1. Using Order Promising
  2. Collect Data for Global Order Promising

Collect Data for Global Order Promising

You must collect setup details, supply data, and demand data into the planning repository.

Collect Data

You must collect data so Promising can use the latest setup, supply, and demand details in your supply chain and accurately promise your item. Here are some examples of when you need to collect.
  • You create or modify an assignment set, sourcing rule, ATP rule, or profile option.
  • The reference data that your sourcing rules use change, such as organizations, items, regions, and so on.
  • You create or modify work definitions, item structures, resources, organizations, or transit times that affect a bill of resources.
  • You create or modify a work definition and item structure for a configured item.
  • Your bill of materials or routing details change.
  • Before you do various actions, such as the Aggregate Batch Scheduling Metrics action, Promising Supply Availability action, and so on.
  • You ship or cancel a sales order.

This topic provides a high level summary of collecting, but there's lots more to know. For details, see Overview of Data Collections for Supply Chain Planning.

Try it.

  1. Go to the Plan Inputs work area.
  2. Click Tasks > Collect Planning Data, then collect the entities that you need. Here are some examples of the entities that you might need to collect. They'll be different depending on that changes that you've made.
    • Items
    • Item Structures
    • Work Definitions
    • Organizations
    • Resources
    • Shipping Methods
    • Suppliers

Refresh and Restart the Server

  1. Go to the Scheduled Processes work area, then click Submit New Request.
  2. In the dialog that displays, search for Refresh and Start the Order Promising Server, then click OK.
  3. Select the entities you must refresh, then click Submit.

You can schedule more than one instance of the Refresh and Start the Order Promising Server scheduled process. For example, you can set up three instances:

  • One runs at 12 AM every day, and it updates the Current Date.

  • One runs at 8 AM and 2 PM every day, and it updates only data that you have for on hand inventory.

  • One runs at 8 AM on Sunday, and it updates all data.

You can use the Stop the Order Promising Server scheduled process to stop the server for troubleshooting purposes.

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