<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Session ID="/baanerp/ts/spc/tsspc3230m000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Merge Groups and Activity Sets (tsspc3230m000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to merge groups or
		  activity
		  sets in
		  group planning.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <RelatedTopics>
         <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000531" role="manual">Group planning process</Link>
         </RelTopic>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000529" role="manual">Group planning data set-up</Link>
         </RelTopic>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/ts/onlinemanual/000533" role="manual">Resource allocation for group planning</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldGroup>
         <Title>Selection Range</Title>
         <FieldHelp ID="f.activity.origin">
            <Header>
               <Title>Activity Origin</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The origin of the activity. The origin can be service order
			 activities, work order activities or planned activities.</FuncDesc>
            <AllowedValues>
               <SectionTitle>Allowed values</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/ts/domains/spc.corg" role="domain">Activity Origin</Link>
               </Paragraph>
            </AllowedValues>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="f.level">
            <Header>
               <Title>Level</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The group planning level to be merged.</FuncDesc>
            <AllowedValues>
               <SectionTitle>Allowed values</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/ts/domains/spc.level" role="domain">Level</Link>
               </Paragraph>
            </AllowedValues>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="f.grno.from">
            <Header>
               <Title>Group</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The From and To fields define a range of: groups that must be merged.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="f.grno.to">
            <Header>
               <Title>Group</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The From and To fields define a range of: groups that must be merged.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="f.assq.from">
            <Header>
               <Title>Activity Set Sequence</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The From and To fields define a range of: activity sets in a group must be
			 merged.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="f.assq.to">
            <Header>
               <Title>Activity Set Sequence</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The From and To fields define a range of: activity sets in a group must be
			 merged.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
      </FieldGroup>
      <FieldGroup>
         <Title>Target</Title>
         <FieldHelp ID="f.target.group">
            <Header>
               <Title>Group</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The ID of the group with which activity sets or activities
			 are merged.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="f.target.set">
            <Header>
               <Title>Activity Set Sequence</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The activity set with which the activities are
			 merged.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
      </FieldGroup>
      <FieldGroup>
         <Title>Options</Title>
         <FieldHelp ID="f.simulate">
            <Header>
               <Title>Simulate</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, ERP Enterprise runs the merge process in simulation mode. The results are not
			 saved in the database. This process enables you to review the results before
			 merging the selected activities.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="f.kasq.act.sets">
            <Header>
               <Title>Keep Sequence of Activity Sets after Move</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, ERP Enterprise does not change the sequence of the activity sets in the target
			 group after the new activity sets are moved to the target group. The new
			 activity sets are added after the existing activity sets. If this check box is cleared, ERP Enterprise sorts all the activity sets in the target group after moving new activity sets
			 to the target group.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="f.kasq.activities">
            <Header>
               <Title>Keep Sequence of Activities after Move</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, ERP Enterprise does not change the sequence of the activities
			 in the target group after the new activities
			 are moved to the target group. The new activities
			 are added after the existing activity. If this check box is cleared, ERP Enterprise sorts all the activities
			 in the target group after moving new activity to the target group.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="f.plan.forw">
            <Header>
               <Title>Plan Forward</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The options to determine how the merged activities can be
			 planned.</FuncDesc>
            <AllowedValues>
               <SectionTitle>Allowed values</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/ts/domains/spc.plfw" role="domain">Plan Forward</Link>
               </Paragraph>
            </AllowedValues>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="f.plan.forw.from">
            <Header>
               <Title>Plan Forward From</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The start time of the first activity in a group to be
			 planned.</FuncDesc>
            <Note>
               <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>This field is enabled only if you set the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/spc/tsspc3200m000#f.plan.forw" role="manual">Plan Forward</GUIRef> field to From Time.</Paragraph>
            </Note>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="f.freeze">
            <Header>
               <Title>Automatically Freeze Activity Set</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, ERP Enterprise freezes the activity sets after the activity sets are
			 merged.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="f.freeze.before">
            <Header>
               <Title>Freeze Activity Set When Start Before</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The latest start time of the groups that must be frozen. The
			 activity sets that have a start time before this specified time, are frozen.</FuncDesc>
            <Note>
               <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>This field is enabled only if <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/spc/tsspc3200m000#f.freeze" role="manual">Automatically Freeze Activity Set</GUIRef> check box is
				selected.</Paragraph>
            </Note>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="f.firm.plan">
            <Header>
               <Title>Automatically Firm Plan Activities</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, ERP Enterprise sets the status of the activity of the group planning, to Firm
			 Planned.</FuncDesc>
