Summary Forecasts Using Forecast Forcing

The Forecast Forcing program (R34610) enables you to apply the manual changes that you made to the summary of a forecast either up the hierarchy (aggregation), down the hierarchy (disaggregation), or in both directions. The system stores these changes in the Forecast Summary File table (F3400).

You can force changes to quantities, amounts, or both. When you make changes both up and down the hierarchy, the program resets the flag on the record to indicate the change. The program makes changes down the hierarchy to the lowest detail level. These changes are also updated in the Forecast File table (F3460).

Note: If you force changes in only one direction, the program resets the flag, based on a processing option. You can lose the ability to make changes in the other direction if you force a change in only one direction.On Forecast Summary (P34200), you can set the Bypass Forcing flag on the Summary Forecast Revisions form for records in the hierarchy. The system subtracts the bypassed record amounts and quantities from the parent amounts and quantities before calculating the percentages. The system distributes the total amounts to the other children in the hierarchy that were not bypassed. You can only bypass records when you make changes down the hierarchy.