Creating Planning Areas

Use the Planning Areas app to create planning areas.

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the necessary authorizations for this activity, that is, the business catalogs required
for this activity are assigned to a business role that is assigned to your business user. For more
information see the SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/ibp, under Application Help for SAP
Integrated Business PlanningIdentity and Access ManagementBasic ConceptsBusiness Catalogs.Make
sure you have already carried out the following tasks:●

You have created a time profile.●

You have created attributes and assigned them to master data types.Context

You create a planning area to group and structure your model entities, and to configure which processes
of SAP Integrated Business Planning are enabled.Procedure1.

In the Planning Areas app, choose New.2.

On the Planning Area screen, under General, enter an ID and a description for the planning area.

The planning area ID can:○

be up to 10 characters long○

contain numbers and letters○

only start with a letter3.

Under Planning Area Settings, specify settings for the planning area.

The following settings are available for the planning area: