Manage

In the Manage screen in train stop 3 you can set the value of configuration parameters for the run type. These values will be used when creating and executing batch runs for each run type. In this screen, you can also activate or inactivate run types by selecting a row and clicking the Activate button above the table. Active run types become part of the weekly batch process, and a new batch run is created and executed for each active run type. For each active run type, once the batch run is approved, the output of the batch run will be exported to and consumed by the applications that are mapped to that run type. In order to auto-approve the batch runs, select a row and click on Manage Auto-approve. For the Life Cycle run type, the start date calculation can be disabled or enabled by clicking the Disable Life Cycle Start Date Calculation or Enable Life Cycle Start Date Calculation button, respectively.

To review and override the value of configuration parameters for a run type, select a row and click Edit Configuration Parameters above the table. This button will display as View Configuration Parameters if the run type is in active status. The Edit configuration pop-up is similar to the Create Run pop-up that is used to create forecast runs and has a tab for each stage of estimation and forecast. In each tab, you can do one of the following, as shown below.
  • Set the values of all configuration parameters in that stage, based on the system default for the run type. To do this, select System Default from the drop-down menu and click Apply.

  • Set the values of all configuration parameters in that stage based on the values that were previously set in one of the what-if runs. To do this, select the desired run from the drop-down menu and click Apply.

  • Override the value of a certain configuration parameter. To do this, select a row and click the Edit icon above the table.

A configuration setting that is available in train stop 3 and is not available in train stop 2 is the Item Supersession option. Enabling Item Supersession activates the interface and the demand calculation. See the Oracle Retail AI Foundation Cloud Service Implementation Guide for details. Making it available in the Manage train stop as opposed to the run type creation, makes it more flexible, allowing to enable/disable the functionality, for any desired forecast run.

Figure 12-20 Edit Run Type Configuration

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Description of "Figure 12-20 Edit Run Type Configuration"