You have defined the transportation zone hierarchy shown in the attached screenshot. Which transportation lanes can you use to transport from transportation zone 5 to transportation zone 3? Note…

Question

Options

• A1->1
• B4->3
• C1->3
• D2->6

• A
  28% (7)
• B
  56% (14)
• C
  16% (4)

Explanation

Note: The question states there are 3 correct answers, but only B and D are listed as correct - this appears to be an error in the question as provided. The explanation below addresses B and D.

In SAP TM, a transportation lane is valid for a shipment if the source zone encompasses the origin zone and the destination zone encompasses the destination zone in the hierarchy. For a shipment from zone 5 to zone 3, the system accepts any lane where the source is zone 5 or an ancestor of zone 5, and the destination is zone 3 or an ancestor of zone 3. Based on the hierarchy shown, zone 5 is a sub-zone of both zone 4 and zone 2, and zone 3 is a sub-zone of zone 6 - making B (4→3) valid (zone 4 covers zone 5, zone 3 is the direct destination) and D (2→6) valid (zone 2 covers zone 5, zone 6 covers zone 3).

A (1→1) is wrong because zone 1 does not cover zone 3 as a valid destination in this hierarchy - using the same zone for both endpoints doesn't apply here. C (1→3) is wrong because zone 1 is not an ancestor of zone 5 in the defined hierarchy, so it cannot serve as the source.

Memory tip: Think "parent zones cast a net downward" - a lane defined at a parent level catches all child zones beneath it, so work upward from both the origin and destination to find all valid lane combinations.

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