Table of Contents

• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface
  • Audience
  • Documentation Accessibility
  • Related Documents
  • Customer Support
  • Improved Process for Oracle Retail Documentation Corrections
  • Oracle Retail Documentation on the Oracle Help Center (docs.oracle.com)
  • Conventions
• Send Us Your Comments
• 1 Introduction
  • Forecasting Challenges and RDFCS Solutions
    • Selecting the Best Forecasting Method
    • Overcoming Data Sparsity Through Escalation and Pooling Levels
    • Forecasting Demand for New Products and Locations
    • Managing Forecasting Results Through Automated Exception Reporting
    • Incorporating the Effects of Promotions and Other Event-Based Challenges on Demand
    • 53 Week Calendar
  • Forecasting Process
    • Process Summary
  • User Experience and Workflow
    • Dashboard Views and Workspaces
    • Forecast Engine
• 2 Dashboard
  • Overview Dashboard
  • Forecast Scorecard Dashboard
  • Approval Alerts
  • Navigations Alerts
• 3 New Item & Locations Task
  • New Item & Locations Workspaces, Steps, and Views
  • New Item Maintenance Workspace
    • New Item Settings Step
    • New Item Basic Parameters View
      • Measures: New Item Basic Parameters View
    • Like Item - Select and Approve Step
    • New Item Forecast View
      • Measures: New Item Forecast View
    • New Item Statistics View
      • Measures: New Item Statistics View
    • Select and Approve View
      • Measures: Select and Approve View
  • New Store Maintenance Workspace
    • Like Store Assignment Step
    • Product Like Store Assignment View
      • Measures: Product Like Store Assignment View
  • New Item Management Workspace
    • Settings Step
    • New Item Basic Parameters View
      • Measures: New Item Basic Parameters View
    • Manage Step
    • New Item Attributes View
      • Measures: New Item Attributes View
    • New Item Statistics View
      • Measures: New Item Statistics View
    • Select and Approve View
      • Measures: Select and Approve View
    • New Item Forecast View
      • Measures: New Item Forecast View
    • View Step
    • Attribute Value View
      • Measures: Attribute Value View
    • Similarity Score View
      • Measures: Similarity Score View
• 4 Forecast Setup Task
  • Forecast Setup Workspaces, Steps, and Views
  • Forecast Setup Workspace
  • General Step
    • Basic Parameters View
      • Measures: Basic Parameters View
    • Advanced Parameters View
      • Measures: Advanced Parameters View
    • Intermediate Level View
      • Measures: Intermediate Level View
    • Final Level View
      • Measures: Final Level View
  • Exception Management Step
    • Basic Parameters View
      • Measures: Basic Parameters View
    • Intermediate Level View
      • Measures: Intermediate Level View
    • Final Level View
• 5 Forecast Review Task
  • Forecast Review Workspaces, Steps, and Views
  • Forecast Review Workspace
  • Approve Step
    • Forecast Results View
      • Measures: Forecast Results View
    • Approve Information View
      • Measures: Approve Information View
    • Forecast Results Chart View
      • Measures: Forecast Results Chart View
    • What-If Parameters View
      • Measures: What-If Parameters View
    • Preprocessing Details View
      • Measures: Preprocessing Details View
• 6 RDF Administration Task
  • Batch Flow Administration Workspace, Step, and View
  • Batch Flow Administration Workspace
  • Batch Flow Control Step
    • Batch Flow Control View
      • Measures: Batch Flow Control
• 7 Business Rule Engine
  • Attributes Task
    • Attributes Workspaces, Steps, and Views
  • Attributes Workspace
    • Review Step
      • Location Attributes View
        • Measures: Location Attributes View
      • Product Attributes View
        • Measures: Product Attributes View
      • Product/Location Attributes View
        • Measures: Product/Location Attributes View
  • Business Rule Group Admin Task
    • Business Rule Group Admin Workspaces, Steps, and Views
  • Business Rule Group Admin Workspace
    • Setup Step
      • Rule Group Info View
        • Measures: Rule Group Info View
      • Rule Group Active Attribute View
        • Measures: Rule Group Active Attribute View
      • Rule Group Scope (Weekly Forecast) View
        • Measures: Rule Group Scope View
  • Business Rule Setup Task
    • Business Rule Setup Workspaces, Steps, and Views
  • Business Rule Setup Weekly Forecast Workspace
    • Setup Step
      • Rule Enable View
        • Measures: Rule Enable View
      • Rule Condition Setup View
        • Measures: Rule Condition Setup View
        • Business Rule Process
      • Rule Membership View
        • Measures: Rule Membership View
      • Parameters for Approval View
        • Measures: Parameters for Approval View
      • Parameters for Navigation View
        • Measures: Parameters for Navigation View
• 8 Offer Analysis Task
  • Offer Analysis Workspaces, Steps, and Views
  • Offer Analysis Workspace
  • Offer Analysis Step
    • Summary View
      • Measures: Summary View
    • Detailed View
• A Appendix: Forecast Approval Exceptions
  • Forecast versus Recent Sales
  • Adjusted versus Approved
  • Forecast versus Last Year Sales
  • Promo Peaks
• B Appendix: Forecast Errors in the Forecast Scorecard Dashboard
  • Mean Absolute Percent Error
  • Root Mean Squared Error
  • Mean Absolute Error
  • Forecast Bias
  • Percent Adjusted
• C Appendix: Business Rule Engine
• D Troubleshooting