Avoiding Long Execution Time

In general the single most important thing to avoid long execution times on your first run of the Periodic Estimation batch process (D1-SMMTR) is to ensure that your measurement data is as current as it possibly can be. You should not run the Periodic Estimation process (D1-SMMTR) until you have completed conversion and you have loaded your initial set of initial measurements. If you run the Period Estimation process (D1-SMMTR) any time prior to that you risk generating estimates for data that you have but just haven't loaded yet.

If you must run the Periodic Estimation process (D1-SMMTR) prior to having all of your measurement data current, you should use the Batch Business Date on the batch control to limit the horizon of time you will estimating. The Batch Business Date won't impact the start of your horizon but it will limit the end.

The following sections provide input on several ways you can control the start of the horizon.