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Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Improved Process for Oracle Retail Documentation Corrections
• Oracle Retail Documentation on the Oracle Help Center (docs.oracle.com)
• Conventions

1 Introduction

• Contents of this Guide
• Business Process Flow
• Key Features of MFP Cloud Service
• Skills Needed for Implementation
  • Applications
  • Technical Concepts

2 Implementation Considerations

• Configuration Considerations
• Data
  • Hierarchy Files
    • Calendar Hierarchy File
    • Product Hierarchy File
    • Location Hierarchy File
    • Currency Hierarchy File
    • VAT Hierarchy File
    • Custom Messages Hierarchy File
  • Data Files
    • MFP Retail Cloud Service Input Measure List
    • MFP Cost Cloud Service Input Measure List
    • Historical Data
    • Loading and Extracting Data
• Integration
• User Roles and Security
• Internationalization
• Batch Process and Scheduling

A Appendix: Exports

• MFP Retail Cloud Service Exports
  • MFP Retail Cloud Service Merch Plan - Current Plan Export
  • MFP Retail Cloud Service Merch Plan - Original Plan Export
  • MFP Retail Cloud Service Merch Plan - Submitted Plan Export
  • MFP Retail Cloud Service Merch Plan - Working Plan Export
  • MFP Retail Cloud Service Merch Target - Target Plan Export
  • MFP Retail Cloud Service Merch Target - Working Plan Export
  • MFP Retail Cloud Service Location Plan - Current Plan Export
  • MFP Retail Cloud Service Location Plan - Original Plan Export
  • MFP Retail Cloud Service Location Plan - Working Plan Export
  • MFP Retail Cloud Service Location Target - Target Plan Export
  • MFP Retail Cloud Service Location Target - Working Plan Export
• MFP Cost Cloud Service Exports
  • MFP Cost Cloud Service Merch Plan - Current Plan Export
  • MFP Cost Cloud Service Merch Plan - Original Plan Export
  • MFP Cost Cloud Service Merch Plan - Submitted Plan Export
  • MFP Cost Cloud Service Merch Plan - Working Plan Export
  • MFP Cost Cloud Service Merch Target - Target Plan Export
  • MFP Cost Cloud Service Merch Target - Working Plan Export
  • MFP Cost Cloud Service Location Plan - Current Plan Export
  • MFP Cost Cloud Service Location Plan - Original Plan Export
  • MFP Cost Cloud Service Location Plan - Working Plan Export
  • MFP Cost Cloud Service Location Target - Target Plan Export
  • MFP Cost Cloud Service Location Target - Working Plan Export

B Appendix: Integration with Oracle Retail Insights and Assortment & Item Planning Cloud Services

• MFP Cloud Service Integration with Oracle Retail Insights
  • MFP Retail Cloud Service to RI - Original Plan
  • MFP Retail Cloud Service to RI - Current Plan
  • MFP Cost Cloud Service to RI - Original Plan
  • MFP Cost Cloud Service to RI - Current Plan
• MFP Cloud Service Integration with Assortment & Item Planning Cloud Services

C Appendix: Generating the Configuration for Plug-in Options

• Creating the Configuration Using Plug-ins

D Appendix: Data Load

• Load - Actuals Data
• Load - On Order Data
• Load - Admin Data

E Appendix: RMF CS Integration

• Integration Assumptions
• Integrated Hierarchy and Data Files
  • Hierarchy Files
  • Data Files
  • Load - RMS Interface Data
  • Load - Non-RMS Data
• Warehouse Transformation
• Batch Tasks Specific to RMF CS Integration
• Implementation Steps for RMF CS Integration

F Appendix: Application Specific Custom Functions, Procedures, and Expressions

• Special Expressions and Procedures Used in MFP CS Configuration

G Appendix: Extensibility

• Supported Customization of the MFP Configuration
  • Rules for Customizing the Hierarchy
  • Rules for Adding Measures
  • Rules for Adding Custom Rules
  • Rules for Workbooks and Worksheets Extensibility
  • Rules for Adding Custom Styles
  • Rules for Adding Custom Real Time Alerts into Existing Workbooks
  • Adding a Custom Solution
  • Validating the Customized Configuration
    • Successful Run of the Validation Script
    • Unsuccessful Run of the Validation Script
  • Hiding Components of the GA Configuration
  • Rules for Changes to PDS Integration Configuration
• Customizing the MFP Batch Process
• Custom Hooks and Boolean Scalar Measures for Flow Control
  • Custom Hooks
  • Boolean Scalar Measures for Flow Control
• MFP Batch Control File Customization Guidelines
  • Example
• Batch Control Samples
  • batch_exec_list.txt
  • batch_calc_list.txt
  • batch_loadmeas.txt
  • batch_exportmeas.txt
• Custom Batch Control Validation
• Customizing the MFP Dashboard

H Appendix: Using BDI and PDS

• Using BDI
• Using PDS
• Shared Hierarchies
• Shared Fact Data
• Implementation Steps with BDI, PDS, and RMF CS Integration

I Appendix: Batch Schedule in JOS/POM