Add Adjustment

The Add Adjustment screen enables you to add multiple adjustments to the Forecast table in an instance.

To add an adjustment:
  1. Access the Forecast tab in Demand Planning Workbench.
  2. Right-click on the required cell.
  3. Click Add Adjustment. The Add Adjustment screen is displayed.
  4. Specify this information:
    Period Selectors
    The periods to which the adjustment is applied. Possible values:
    • Current Period: This applies adjustment to the current period.
      Note: This option is selected by default.
    • Periods: The number of periods to which the adjustment is applied. This applies adjustments from the currently selected period to the number of specified periods.
      Note: You can only select the number of periods between the start period and display horizon.
    • Future Periods: The adjustment is applied to all periods between the currently selected period and the display horizon.
      Note: This option is not enabled when the periodicity is viewed in days.
    Start Period
    The first period to which the adjustment is applied.
    Note: This value is set by default from the cell that the context menu is opened from and cannot be modified.
    Current Net Forecast
    The net forecast value of the currently specified periods.
    Note: 
    • The applied adjustments are only considered in the current net forecast value.
    • This value cannot be modified.
    Current System Forecast
    The system forecast value of the currently specified periods.
    Note: This value cannot be modified.
    Adjustment Type
    The type of adjustment to be applied to the selected periods. Possible values:
    • Add Value: Adds the specified value as an adjustment.
    • New Net Value: Adds adjustment value based on the new net forecast minus the current net forecast.
    • Add % of Net: Adds the adjustment based on the specified percentage of the total net forecast.
    • Add % of System: Adds the adjustment based on the specified percentage of the total system forecast.
    Value
    The value that is applied as an adjustment to the specified periods.
    Note: 
    • This is as an absolute value when the Adjustment Type field is set to Add Value, or New Net Value.
    • This is a percentage when the Adjustment Type field is set to Add % of Net, or Add % of System.
    Spreading Method
    The method used to distribute the specified adjustment for each period. Possible values:
    • Even Spread: This applies the adjustments evenly across the specified periods.
      Note: This option is selected by default.
    • Spread Proportionally using Net Forecast: This applies the adjustments proportionally across the specified periods based on the net forecast of each period.
    • Spread Proportionally using System Forecast: This applies the adjustments. proportionally across the specified periods based on the system forecast of each period.
    • Forward Fill: This applies the same adjustment value to the specified periods.
  5. Click OK. The adjustments are added to the specified periods.
  6. Click Save. The adjustments are applied to the forecast table.