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4.5.3. Time-Phased Availability

To view time-phased Availability, select the "Time-Phased Availability" option. The following screen will appear:

Time-Phased Availability

When displaying time-phased Availability, you are presented with the following options:

All Sites

Select to display time-phased Availability for all Sites.

Selected

Specify Site whose time-phased Availability you want to display.

All Planner Codes

Select to display time-phased Availability for all Planner Codes.

Selected

Specify Planner Code whose time-phased Availability you want to display.

Pattern

Enter a Planner Code pattern to select a range of Planner Codes. Refine your search using Regular Expressions.

Calendar

Select the Calendar you want to use for the report. Associated Calendar periods will be displayed.

Name/Selected Periods

Select as many periods as you want to display. Selected periods correspond to Calendar specified in the "Calendar" field. Select individual periods or groups of periods together. To select an individual period, highlight the period using your mouse button. The period is now selected. To select a sequence of periods, highlight the first in the sequence using your mouse button. Then, holding down the SHIFT key on your keyboard, highlight the last period in the sequence. The entire sequence is now selected. To select periods that are out of sequence (e.g., January, April, July, October), highlight the first period in the group. Then, holding down the CTRL key on your keyboard, highlight the next period you want to select. Continue highlighting periods with the CTRL key depressed until all desired periods are selected. The entire group is now selected.

Time-Phased Availability

Display lists time-phased Availability, using the specified parameters. Negative values will display in red type.

To the far right of the screen, the following buttons are available:

CLOSE

Closes the screen, returning you to the application desktop.

QUERY

Select to generate the display, using the specified parameters. Start date and end date must be entered for calculation to proceed. Results will be displayed in the "Time-Phased Availability" display.

PRINT

Runs the report associated with this screen.

SUBMIT

Select to submit report to the Batch Manager.

Right-clicking on a Line Item in the Time-Phased Availability display enables you to select from the following context-sensitive options.

View Availability Detail

Select to view Inventory Availability for the specified Item Site.

View Allocations

Select to view Orders the specified Item Site is allocated to.

View Orders

Select to view all the pending Orders for the specified Item.

Export Contents

Export the data displayed on the screen into a plain-text, TAB-delimited file. This file may subsequently be imported into a spreadsheet or other office tool.

If the Line Item is a purchased Item, the following additional options will be available:

Create P/R

Select to create a Purchase Request for the specified Item.

Create P/O

Select to create a Purchase Order for the specified Item.

If the Line Item is a manufactured Item, the following additional option will be available:

Create W/O

Select to create a Work Order for the specified Item.