What is wildcard character in SAP SCM-APO-ATP - Global Available-to-Promise?

SAP Term: wildcard character

• Component: SCM-APO-ATP

• Component Name: Global Available-to-Promise

• Description: Character used to create general characteristic values when searching for and selecting collective product allocations.

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• Key Concepts: 
  A wildcard character is a special character used in search strings to represent one or more characters. In SAP, wildcard characters are used in the SCM-APO-ATP Global Available-to-Promise (GATP) component to search for specific items in the system. 
  
  How to use it: 
  Wildcard characters can be used in GATP to search for items that match a certain pattern. For example, if you wanted to search for all items that start with the letter “A”, you could use the wildcard character “*” followed by “A”. This would return all items that start with the letter “A”. 
  
  Tips & Tricks: 
  When using wildcard characters in GATP, it is important to remember that they are case sensitive. For example, if you wanted to search for all items that start with the letter “a”, you would need to use the wildcard character “*” followed by “a” instead of “A”. 
  
  Related Information: 
  For more information on using wildcard characters in GATP, please refer to the SAP Help documentation.