a separate chart for each selected
			 plan item (or channel).</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>This check box only applies to the following charts:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>Cost chart</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Cash flow chart</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Cost and cash flow chart</ListItem>
            </List>
         </Note>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>The setting of this check box has no effect on the other
			 chart types.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="sdat.form">
         <Header>
            <Title>Start Date</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Select the requested start date for the chart.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="cumulative">
         <Header>
            <Title>Cumulative</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, LN displays the values in the chart in a
		  cumulative format. This means that the values shown for period 2 are derived by
		  adding up the values of periods 1 and 2.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>This check box has no effect on the inventory data shown
				in the following charts:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>Inventory chart (projected inventory, inventory plan)</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Demand, supply, and inventory chart (projected inventory)</ListItem>
            </List>
            <Paragraph>The inventory data is shown in its usual format regardless
			 of the setting of this check box, because the inventory values involved are
			 already cumulative in nature.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="f.no.of.periods">
         <Header>
            <Title>Number of Periods in View</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rmp/cprmp2701m000#f.no.of.periods" role="manual">Number of Periods in View</GUIRef> Specify the maximum number
		  of periods that LN must
		  show in the chart.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="graph.type">
         <Header>
            <Title>Graph Type</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Select the type of chart that LN must draw.</FuncDesc>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>This is only an initial setting. Once the chart is
			 displayed, you can switch from one chart type to another.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </FieldHelp>
   </Fields>
</Session>