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<Session ID="/baanerp/cp/rmp/cprmp1203m000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>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="command">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, LN performs a central
			 multisite simulation run.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
         <Paragraph>The simulation is only
		  carried out for the specified range of plan periods. However, LN 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>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="plnc">
         <Header>
            <Title>Scenario</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000007" role="glossary">scenario</Link> in which LN 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="option">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>Plan Item</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanItems_ti" role="glossary">plan item</Link> for which LN generates a master
		  plan.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="rpun">
         <Header>
            <Title>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>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 LN 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>From Date</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The start date of the specified plan period.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="pern.t">
         <Header>
            <Title>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 LN 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>To Date</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The end date of the specified plan period.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="sim.in.fence">
         <Header>
            <Title>Simulate within Time Fence</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, LN 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="manual">Simulate within Time Fence</GUIRef> check box in this session, the setting of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd100.utmf" role="manual">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="manual">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="manual">Simulate within Time Fence</GUIRef> check box.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd100.utmf" role="manual">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="manual">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="manual">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="manual">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>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>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="option">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>Consider Material Constraints</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, LN takes constraints on the availability of
		  components into account when generating an item's production plan. To generate
		  a production plan, LN 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="option">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), LN applies
			 workload control. If the item's plan unit has <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.plme#infinitplanning" role="option">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>Consider Capacity Contraints</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, LN takes constraints on the availability of
		  production capacity into account when generating an item's production plan. To
		  generate a production plan, LN 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="option">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), LN applies
			 workload control. If the item's plan unit has <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.plme#infinitplanning" role="option">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>Update Signals</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, LN updates the planning signals for the item
		  involved.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>You can view the
			 signals that LN 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>Update Resource Masterplan</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, LN 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>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="option">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), LN applies
			 workload control. If the item's plan unit has <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.plme#infinitplanning" role="option">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>Generate</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Starts the simulation procedure.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
   </FormCommands>
</Session>