Working With the Transaction Processing Mode

Each item in the F3460 table has a summary record by item number and branch/plant. For all transaction codes except I, the system handles the forecast summary records as described in these paragraphs.

Each EDI transaction for planning schedule forecasts has a transaction set purpose code, which is a user-defined code (UDC) from UDC table 47/PU. Each valid code corresponds to an action code of A (Add), R (Replace), D (Delete), or I (Inquire). If you do not enter a code, the system uses R as the default value and writes a warning on the error report.

The system processes each of these actions as follows:

• Add: Adds detail records.

• Replace: Replaces the forecast value in the detail record with the new forecast value.

• Delete: Deletes detail records.

• Inquire: Displays information for the data that you have requested.

  No database changes take place during an inquiry.

When you run EDI Planning Schedule Edit/Create (R47061), the system prints information on an error report and an audit report using:

• The system records each error that it encounters for the forecast records on the error report.

  The system does not process records that are in error unless the error is a warning. For forecast records to delete, the system checks only these fields for errors:

• Transaction Set Purpose.

• Branch/Plant.

• Date Requested.

• Item Number.

• Forecast Type.

• The system writes a line to the error report for every inbound forecast record that contains an error.

• The system writes a line to the audit report for every forecast record that it processes.