| Plan Item - Channels (cpdsp5100m000) |  |
| Use this session to link channels to a plan item. You can define channels in the Channels (tcmcs0166m000) session. You can maintain a channel master plan for each item/channel combination that you define in this session. ERP LN automatically generates a channel master plan when you run the Initialize, Roll, and Update Scenario (cprpd4200m000) session, if the following conditions are met: You selected the Maintain Master Plan check box for the corresponding plan item in the Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000) session. You selected the Generate Item/Channel Master Plan check box in the Initialize, Roll, and Update Scenario (cprpd4200m000) session. Related topics Channels in Enterprise Planning Channel ATP periods To use an overview session To maintain records in an overview session
Fields | Description
Plan Item | The plan item for which you want to define sales channels. Related topics Channels in Enterprise Planning
Channel | The channel that you want to use to sell or distribute the specified plan item. Related topics Channels in Enterprise Planning
ATP Period Length | The length of the channel-ATP period, expressed in calendar days. Allowed values The period length must be greater than or equal to 1. The channel-ATP period is the time range for which ERP LN considers the ATP of channeled plan items, and which usually differs from the plan periods that ERP LN uses to compute the ATP of normal plan items. Related topics Channel ATP periods
Reference Date | The start date of the first channel-ATP period. If the reference date lies before the start date of the scenario, ERP LN adds a multiple of the value that you specified in the ATP Period Length field so that the reference date lies beyond the scenario start date. Note The reference date is a fixed date. Rolling the scenario does not change the reference date. Related topics Channel ATP periods To use a rolling scenario