Forecasts

This ERD (see the following figure) illustrates the process of generating forecasts. A forecast series defines a set of forecast periods in which forecasts must be submitted, and describes the appropriate number of periods to forecast into the future for each forecast period. One or more positions are then assigned to submit forecasts under the defined forecast series. When a forecast series is accessible to the public, it means the forecast series can be shared across organizations. Each participant submits a forecast each period that is made up of forecast items. Each forecast item can be attributed to different kinds of business transactions, and can be defined at any of a number of levels based on business rules. These forecast items can be generated based on known revenue items. Forecasts that managers make can contain items from the forecasts of their subordinates.

The following table lists the entities in this ERD and their corresponding tables.

Entity	Table
Agreement	S_DOC_AGREE
Forecast	S_FCST
Forecast Item Detail	S_FCST_ITEM_DTL
Forecast Period	S_FCSTSER_DATE
Forecast Series	S_FCSTSER
Forecasted Item	S_FCST_ITEM
Marketing Event	S_SRC
Opportunity	S_OPTY
Organization Unit	S_ORG_EXT, S_PARTY
Person	S_CONTACT, S_PARTY
Position	S_POSTN, S_PARTY
Product Line	S_PROD_LN
Product or Service	S_PROD_INT
Project	S_PROJ
Quote	S_DOC_QUOTE
Revenue Item	S_REVN
Service Request	S_SRV_REQ