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<Session ID="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd4100m000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Scenarios (cprpd4100m000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to
		  maintain <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000007" role="glossary">scenarios</Link>.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>If you have started
			 this session by zooming, you can only find and select a record.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </GeneralSection>
      <RelatedTopics>
         <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000044" role="manual">Scenarios in Enterprise Planning</Link>
         </RelTopic>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000152" role="manual">To delete a scenario</Link>
         </RelTopic>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000001" role="manual">To use an overview session</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="cprpd400.plnc" OtherIDs="cprpd400.dsca">
         <Header>
            <Title>Scenario</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The identification of an overall planning solution.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>Each scenario represents one overall planning solution, and
		  involves particular settings for the planning of items and resources. You can
		  use scenarios to analyze and compare various planning options and to find the
		  best planning solution. For example, you can vary demand forecasts or sourcing
		  strategies.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>One of the scenarios is the actual scenario, which
		  corresponds with the actual planning situation. You can only transfer planned
		  orders and production plans from the actual scenario to the execution level of ERP Enterprise.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd4100m000#cprpd400.plst" role="manual">Scenario Status</GUIRef> field has the value <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.plst#closed" role="option">Closed</GUIRef>,
			 you can no longer modify any data in this scenario.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldGroup>
         <Title>General</Title>
         <FieldHelp ID="cprpd400.plsd">
            <Header>
               <Title>Scenario Start Date</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The start date of a scenario.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>If you change the
				start or finish date, it does not immediately take effect. The changes are
				effected when the master plan is updated by means of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd4200m000" role="session">Initialize, Roll, and Update Scenario (cprpd4200m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>The value of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd4100m000#cprpd400.plsd" role="manual">Scenario Start Date</GUIRef> field also determines the availability of historic demand data for the
				generation of a demand forecast.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <SimpleSection>
               <SectionTitle>Performance aspects</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>The setting of this field could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/performance/cp/P000009_scenario_start_and_finish" role="manual">Scenario start and finish date</Link>.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000107" role="manual">To compute the demand forecast</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="cprpd400.plfd">
            <Header>
               <Title>Scenario Finish Date</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The final day of the planning horizon of the scenario.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>If you change the
				start or finish date, it does not immediately take effect. The changes are
				effected when the master plan is updated by means of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd4200m000" role="session">Initialize, Roll, and Update Scenario (cprpd4200m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <SimpleSection>
               <SectionTitle>Performance aspects</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>The setting of this field could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/performance/cp/P000009_scenario_start_and_finish" role="manual">Scenario start and finish date</Link>.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="cprpd400.plst">
            <Header>
               <Title>Scenario Status</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>An indication of whether the data in a scenario can still be
		changed.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>The plan status can be <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.plst#open" role="option">Open</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.plst#closed" role="option">Closed</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>When a scenario has the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.plst#closed" role="option">Closed</GUIRef> plan status, you can no longer modify it.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="cprpd400.uprl">
            <Header>
               <Title>Update Pegging Relations during Order Planning</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>This field determines whether ERP Enterprise must update the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000452" role="glossary">pegging relations</Link> if you execute an <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000060" role="glossary">order-based planning</Link> run.</FuncDesc>
            <AllowedValues>
               <SectionTitle>Allowed values</SectionTitle>
               <List>
                  <ListItemHead>
                     <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rrp.uprl#always" role="option">Always</GUIRef>
                  </ListItemHead>
                  <ListItem>Each time you execute an order-based planning run, ERP Enterprise also updates the
				  pegging relations.</ListItem>
                  <ListItemHead>
                     <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rrp.uprl#never" role="option">Never</GUIRef>
                  </ListItemHead>
                  <ListItem>If you execute an order-based planning run, ERP Enterprise does <Emphasis>not</Emphasis> update the pegging relations.</ListItem>
                  <ListItemHead>
                     <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rrp.uprl#free" role="option">User Specified</GUIRef>
                  </ListItemHead>
                  <ListItem>If you execute an order-based planning run, ERP Enterprise updates the planning
				  relations only if you select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp1210m000#f.generate.peg" role="manual">Update Pegging Relations</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp1210m000" role="session">Generate Order Planning (cprrp1210m000)</GUIRef> session or the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp1220m000" role="session">Generate Order Planning (Item) (cprrp1220m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
               </List>
            </AllowedValues>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000076" role="manual">Pegging for planned orders</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="cprpd400.almh">
            <Header>
