Time Aggregation Profiles for Daily Planning

[former_member310060]

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to set up my best practice unified planning area (SAPIBP1) for the usage of the Time Aggregation Profiles. I need to build a demo, where the Time Aggregation Profile is used in the Time-Series-Based Supply Planning Optimizer to do a planning on daily buckets for example 30 days, and weeks or monthly buckets after that.

If I try to set up a daily aggreation in time "Time Aggregation Profile" App, and assign it to my Optimizer Profile, I get the error "Time aggregation profile level is lower than planning time period level" as long as I maintain the "Time Profile Level" field filled with weekly. I I keep it blank, I'm able to assign the time profile, but if I'm running the optimizer in excel, I get the error "Time periods of operator and aggr. constr. key figures are not identical".

I followed SAP Note 2611028 and assigned my aggregated key figure to a daily base level, but still getting the same error. Can someone explain me, what else I need to change in my data model to make sure, I can use daily planning with time aggregation profile?

thanks in advance

Bastian

[gurucharanscm · Accepted solution]

Hi Bastian -

If the KFs which are considered as input/output of the operator are all having the BPL as weekly and you prefer to use the TAggProfile as Daily, it creates a conflict and it makes sense as to why the error comes. But does that mean we change the BPL of all these KFs to 'Daily', is a question which I didn't test for myself on how it works (or if that works rightly) as there might be other implications on the standard calc logics which also is required to be changed. I don't recommend this as time series (IBP supply) is not meant for operational planning anyways.

Thanks,

Regards - Guru

[former_member310060 · Accepted solution]

Hi Guru,

thanks for your input. I know Supply is usually not meant for operational planning, but I know that SAP did present such a (daily) solution in a demo case for a customer. So there must be at least one way to accomplish that in IBP Supply. I was hoping it was something less intense in terms of changes to the data model. Maybe I just have to try it then.

best regards

Bastian

[former_member310060]

Or does the Time Profile Aggregation doesn't work in that way? Do I need to configure my whole planning structure on a daily level which is also the level I need to run my S&OP Profile and then use Time Aggregation Profile to aggregate on weekly to make sure I don't run into performance issues?