SAP ABAP IMG Activity BW_BCT_RT_FCMOD (Define Forecast Model)
Hierarchy
BI_CONT (Software Component) Business Intelligence Content
   BW-BCT-PLA-RAP (Application Component) Retail Assortment Planning
     RS_BCT_RETAIL_MAP (Package) BW: Content MAP
IMG Activity
ID BW_BCT_RT_FCMOD Define Forecast Model  
Transaction Code S_B72_29000011   (empty) 
Created on 20050315    
Customizing Attributes BW_BCT_RT_FCMOD   Define Forecast Model 
Customizing Activity BW_BCT_RT_FCMOD   Define Forecast Model 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name /MAP/M_IMG_05    

Use

In this IMG activity, you define the forecast model to be used in the forecast.

A forecast model has the following attributes:

  • Forecast level
  • Periodicity
  • Analysis process for model training
  • Key figure to be forecast
  • DataStore object for storing the regression coefficients
  • Scaling factor for the non-explicable portion

A forecast model also has optional attributes:

  • Key figure for the normalized values of the key figure to be forecast
  • Influencing factor with the mode of action "number of sales days" (maximum of one influencing factor of this type per forecast model)

The planning functions for adding or removing the explicable portion access the settings made to the forecast model during the forecast.

Requirements

Before you can define a forecast model, you must create the objects that the forecast model accesses:

  • Key figure to be forecast
  • Characteristics for the forecast level
  • ODS for storing the regression coefficients
  • Analysis process for model training

Standard settings

SAP delivers one forecast model:

0RME_FC1 (Example Forecast Model)

The forecast model has the periodicity "month" and the forecast level store + country + category. The following influencing factors are assigned:

  • Advertising budget (additive)
  • Promotion (additive)
  • Number of sales days

This forecast model is only an example and should not be used productively.

Activities

Example

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 105   Define functions and processes 
Mandatory / Optional 1   Mandatory activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 2   Non-critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type C   Customizing Object 
Assigned objects
Customizing Object Object Type Transaction Code Sub-object Do not Summarize Skip Subset Dialog Box Description for multiple selections
/MAP/M_VC_FCMOD C - View cluster SM34  
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20050315 
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