Summary Codes

To set up the hierarchy, you must set up summary codes. For each hierarchy that you define, you must specify a unique identifier called a summary code. Summary codes are set up in UDC 40/KV.

This table illustrates examples of summary codes:

Codes

Description

Hard Coded

200

Sales Channel Summarization

N

CUS

Large Customer Summarization

N

EAS

Eastern Forecast

N

MDW

Midwestern Forecast

N

PHR

Pharmaceutical Forecast

N

SM

Marketing Summarization Code

N

When creating summary forecasts, you select a summary code to indicate the hierarchy with which you want to work.