               <Title>Alternative Materials Horizon</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The time period for which ERP Enterprise tries to find an <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000376" role="glossary">alternative material</Link> if a standard material is not
			 available.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>The alternative materials horizon is expressed as a number
				of working days from the date you carry out the order-planning process. ERP Enterprise rounds the horizon to
				the end of a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000109" role="glossary">plan period</Link>.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <Important>
               <SectionTitle>Important!</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>The value of this field must not exceed the value of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd100.hoat" role="manual">CTP Horizon</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session for any plan item used as alternative
				material. Otherwise, ERP Enterprise erroneously assumes that the alternative material is infinitely available to
				cover for shortages of the standard material.</Paragraph>
            </Important>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>This horizon is not applicable to <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000375" role="glossary">use-up material</Link>. ERP Enterprise checks for use-up
				materials for the entire <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000065" role="glossary">order horizon</Link>.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000454" role="manual">Use-up materials and alternative materials in Enterprise Planning</Link>
               </RelTopic>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000422" role="manual">Alternative materials in BOMs</Link>
               </RelTopic>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000023" role="manual">Horizons and time fences</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="almh.dt">
            <Header>
               <Title>Date</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The date on which ERP Enterprise sets the alternative materials horizon.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>To find the correct date, ERP Enterprise starts from the
				current date, and counts forward the number of <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000064" role="glossary">workdays</Link> that you entered in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd4100m000#cprpd400.almh" role="manual">Alternative Materials Horizon</GUIRef> field. ERP Enterprise then rounds the date
				up to the end of that <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000109" role="glossary">plan period</Link>.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000023" role="manual">Horizons and time fences</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldGroup>
            <Title>Rolling Data</Title>
            <FieldHelp ID="cprpd400.ropl">
               <Header>
                  <Title>Rolling Scenario</Title>
               </Header>
               <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, the scenario is a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000006" role="glossary">rolling plan</Link>.</FuncDesc>
               <RelatedTopics>
                  <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
                  <RelTopic>
                     <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000150" role="manual">To use a rolling scenario</Link>
                  </RelTopic>
               </RelatedTopics>
            </FieldHelp>
            <FieldHelp ID="cprpd400.reda">
               <Header>
                  <Title>Reference Date</Title>
               </Header>
               <FuncDesc>A date that determines when a rolling scenario is shifted
		forward in time.</FuncDesc>
               <ExampleSection>
                  <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
                  <TABLE border="1" borderstyle="default" space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
                     <TBODY noTR="2">
                        <TR no="1" isLast="false">
                           <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Reference date</TD>
                           <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">January 5</TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR no="2" isLast="true">
                           <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Rolling frequency</TD>
                           <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">14 days</TD>
                        </TR>
                     </TBODY>
                  </TABLE>
                  <Paragraph>On or after January 19, the scenario is shifted forward 14
		  days. The new reference date will be January 19.</Paragraph>
               </ExampleSection>
               <RelatedTopics>
                  <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
                  <RelTopic>
                     <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000150" role="manual">To use a rolling scenario</Link>
                  </RelTopic>
               </RelatedTopics>
            </FieldHelp>
            <FieldHelp ID="cprpd400.rofr">
               <Header>
                  <Title>Rolling Frequency</Title>
               </Header>
               <FuncDesc>The number of days after which a rolling scenario is shifted
		forward in time.</FuncDesc>
               <SimpleSection>
                  <Paragraph>The number of days by which a plan is shifted forward equals
		  the value of the scenario's rolling frequency.</Paragraph>
                  <Paragraph>Note that the rolling frequency is defined in calendar days.</Paragraph>
               </SimpleSection>
               <ExampleSection>
                  <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
                  <Paragraph>If the rolling frequency is seven days, the scenario will be
		  shifted forward seven days, every seventh day.</Paragraph>
               </ExampleSection>
               <RelatedTopics>
                  <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
                  <RelTopic>
                     <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000150" role="manual">To use a rolling scenario</Link>
                  </RelTopic>
               </RelatedTopics>
            </FieldHelp>
         </FieldGroup>
         <FieldGroup>
            <Title/>
            <FieldHelp ID="cprpd400.mult">
               <Header>
                  <Title>Central Multi Site Planning</Title>
               </Header>
               <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, the scenario is a <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#Multisite_tf" role="glossary">multisite</Link> scenario. You can use multisite scenarios to
				coordinate a number of local scenarios.</FuncDesc>
               <SimpleSection>
                  <Paragraph>If this check box is cleared, the scenario
				  applies to a single logistic company.</Paragraph>
               </SimpleSection>
               <Note>
                  <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
                  <Paragraph>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd4100m000#cprpd400.mult" role="manual">Central Multi Site Planning</GUIRef> check box has been cleared, you can still perform some sort
				  of multisite planning. See <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000018" role="manual">The use of decentralized multisite planning</Link>
