Symbol/Icon | Description |
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Black cross | Orders (both supply and demand).
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Red circle | Existing supply orders that are not in planning suggestions.
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Yellow star | Forecast demand.
When both the Show Projected Inventory and the Include Planning Suggestions fields are selected, then each yellow star has a linked counterpart in the opposite graph. This illustrates how a suggested supply fulfills the forecasted demand. |
Green circle with an icon shaped as a disk that has a red cross | Suggested supply order with action message Cancel.
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Green circle with an icon shaped as a disk that has a star | Suggested supply orders with action message New.
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Green circle with an icon shaped as a disk that has one or two arrows | Suggested supply orders with action message Reschedule, Change Qty., or Resched. and Chg. Qty.
The arrows reflect the direction of the planning suggestion. For example, a left arrow together with an up arrow reflects a Resched. and Chg. Qty. action message that consists of a backward rescheduling and a quantity increase. |
When you right-click the Timeline FastTab, the following functions appear depending where you click.
Function | Description | ||
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Create New Supply | Creates a new element on the point where you right-click, which represents a new suggested supply order. It becomes a new line in the planning worksheet when you choose Save Changes on the Process tab. Any filter values that are defined in the Location Filter or Variant Filter fields on the Options FastTab will be applied to the new supply order.
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Auto-Adjust Supply | Optimizes a new supply that you have created in the graph by making sure that it creates zero inventory before the next supply. | ||
Delete Supply | Deletes the element in the Timeline FastTab and deletes the planning line when you choose Save Changes on the Process tab. The icon changes to a disk that has a red cross when the supply has been deleted.
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Show Document | Opens the order, planning line, or forecast that the element represents. | ||
Zoom Out (Ctrl++) | Makes the scale of the x-axis larger, so that fewer days are shown.
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Zoom In (Ctrl+-) | Makes the scale of the x-axis smaller, so that more days are shown.
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Reset Zoom (Ctrl+0) | Reverts the scale of the x-axis to what was used before you zoomed. |
In addition to the keyboard actions that were mentioned earlier, you can also use the following keyboard actions in the TimeLine FastTab.
Keyboard action | Description | ||
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Ctrl + scroll mouse wheel | Changes the scale of the x-axis. | ||
Select an element, then press Shift+Arrow | Moves the element in the direction of the arrow stroke. | ||
Tab | Moves to the next element. | ||
Shift+Tab | Moves to the previous element. | ||
While moving an element, press Esc. | Cancels the move.
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To learn how to drag elements inside the Timeline FastTab, see How to: Modify Planning Suggestions in a Graphical View.