Product Group Usage 

The Product group usage function shows you a lot of information on a product group’s membership of other product groups. It has two possible display formats:

  1. You see all the product groups of which the specified product group is a member.
  2. You see only those product groups of which the specified product group is a direct member.

In the report, you click on the pushbuttons More and Less to vary the level of detail. Up to three levels of detail can be displayed. An extended report shows:

  • The hierarchical level of each product group in ascending order up the hierarchy
  • The plant, number, and description of the product group
  • Any planning versions that exist for that product group
  • The proportional, aggregation, and conversion factors of each product group in relation to the directly superior product group
  • The proportional, aggregation, and conversion factors of the specified product group in relation to each hierarchical level

Use the pushbutton Details (or double-click) to obtain detailed data on a particular product group node. From the Detailed Data window, you can branch to a list of the planning versions that exist for that node.