You can limit the scope of a custom exception by entering filtering criteria. By limiting the scope, you are restricting the number of records to be evaluated for the exception condition. Setting proper scope helps improve performance of the exception generation process.

You can limit the scope of the exception by entering the following attributes and dates:
Limit Supply/Demand Attributes
• Company and/or Company Site
• Supplier and/or Supplier Site
• Customer and/or Customer Site
• Item and/or Owner Item
• Supplier Item and/or Customer Item
• Order Number
• Order Type Description
• Release Number

Limit Supply/Demand Dates
• Date Type
• Date Range
• Rolling Time Period
• Period to Date
While entering dates, you can use any of the date attributes present in the transaction by selecting suitable date type. You can define the range of dates as date range, rolling time period, or period to date which starts or ends on the current system date.