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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/performance/cp/P000022_online_atp_update" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Online ATP update</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1381127">
         <Level1>Valid for ERP LN FP0, FP1, FP2, FP3, FP4, FP5, FP6, Infor10, 10.2 ERP Enterprise</Level1>
         <Level2>online ATP update</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1381132">
         <Level1>online ATP update</Level1>
         <Level2>performance</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1381137">
         <Level1>Effect on CPU</Level1>
         <Level2>online ATP update</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>If the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000030" role="glossary">ATP</Link> is to be used to support
		  order acceptance, it must be kept up-to-date. To update the ATP, choose one of
		  the following methods:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Online update, carried
		  out when a planned or actual inventory transaction is recorded.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Offline update, carried
		  out when the item master plan is updated.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>To switch the online ATP update on or off for <Emphasis>all</Emphasis> plan items, use the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd0100m000#cprpd000.onat" role="formfield">Online ATP Update in EP</Link> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd0100m000" role="session">Planning Parameters (cprpd0100m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd0100m000#cprpd000.onat" role="manual">Online ATP Update in EP</GUIRef> check box is selected, to
		switch the online ATP update on or off for a particular plan item, use the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd100.onat" role="formfield">Online ATP Update</Link> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>If you use ATP
		  functionality for an item that has no <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000019" role="glossary">master plan</Link>, no online ATP updates are required; in this
		  case, the ATP is always computed online.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>Online updating of ATP requires additional system performance,
		especially during sales order entry.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Recommendations:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>If you do not use the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000030" role="glossary">available-to-promise</Link> functionality, clear the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd0100m000#cprpd000.onat" role="formfield">Online ATP Update in EP</Link> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd0100m000" role="session">Planning Parameters (cprpd0100m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>If a plan item has no <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000019" role="glossary">master plan</Link>, do not select the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd100.onat" role="formfield">Online ATP Update</Link> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session for that plan item unless you use the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000030" role="glossary">available-to-promise</Link> functionality for that plan item.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Performance aspects</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListItem>Effect on CPU: Yes</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Effect on database growth: Not applicable</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000039" role="manual">Online ATP update</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000311" role="manual">Item ATP</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>