Glossary

Address

Specify whether the system considers the address book number as part of the hierarchy or if the system retrieves the address book number from the business unit associated with the forecast.

Address Number

Enter a number that identifies an entry in Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Address Book system, such as employee, applicant, participant, customer, supplier, tenant, or location.

Alpha Name

Enter the text that names or describes an address.

Branch/Plant

Enter a code that identifies a branch or plant.

Company

Enter a code that identifies a specific organization, fund, or other reporting entity.

Effective Date

Enter a date that indicates when a component part goes into effect on a bill of material or when a rate schedule is in effect.

End Extract Date

Enter the ending date that the system uses when creating actuals.

Forecast Type

Enter the forecasting method used to calculate the detail forecast for a specific item. Forecast type is also used to summarize forecasts in the system. For planning bills, the forecast type is used to create forecasts for components when you explode planning bills.

Item Number

Enter the number that the system assigns to an item. The number can be in short, long, or third item number format.

Planner Number

Enter the address number of the material planner for this item.