1. SAP S/4HANA Help Portal, Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS), Detailed Scheduling, DS Planning Board, Functions for Scheduling in the DS Planning Board: This official documentation details the interactive functions available.
For "Close Gaps": The section "Rescheduling Functions" describes the "Close Gaps" function, which moves operations to the earliest possible date to close idle times on a resource.
For "Find Slot": The section "Scheduling Functions" describes the "Find Slot" function, which allows the planner to find a free time slot for an operation, either forwards or backwards in time.
2. SAP S/4HANA Help Portal, Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS), Heuristics, Planning Mode: This documentation clarifies that "Planning Mode" is a setting for heuristic runs that determines how the system treats existing procurement proposals (e.g., delete and recreate vs. change existing). This confirms it is a different concept from the interactive strategies in the question.