Generate customer forecasts

You can generate customer forecasts for all Planning Entities (PEs) and update the Periods Used field value for customer and freeze forecasts for the base PE in the Generate Customer Forecasts window. This window is accessed using the Generate Customer Forecasts option in the ellipsis menu.

Note: You must have the ''Demand Forecasting – Generate Forecasts'' permission to generate SCP forecasts.

You can specify this information in the Generate Customer Forecasts window:

Where customer forecast exists set customer forecast periods used to
If this option is selected, the Periods Used field value for the customer forecast is set to the number periods selected for all base PEs with a customer forecast.
Note: 
  • By default, this switch is set to Off.
  • If this switch is set to On, the value is defaulted from the All Periods field for the customer forecast level on the Forecast Settings tab.
  • You cannot specify the value greater than the All Periods field value.
Set freeze forecast periods used to zero
Indicates if the Periods Used field value of Freeze Forecast is set to zero for all base PEs with a customer forecast. Possible values:
  • On
  • Off
Note: 
  • By default, this switch is set to Off.
  • This switch is available only if the Where customer forecast exists set customer forecast periods used to field is set to On.
Where no customer forecast exists set customer forecast periods used to zero

Indicates if the Periods Used field value for the customer forecast level is set to zero for all base PEs that do not have a customer forecast. Possible values:

  • On
  • Off
Note: By default, this switch is set to Off.
Set freeze forecast periods used to
If this option is selected, the Periods Used field value for the freeze level is set to the number periods selected for all base PEs that do not have a customer forecast.
Note: 
  • By default, this switch is set to Off.
  • This switch is available only if the Where no customer forecast exists set customer forecast periods used to zero field is set to On.
  • If this switch is set to On, the value is defaulted from the All Periods field for the freeze forecast level on the Forecast Settings tab. You cannot specify the value greater than the All Periods field value.