Integration

MFP Cloud Service supports the integration of foundation data files from RMFCS or other source systems. It can get forecast data from AI Foundation and can send approved plans to Retail Insights (RI) using Retail Analytics and Planning (RAP) Integration. For more details about RAP integration, see RAP Integration.

For more details about RMFCS integration and direct integration with RMFCS using a file-based approach, see Appendix: RMFCS Integration.

Retailers using either the template or non-template version must extract and provide the foundation files needed from other source systems as flat files in the required format as needed by RAP integration and then upload to Object Storage. Any data or hierarchy files that are specific to their Planning Solution that cannot be integrated using RAP integration can be directly uploaded to Object Storage for Planning. In the same way, exported files from the solution if not part of RAP integration are sent back to the Object Storage and retailers can download the extracted files from there. The retailer must integrate it with any other system that requires extracted plan data from MFP Cloud Service, if not part of RAP integration.

MFP can also integrate with the 19.0.x release of Oracle Retail Assortment Planning Cloud Service to send plan data. For information on the integration and file format, see Appendix: Integration with Oracle Retail Assortment Planning Cloud Service. For more information on the tasks, see the Oracle Retail Merchandise Financial Planning Cloud Service Administration Guide.