Component Availability

You can access Available To Promise information through the ATP Results window and view the status of material used on your flow schedules. Component availability checking is permitted only for items with the Check ATP item attribute set to Yes. See: Order Management Attribute Group

To display the ATP Results window

1. Navigate to the Flow Schedule Details window.

2. Select assemblies for viewing component information.

3. Choose Component Availability.

   The ATP Results window appears. The components for each flow schedule are listed individually on separate rows.

Purging Flow Schedules

Closed flow schedules should be purged on a periodic basis to remove unneeded records and maintain database performance. A concurrent program purges according to parameters specified.

Flow schedules are purged if they meet the following criteria:

• Status of the flow schedule is closed

• Scheduled completion date of the flow schedule is in a closed accounting period

• All material transactions have been purged

To purge flow schedules

1. Navigate to the Purge Flow Schedules window.

   The Parameters window displays.

2. Select the effective date to use for purging schedules in the Cut-Off Date field.

   Flow schedules with a completion date prior to the cutoff date are purged.

3. Optionally, you can select a value in the Line field to purge specific flow lines.

4. You can also select a specific assembly in your purging criteria.

5. Choose OK to display the Purge Flow Schedule request window.

6. Choose Submit to create this request.