Using DRP Across Domains and Databases
Using the Shared Services Domain module, a single database may include more than one active domain. Each domain represents a separate business operation with its own base currency, chart of accounts, and business configuration.
You can use DRP to plan supply to meet demand for multiple sites within a single domain, and to distribute demand to:
• Other sites within the current domain
• Other sites in other domains within the same database
• Other sites in connected, remote databases
The execution of DRP with domains does not require any special setup. The system determines whether database switching is needed based on the domain associated with the site in Site Maintenance (1.1.13).
If all of your domains are located in one database, the DRP process is simplified since you never have to be concerned about database connections not being available. In this case, the following DRP functions are not needed:
• Intersite Demand Validation (12.17.12), which is run at the supply database to search for all changes to intersite demand that occurred in the demand database while the database connection was not available
• Intersite Demand Transfer (12.15.9), which is used to transfer system-generated intersite requests to the supply site’s database
• Intersite Demand Export (12.15.10), which is used to place demand records in an ASCII file to send to the supply site
• Intersite Demand Import (12.17.10), which is used to import demand records in an ASCII file into the supply site’s database