Deadlines based on factory calendar - is The Book wrong?

[Mike Pokraka]

Hi Paul,

Yes you are correct and so is the book, otherwise we wouldn't call it the
bible :-)
The _reference_ date is the one that has the factory calendar applied. You
simply need to use the offset which forms part of the key. So if your
object has an offset of +3 days then your reference date will be your
deadline date. Don't add anything. The clunky bit is that you will need a
separate element/object for each deadline length.

Cheers,
Mike

On Thu, September 28, 2006 08:13, Paul.Bakker at osr.treasury.qld.gov.au wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> We have a requirement to calculate the deadline for a workitem (eg Latest
> Start) based on the Factory Calendar.
>
> For example, if the workitem was created on a Thursday and the 'Latest
> Start' deadline is +3 days, then it should be triggered on the following
> Tuesday (not Sunday). In other words, it should only take working days
> into
> account.
>
> Surprisingly, SAP standard does not cater for this scenario. I therefore
> implemented the solution suggested in the The Book, in Appendix A9. It
> shows you how to create a custom deadline object based on the factory
> calendar, and use the expression ZDEADLINE.DATE as the reference date in
> the step.
>
> Surprisingly (again), this solution DOES NOT work. Deadlines are triggered
> without taking weekends into account.
>
> When I had a closer look at it, I noticed that the Factory Calendar is
> only
> being used to determine the Workitem _Creation Date_; it is not being used
> to calculate the Latest Start Date. The book even seems to concede this:
>
>       "Note that the reference date gives the date based on the factory
> calendar, but any offset will simply be added to the reference date as
> normal".
>
> If this really is the case, then what is the point of implementing this
> solution?
>
> Has anyone gotten it to work? I'm sure it must be me... sigh.
>
> cheers
> Paul
>
>
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