| Approve Forecast to Supplier (cpvmi0202m000) |  |
| Use this session to approve the forecast data before you send that information to the supplier. For more information, refer to Forecast to Supplier (cpvmi0102m000).
Fields | Description
Buy-from BP | The range of buy-from business partners for which you approve the forecast.
Planner | The planner or range of planners for which you approve the forecast. The Planner field in the Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000) session specifies which planner plans a particular item.
From Plan Item | An item with the order system Planned. The production, distribution, or purchase of these items is planned in Enterprise Planning based on the forecast or the actual demand. You can plan these items by means of the following: Master-based planning, which is similar to master production scheduling techniques. Order-based planning, which is similar to material-requirements planning techniques. A combination of master-based planning and order-based planning. Plan items can be one of the following: An actual manufactured or purchased item. A product family. A basic model, that is, a defined product variant of a generic item. A group of similar plan items or families is called a product family. The items are aggregated to give a more general plan than the one devised for individual items. A code displayed by the item code's cluster segment shows that the plan item is a clustered item that is used for distribution planning.
Approve unchanged Forecast | If this check box is selected, the forecast is always approved, even if the forecast data is the same as the previously sent forecast data. If this check box is cleared, the forecast for a combination of a plan item and a business partner is only approved if some of the forecast data for that combination of plan item and business partner is not equal to forecast data sent.
Accept Forecast Changes in Frozen Zone | If this check box is selected, you approve the forecast, even if the changes in the forecast violate the restrictions imposed by the frozen zone+ or the frozen zone-. Related topics Forecast frozen zones
Approve Inactive Business Partners | If this check box is selected, you approve the forecast, even for buy-from business partners that have been marked as inactive. The Business Partner Status field in the Buy-from Business Partners (tccom4520m000) details session indicates whether a business partner is inactive. Related topics Business partner status
Print Approved Forecast | If this check box is selected, the session also prints a report of the forecast data you approved.
Print Errors | If this check box is selected, the session also prints an error report.
Commands | Description
Approve | Approves the forecast for the selected buy-from business partners and items.