2 MFP 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 MFP Setup Task, which include:

• History Mapping

• Local Currency

• VAT Setup

• Manage Export

Opening the MFP Setup Workbook

To open a MFP Setup workbook:

1. Click the New Workbook icon in the MFP Setup task.

   Figure 2-1 MFP Setup Task

   
   

2. The workbook is built.

History Mapping

The History Mapping step is used by the administrator to map the weeks for last year and last last year (two years ago).

Figure 2-2 MFP Setup - History Mapping

The History Mappings step contains one view: History Mapping.

History Mapping View

Within this view, you can set the mappings for the last year and the last last year. The last year's mapping is used to identify which week to map to when determining last year's values in a workbook. The last last year is used to identify which week to map to when determining the prior values from the past two years in a workbook.

Figure 2-3 History Mapping

Table 2-1 Mapping View Measures

Measure	Description
Lag Ly	Identifies the week used for mapping as adjusted last year.
Lag Lly	Identifies the week that is being used for mapping as last last year (two years ago).
Week ID	Identifies the internal week position for the current week for reference. This is useful for copying week positions when manually setting Lag Ly and Lag Lly.

Local Currency

The Local Currency step provides support for administering the local currency configuration. This view is only available when the provision option with local currency is implemented.

Figure 2-4 Local Currency

The Local Currency step contains two views:

• Local Currency Rate

• Local Currency Symbol

Local Currency Rate View

Within this view, you can set the local currency conversion rate for each Channel by Week.

Figure 2-5 Local Currency Rate View

Table 2-2 Local Currency Rate View Measures

Measure	Description
Local Currency Rate	The rate used to convert values to the local currency for a given Channel/Week.

Local Currency Symbol View

Within this view, the planning administrator sets the local currency symbol for each channel. This currency symbol can be included as the Location attribute in all Local Currency views.For example, in Figure 2-6 the BRA Brick & Mortar channel has R$ as its local currency symbol, which indicates that local currency values for this channel are in Brazilian Real. All local currency BRA Brick & Mortar monetary values are displayed with R$.

Figure 2-6 Local Currency Symbol View

Table 2-3 Local Currency Symbol View Measures

Measure	Description
Local Currency Symbol	The graphic symbol associated with the channel's local currency.

VAT Setup

The VAT Setup step allows a planning administrator to enter the Value Added Tax (VAT) rate for each subclass by week.

Figure 2-7 Vat Setup Step

The VAT Setup step contains a single view, VAT Setup.

VAT Setup View

In this view, the planning administrator can input the VAT% rate for each subclass by week.

When planning sales retail, the VAT% rate is applied to gross sales and then returns are subtracted to calculate net sales. If no VAT% rate is planned, then net sales are simply determined as gross sales less returns.

VAT Rate% is stored at Week/Subclass/Channel.

Figure 2-8 VAT Admin - VAT Setup Workbook

Table 2-4 VAT Admin - VAT Setup Workbook Measures

Measure	Description
VAT%	The default Value Added Tax (VAT) rate percentage for the Subclass/Channel.

Manage Export

The Manage Export step provides the ability to control which periods and positions are included when plans are exported. The values set in this step are employed in batch (along with corresponding Approved/Submitted/Seeded Info measures) to set export flags for all the plan versions that are exportable from MFP Retail Cloud Service:

• Merch Plan Current Plan (MP Cp)

• Merch Plan Original Plan (MP Op)

• Merch Plan Waiting for Approval Plan (MP Wa)

• Merch Plan Working Plan (MP Wp)

• Location Plan Current Plan (LP Cp)

• Location Plan Original Plan (LP Op)

• Location Plan Working Plan (LP Wp)

• Merch Targets Target (MT Tgt)

• Merch Targets Working Plan (MT Wp)

• Location Targets Target (LT Tgt)

• Location Targets Working Plan (LT Wp)

Figure 2-9 Manage Export

The planner or administrator indicates whether elapsed periods should be included and which positions should be exported in the following two views:

• Export Elapsed Setting Manage Export

Export Elapsed Setting View

Within this view, the planner or administrator designates whether or not elapsed periods should be included when exporting plan data.

Figure 2-10 Export Elapsed Setting View

Table 2-5 lists the measures available in this view.

Table 2-5 Export Elapsed Setting View Measures

Measure	Description
Export Elapsed Periods	When selected, this flag indicates that data for the elapsed periods must be exported. By default, this value is unchecked, meaning that only data for unelapsed periods will be included in the exported plan data.

Manage Export View

Within this view, the planning administrator selects the positions that must be included when exporting plan data for all versions.

Figure 2-11 Manage Export View

Table 2-6 lists the measures available in this view.

Table 2-6 Manage Export View Measures

Measure	Description
Export Mask	Allows the user to control which positions are exported for all plan versions. When selected, the Department/Channel/Half is included when exporting plan data. By default, this boolean is checked for all positions. If the user wants to exclude any Department/Channel/Half from exporting, the user must un-check this boolean.

The export flags are set based on Export Mask and Approved or Submitted Info for Approved or Submitted Plans and Seeded Info for Working Plans.