            <Note>
               <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>This field is enabled only when the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/spc/tsspc3200m000#f.activity.origin" role="manual">Activity Origin</GUIRef> field is set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/domains/spc.corg#service.order" role="option">Service Order</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/domains/spc.corg#work.order" role="option">Work Order</GUIRef> and the status of the activities added to group planning is set
				to Planned.</Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>If the status of the original service order activity or
				work order activity is equal to or higher than the status specified in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/spc/tsspc3200m000#f.so.asta" role="manual">Firm Plan From Status</GUIRef> field, ERP Enterprise sets the status of the activity of the group planning, to Firm
				Planned.</Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>An activity is set to firm planned only when the planning
				process is executed successfully.</Paragraph>
            </Note>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="f.so.asta">
            <Header>
               <Title>Firm Plan From Status</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The status of the original activities used to determine
			 whether the group planning activity status must be set to Firm Planned. The
			 group planning activity status is set to Firm Planned only if the status of the
			 original activity is equal to or higher than the specified status. If the
			 status of the original activity is less than the specified status, the group
			 planning activity is not set to firm planned.</FuncDesc>
            <AllowedValues>
               <SectionTitle>Allowed values</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/ts/domains/soc.osta" role="domain">Service Order Status</Link>
               </Paragraph>
            </AllowedValues>
            <Note>
               <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>This field is enabled only when the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/spc/tsspc3200m000#f.activity.origin" role="manual">Activity Origin</GUIRef> field is set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/domains/spc.corg#service.order" role="option">Service Order</GUIRef> and the status of the activities added to group planning is set
				to Planned.</Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>When an activity in group planning is set to Firm Planned,
				the status of all the existing activities in the same activity set is also set
				to Firm Planned.</Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>ERP Enterprise does not allow you to set the activity status to Firm Planned if the status of
				the activity added to group planning is not set to Planned.</Paragraph>
            </Note>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="f.wo.asta">
            <Header>
               <Title>Firm Plan From Status</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The status of the original activities used to determine
			 whether the group planning activity status must be set to Firm Planned. The
			 group planning activity status is set to Firm Planned only if the status of the
			 original activity is equal to or higher than the specified status. If the
			 status of the original activity is less than the specified status, the group
			 planning activity is not set to firm planned.</FuncDesc>
            <AllowedValues>
               <SectionTitle>Allowed values</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/ts/domains/wcs.stat" role="domain">Work Order Status</Link>
               </Paragraph>
            </AllowedValues>
            <Note>
               <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>This field is enabled only when the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/spc/tsspc3200m000#f.activity.origin" role="manual">Activity Origin</GUIRef> field is set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/domains/spc.corg#work.order" role="option">Work Order</GUIRef> and the status of the activities added to group planning is set
				to Planned.</Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>When an activity in group planning is set to Firm Planned,
				the status of all the existing activities in the same activity set is also set
				to Firm Planned.</Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>The group planning activities generated from work order
				activities can be set to Firm Planned. ERP Enterprise does not allow you
				to set the activity status to Firm Planned if the status of the activity added
				to group planning is not set to Planned.</Paragraph>
            </Note>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="f.pa.asta">
            <Header>
               <Title>Firm Plan From Status</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The status of the original activities used to determine
			 whether the group planning activity status must be set to Firm Planned. The
			 group planning activity status is set to Firm Planned only if the status of the
			 original activity is equal to or higher than the specified status. If the
			 status of the original activity is less than the specified status, the group
			 planning activity is not set to firm planned.</FuncDesc>
            <AllowedValues>
               <SectionTitle>Allowed values</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/ts/domains/spc.stat" role="domain">Planned Activity Status</Link>
               </Paragraph>
            </AllowedValues>
            <Note>
               <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>This field is enabled only when the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/spc/tsspc3200m000#f.activity.origin" role="manual">Activity Origin</GUIRef> field is set to <Link href="/baanerp/ts/domains/spc.stat" role="domain">Planned Activity Status</Link> and the status of the activities added to group planning is set
				to Planned.</Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>When an activity in group planning is set to Firm Planned,
				the status of all the existing activities in the same activity set is also set
				to Firm Planned.</Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>ERP Enterprise does not allow you to set the activity status to Firm Planned if the status of
				the activity added to group planning is not set to Planned.</Paragraph>
            </Note>
         </FieldHelp>
      </FieldGroup>
      <FieldGroup>
         <Title>Print Options</Title>
         <FieldHelp ID="f.process.report">
            <Header>
               <Title>Process Report</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, ERP Enterprise generates process report. The report contains details of all the
			 activities that are merged.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="f.error.report">
            <Header>
               <Title>Error Report</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, ERP Enterprise generates error report. This report contains details of all
			 warnings and errors that occur during the process.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
      </FieldGroup>
   </Fields>
</Session>