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Forecasting Terms

Table 1 describes some terms which will be helpful as you learn about and use Siebel Forecasting.

Table 1. Forecasting Terms
Term
Definition
Forecast period
The period of a forecast series from start to end date. For example, quarterly.
Summary period
The summary period defines the periodic buckets for the Summary view in the Forecasts screen. Some integer number of these exists for each forecast period (for example, monthly).
Summary Revenues
Each summary period has one summary revenue amount.
Interval period
Period between creation of new forecasts; their frequency. For example, weekly.
Total Forecast Revenue
Sum of each summary record. Each summary period is a summary record bucket.
Detail Revenues
Can be either of summary type or detail type depending on the type of forecast. For more information about forecast types, see Forecast Types.
Rollup
Sums details and synchronizes totals with summaries.


 Siebel Forecasting Guide 
 Published: 18 April 2003