Backlog Planning Rule Precedence

You can control supply availability for an item, for a category of items, for all items in an organization, or for a specific item from an organization. Because of these many assignment bases, multiple backlog planning rules can be applicable to an item, but only one rule is finally applied. This is determined by the granularity of the assignment bases associated with the item.

Here's the backlog planning rule override sequence in the order of most specific assignment to least specific assignment:

• Item and Organization

• Item

• Category

• Organization

So if you assign backlog planning rules to the item and to its category, the rule assigned to the item overrides the rule assigned to the category. The planning process then uses the rule assigned to the item while considering supply.