Transaction OPK4 - Parameters for Order Confirmation

- New entry button -> add plant and order type

- Generally Valid settings tab

Process control: important for goods movement >>> go to overview to see the different control keys listed (it is
valid for both CO11 and CO11N)

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 process control key type: it defines if automatic goods receipt should be posted within the confirmation, at which point the
data should be posted; ‘immediately online’ means if many data are posted this might result in a performance issue, it is
needed to see in dialog if there is an error while posting the goods movements; it is recommended to use ‘immediately in
upgrade program’ or ‘later in background job’ if customer posts many goods movements (see Note 208477 among the
related notes)
 Operation sequence check: you can set here for example whether it should be possible to post the confirmation
for the successor operation (e.g. operation 20) even if the preceding operation (e.g. operation 10) had not been
confirmed before

Under-/overdelivery: you can define the system reaction of an under- or overdelivery (it refers to CO03-header -
> Goods receipt tab -> Tolerances)

QM Recording: inspection lot assignment; if we activate it, then the system checks whether there is an
inspection lot assigned

Dates in the future: it determines whether it is possible to post the confirmations in the future

HR Update: should we call the HR function in handover the confirmation data or not (if it is set, then no data is
handed over to HR)

Selection: if it is set, only open orders are confirmed (in milestone or progress confirmation); in this case open
means not (finally) confirmed

Goods movements: this setting is related to the Goods Movement screen of confirmation; a material is not set as
backflush, but the component is proposed; if the flag is not set, then the backflush is no longer proposed, only
the movement (see KBA 1872575 among the related notes)

Propose time units: ‘automatic optimization’ means if minutes are detailed enough, e.g. customer has 1,2 hours
rounded, the system checks if it would be better to display 1,176 hours in minutes (the lowest rounding error is
automatically proposed); this makes sense if customer uses high units

- Individual Entry General tab

 Confirmation type: what the system should propose first (partial/final/automatic final confirmation

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 ‘automatic final confirmation’ means if the planned quantity is reached, then the system posts automatically final
confirmation and as long as the planned quantity is not reached, the system posts partial confirmation

Error Handling/Logs: if you activate the flag for goods movements, then the system sends a message and says
there was an error in the goods movement; if we set termination, then it is not allowed to post the confirmation at
all, if there is an error in the goods movement (Termination for Incorrect Goods Movements: it ONLY works,
when the goods movements are posted in dialog! this means, that in the Generally Valid settings tab -> Process
control -> Overview should be at the column ‘auto GR’ ‘immediately online’ set, because the system can send a
dialog only in this case)

- Indiv. Entry of Operation w. Int. Screen tab

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 only for CO11
 precondition for each confirmation: the order needs to be released! (otherwise the reservations might not be active or the
availability of the order might not be given)

OPK0 - Single Screen Entry of Confirmations

- New entries

Area selection tab: define here any setup of this transaction, what should be displayed on the screens (header
area, detail areas, closed/not closed buttons…)
 Default tab: proposal (should the quantities be proposed immediately or during the saving ), hide/show activities:

- Activate the confirmation profile:

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 set the flag as standard in OPK0

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 SU3 (User Profile Maintenance) -> Parameters tab -> Parameter ID=CORUPROF, Parameter value=the defined profile ->
save

As a new member of the PP team, at first I faced with problems in understanding the logic of backflushing. I
was aware of the places where it can be set, but I could not imagine the effect of it in practice. Now I would
like to share with you the basic effects of this setting.
The most important facts:

 if a component is set as backflush, then this component will be posted within the confirmation
 if you confirm e.g. operation 10, then the system checks which components are assigned to operation 10
and then choose the material, which is assigned and backflush this material post to goods movement
 it is important, which components are assigned to which operation, we need to define this allocation
 system proposes automatically both components from the assigned BOM and if no connection is added
here, the system is automatically added to the first valid operation (New Assignment button)

Let’s start with the example! Here is my material BOM, which consists of a semi-finished material
(MITYU_TEST2) and raw materials (one discountinuated and two alternatives):

As a first step, we should check the assignments in the routing:

 CA02->operation overview -> Comp.Aloc button -> New assignment

We have four possibilities to define whether a material should be backflushed:

1. manually (CO02 -> component overview -> backflush flag)

2. material master (MM02->MRP2 tab)

– always (CO02 -> component overview -> backflush flag is set)

– depend on workcenter (CO02 -> component overview -> backflush flag is not set)

Important: if you change the material master after creating the order, the existing order
won’t get updated, you have to reread the master data (CO02 -> Functions -> Read PP
master data
3. work center (CR02 -> Basic data -> Backflush)

– it has an effect on all material being assigned to this operation

4. customizing of confirmation (OPK4 -> Generally Valid Settings -> Goods movements)
– if you set the indicator, the system displays all the components regardless of whether or not
the backflushing indicator is set for the component in the order
– (in case of problems see note 1872575)
Prerequisits of backflushing:

1. Setting the ‘Movement Allowed’ flag (CO02-component overview-details -> General data tab -> General
Indicators -> Movement Allowd)

 if it is not set: not possible to post goods movements even if the backflush indicator is set,
because it has the highest priority
 backflushing does not automatically set this flag, it is set during the order creation
 setting the ‘Movement Allowed’ indicator can only be carried out for a released order

2. Either ‘Automatic Goods Receipt’ is set in OPKP or the operation has a control key, with ‘Automatic
Goods Movement’

– if you do not set this indicator then the control key of the operation decides how the automatic
goods receipt is carried out
Basic example scenario:
 No ‘Automatic Goods Receipt’ is set in OPKP
 No control key has automatic goods receipt indicator
 None of the materials are backflushed
 No backflush in work center
 Goods movements flag is unset in OPK4

Confirmation in CO11

Scenario 1:

 set the ‘Goods movements flag’ in OPK4 (all other settings are fixed)

Scenario 2:

 set a control key with automatic goods receipt indicator

Scenario 3:

 set the ‘Goods movements flag’ in OPK4

 set a control key with automatic goods receipt indicator

Scenario 4:

 set a control key with automatic goods receipt indicator

 backflush (CO02 -> component overview -> backflush flag) for the alternative items and the
discontinuated