3 Location Setup Task

The MFP Maintenance activity consists of the following tasks:

MFP Setup
Location Setup
Enable Op Approval
Load Validate

This chapter focuses on the steps within the Location Setup Task, which include:

Location Info
Like Location

Opening the Location Setup Workbook

To open a Location Setup workbook:

Click the New Workbook icon in the Location Setup task.

Figure 3-1 Location Setup Task

The workbook is built.

Location Info

The Location Info step includes two views, Location Space and Location Info.

Location Info View

With this view, the user can set up additional information related to the location, such as description, status of location, and wholesale/franchise location.

Figure 3-2 Location Info View

Table 3-1 lists the measures available in this view.

Table 3-1 Location info View Measures

Measure	Description
Location Description	Use the attributes employed in associating the two stores (why these locations are alike) to provide a short description of the location, for example, Southern High-Income Hot Dry.
W/F Location	Set the flag to true for all locations that are in a W/F channel.
Location Status	Range: Active, Closed, Refurbish

Location Space View

This is the total physical area that a department occupies within the location, expressed in square meters.

Figure 3-3 Location Space View

Table 3-2 lists the measures available in this view.

Table 3-2 XYZ View Measures

Measure	Description
Square Meter	The total store area in square meters

Like Location

The Like Location step includes one view: Like Location.

Like Location View

With this view, the user can set up like location information for new locations to use historical sales for Ly in Location Plan workbooks. The user can also set an end date for the like location, after which the application will stop using the historical sales of the like location and start using the historical sales of the same location in Ly.

Figure 3-4 Like Location View

Table 3-3 lists the measures available in this view.

Table 3-3 XYZ View Measures

Measure	Description
Like Location	Identify the Sister Store for the location. Using the location hierarchy, determine a similar store based on location along with the attributes indicated in alternates (for example, income, climate, and so on).
Like Location End Date	The date after which the like location information is ignored by the system to use historical sales data for Ly. If the date is not set for the newly added locations using DPM, then like location information will be used until the DPM status of the location becomes formal.