Allocation Access Sequence

A new concept introduced with the Dispatch Monitor is the Allocation Access Sequence. It allows third party-apps to consume the allocation date from SRS and the Dispatch Monitor in a filtered and pre-sorted way. The access sequence is called from external parties using a central class.

Open

1. External Consumer calls Access Sequence with right parameters (e.g. Hierarchy, Resource ID, Date Range for Allocation)

2. Depending on the calling scenario Access Sequence determines a list of matching open allocations. The allocations to be considered can be either influenced via customizing or via implementing a BAdI.

3. The list of allocations are pre-sorted by defined and determined Sort Sequence from Customizing and Master Data.

4. The filter and sorted list of Allocation is returned to the caller for further consumption.

For test purposes the Access Sequence can be tried using transaction /DBME/WD8_ACLLOC_AS.

Scenarios:

For the initial determination of the allocations to be considered two scenarios are supported:

Open

1. Calling for a resource

Used e.g. in the Technician App. In this case both customizing for Allocation Determination and Sorting Sequence are considered. These variant returns only open allocations that have a demand connected to a VSS Job/Task.

2. Calling for a specific Hierarchy

Returns all demands independent from a resource. In this case only customizing and masterdata for sorting sequence will be considered.