Calculate Inventory Balances for Oracle Buyer Planning
Use the Calculate Inventory Balances for Buyer Planning scheduled process to calculate the time series values for the Updated Projected Available Balance measure.
The process calculates these values for all item-organization combinations for any plan that has been updated since the last time the process ran.
When to Use
Run the Calculate Inventory Balances for Buyer Planning scheduled process after you make material updates to plan recommendations—for example, updates to implement quantities or to implement dock dates. You can change values manually or when consolidating orders.
The Calculate Inventory Balances for Buyer Planning scheduled process will automatically execute when you select Inventory Analysis from the More Actions menu on the Buyer Planning details page.
Privileges Required
- Edit Planning Recommendations (MSC_EDIT_SUPPLIES_BUYER_PLANNING_PRIV)
Specifications
| Specification | Description |
| Job Type | Can be run automatically based on specific user actions, or it can be submitted on a spontaneous basis, if required. |
| Frequency | Can be run on an as-needed basis |
| Time of Day | Can be run at any time. |
| Duration | Typically, less than 1 minute. |
| Compatibility | Only one instance of the job should be running at any time. There’s no current functional need to run multiple instances of this process simultaneously. |
Parameters
| Parameter | Optional or Required | Description | Parameter Value | Special Combinations Required | Notes |
| Plan Name | Required | The name of the replenishment plan | Plan name | None | NA |
Troubleshooting Information
- You can view the status of the Calculate Inventory Balances for Buyer Planning process on the Scheduled Processes UI.
- The validation errors and warning messages that prevented the calculation of inventory balances display in the error log.
- The process does not perform interactive warning validations.
- After you submit the scheduled process, you can perform any of these tasks in
the Scheduled Processes UI:
- Resubmit it
- Cancel the process
- View the log