SAP ABAP Data Element /SAPAPO/PERIO (Number of Periods per Seasonal Cycle)
Hierarchy
SAP_BW (Software Component) SAP Business Warehouse
   SCM-BAS (Application Component) SCM Basis
     /SAPAPO/SCMB_FORECAST (Package) Forecast
Basic Data
Data Element /SAPAPO/PERIO
Short Description Number of Periods per Seasonal Cycle  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type /SAPAPO/PERAN    
Data Type DEC   Counter or amount field with comma and sign 
Length 5    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 6    
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 Per/Season 
Medium 15 Periods/Season 
Long 20 Periods per Season 
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Documentation

Definition

Specifies the number of periods (for example, months) in a season.

Procedure

If you are using a seasonal model (forecast strategies 30, 31, 35 and 54) or a seasonal trend model (forecast strategies 40 and 41), or if the system is to carry out a seasonal test (forecast strategies 52, 53 and 55), enter the number of periods that make up a season.

Dependencies

The period is specified by the planning buckets profile you enter in the master forecast profile.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20130604 
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