SAP ABAP Data Element /SAPAPO/INTMIT_PAST_PERIODS (Number of Initialization Periods for Intermittent Fcst Model)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BW (Software Component) SAP Business Warehouse
   ⤷ SCM-BAS (Application Component) SCM Basis
     ⤷ /SAPAPO/SCMB_FORECAST (Package) Forecast

Basic Data

Data Element	/SAPAPO/INTMIT_PAST_PERIODS
Short Description	Number of Initialization Periods for Intermittent Fcst Model

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	/SAPAPO/PERIOD_NO
Data Type	DEC	Counter or amount field with comma and sign
Length	3
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	3
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Documentation

Definition

Use

• In the "intermittent forecast model" the system bases the forecasting on x periods in the historical time frame. You define x in this field.
• In the "intermittent forecast model" the number of historical periods used in automatic model selection results from the sum of your entry in this field and your entry in the Simulation Periods field, on the Model Selection tab page.
• Your entry in this field combined with your entry in the Number of Zero-Demand Periods in Intermittent Forecast Model field, on the Model Seection tab page, produces one of the criteria that the system uses to decide whether a location product can be forecasted using the intermittent forecast model and whether it passes the sporadic test.

  To make this decision, the system checks whether a certain percentage of periods in the historical time frame were zero-demand periods. This percentage results from the quotient of your entry in the Number of Zero-Demand Periods in Intermittent Forecast Model field, and your entry in this field.

  Example:

  In the Number of Zero-Demand Periods in Intermittent Forecast Model field you have entered 6.In the Number of Initialization Periods for Intermittent Fcst Model field, you have entered 24.

  The system creates the quotient of these two values: 6/24 = 25%.

  In this case, 25% of the periods from the historical time frame must be zero-demand periods, so that the location product is considered for the intermittent forecast model and passes the sporadic test.

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History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20130604
SAP Release Created in	410