SAP ABAP Data Element /MAP/F_Y_FACTOR (MAP: Proportional Factor of Reference Combination)
Hierarchy
☛ BI_CONT (Software Component) Business Intelligence Content
   ⤷ BW-BCT-PLA-RMP (Application Component) Retail Merchandise Planning
     ⤷ /MAP/F (Package) BW: Content MAP Forecast (BPS)
Basic Data
Data Element /MAP/F_Y_FACTOR
Short Description MAP: Proportional Factor of Reference Combination  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type     Direct Type Entry
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type      
Data Type FLTP   Floating point number, accurate to 8 bytes 
Length 16    
Decimal Places 16    
Output Length 22    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 PropFactor 
Medium 15 Prop. Factor 
Long 20 Proportional Factor 
Heading 20 Proportional Factor 
Documentation

Definition

The proportional factor describes the key figure relationship between the characteristic combination under consideration and the growth of the reference data.

The relationship Value (current combination) = Factor * Value (reference data) applies.

Take the following into account:

The proportional factor describes the growth of the normalized growth of the key figure to be forecast, that is to say, of the values divided by the normalizing influencing factor values in the database. If the normalized values for the current characteristic combination and the reference data are identical, choose the value 1 for the proportional factor.

Use

Dependencies

Example

Execute a sales volume forecast at store level and the store 1000 refers to the reference store 0900. The reference store 0900 has a sales volume of 10,000#, the store 1000 has a sales volume of 8,000#.

The selling area is used as a normalizing influencing factor.

  • 1st case: Both stores have a selling area of 100m². The normalized sales volume therefore amounts to:
    • 10,000 / 100 = 100 #/m² for store 0900
    • 8,000 / 100 = 80 #/m² for store 1000
    • Choose the value 0.8 for the proportional factor.
  • 2nd case: Store 1000 has a selling area of 100m², store 0900 has a selling area of 80m². The normalized sales volume therefore amounts to:
    • 10,000 / 100 = 100 #/m² for store 0900
    • 8,000 / 80 = 100 #/m² for store 1,000
    • Choose the value 1.0 for the proportional factor.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20141031 
SAP Release Created in 702