                  </Paragraph>
               </Note>
               <RelatedTopics>
                  <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
                  <RelTopic>
                     <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000148" role="manual">Multisite planning</Link>
                  </RelTopic>
               </RelatedTopics>
            </FieldHelp>
            <FieldHelp ID="display.text">
               <Header>
                  <Title>Scenario Text</Title>
               </Header>
               <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, a text is present.</FuncDesc>
               <RelatedTopics>
                  <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
                  <RelTopic>
                     <Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000007" role="manual">To use texts</Link>
                  </RelTopic>
               </RelatedTopics>
            </FieldHelp>
         </FieldGroup>
      </FieldGroup>
      <FieldGroup>
         <Title>Forecast</Title>
         <FieldHelp ID="cprpd400.aslq">
            <Header>
               <Title>Include Sales Quotations</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, ERP Enterprise adds the <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#SalesQuotat_td" role="glossary">sales quotations</Link> to the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000112" role="glossary">customer orders</Link> in the
			 master plan.</FuncDesc>
            <Note>
               <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>ERP Enterprise only takes the quotations with
				a high chance of success into account. See <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000141" role="manual">To add quotations to customer orders</Link>.</Paragraph>
            </Note>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000141" role="manual">To add quotations to customer orders</Link>
               </RelTopic>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000050" role="manual">To update goods-flow data</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="cprpd400.mddh">
            <Header>
               <Title>Minimum Days for Forecast</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The minimum number of days that must be available for a plan
			 item in the demand history to calculate a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000015" role="glossary">demand forecast</Link> with the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/dsp/cpdsp1210m000" role="session">Generate Demand and Inventory Plan (cpdsp1210m000)</GUIRef> session.</FuncDesc>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000107" role="manual">To compute the demand forecast</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="cprpd400.pldf">
            <Header>
               <Title>Forecast Period Length</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The period length that is used in the generation of the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000015" role="glossary">demand forecast</Link> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/dsp/cpdsp1210m000" role="session">Generate Demand and Inventory Plan (cpdsp1210m000)</GUIRef> session.</FuncDesc>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000107" role="manual">To compute the demand forecast</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="cprpd400.bdfc">
            <Header>
               <Title>Backward Forecast Consumption</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The number of calendar days preceding the delivery date of
			 customer orders during which the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000015" role="glossary">demand forecast</Link> can be
			 consumed by those orders (including <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000074" role="glossary">dependent demand</Link>).</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>If an item has an <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000019" role="glossary">item master plan</Link>, the demand forecast for the <Emphasis>plan period</Emphasis> in which the planned or actual delivery dates
				of a customer order fall is always consumed, regardless of the value entered in
				this field.</Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>If an item does <Emphasis>not</Emphasis> have an item master plan, the demand forecast for the <Emphasis>day</Emphasis> in which the planned or actual delivery dates of a
				customer order fall is always consumed, regardless of the value entered in this
				field.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <Note>
               <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>If an item has an <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000019" role="glossary">item master plan</Link> and the limit for forecast consumption
				is halfway a plan period, ERP Enterprise uses the entire period for forecast
				consumption.</Paragraph>
            </Note>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000133" role="manual">Forecast Consumption with an Item Master Plan</Link>
               </RelTopic>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000329" role="manual">Forecast Consumption without an Item Master Plan</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="cprpd400.fdfc">
            <Header>
               <Title>Forward Forecast Consumption</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>Indicates the number of calendar days following the delivery
			 date of customer orders that the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000015" role="glossary">demand forecast</Link> may be
			 consumed by those orders (including <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000074" role="glossary">dependent demand</Link>).</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>If an item has an <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000019" role="glossary">item master plan</Link>, the demand forecast for the <Emphasis>plan period</Emphasis> in which the planned or actual delivery dates
				of a customer order fall is always consumed, regardless of the value entered in
				this field.</Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>If an item does <Emphasis>not</Emphasis> have an item master plan, the demand forecast for the <Emphasis>day</Emphasis> in which the planned or actual delivery dates of a
				customer order fall is always consumed, regardless of the value entered in this
				field.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <Note>
               <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>If the limit for
				forecast consumption is halfway a plan period, ERP Enterprise uses the entire period
				for forecast consumption.</Paragraph>
            </Note>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000133" role="manual">Forecast Consumption with an Item Master Plan</Link>
               </RelTopic>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000329" role="manual">Forecast Consumption without an Item Master Plan</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
      </FieldGroup>
   </Fields>
   <FormCommands>
      <CommandHelp ID="cprpd4201m000">
         <Header>
            <Title>Copy Scenario</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Starts the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd4201m000" role="session">Copy Scenario (cprpd4201m000)</Link> session.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
   </FormCommands>
</Session>