AI Foundation Modules

The following table lists modules within the AI Foundation applications which may be used by one or more other RAP applications, in addition to the common modules from the prior section. This primarily covers forecasting and integration needs for Planning application usage. It is important to note that the underlying process for generating forecasts leverages jobs from the Lifecycle Pricing Optimization (LPO) application, so you will see references to that product throughout the POM batch flows and in Retail Home modules.

Table 5-4 AI Foundation Shared Batch Modules

Application	Module	Usage Notes
AI Foundation	FCST > Batch	Collection of batch jobs associated with foundation loads, demand estimation, and forecast generation/export. The modules under this structure are needed to get forecasts for Planning.

To initialize data for the forecasting program, use the ad hoc POM process RSE_MASTER_ADHOC_JOB described in Sending Data to AI Foundation. After the platform is initialized, you may use the Forecast Configuration user interface to set up and run your initial forecasts. For complete details on the requirements and implementation process for forecasting, refer to the Retail AI Foundation Cloud Services Implementation Guide.

For reference, the set of batch programs that should be enabled for forecasting are listed below (not including foundation data loads common to all of AI Foundation). Enable these by syncing POM with MDF modules, though it is best to validate that the expected programs are enabled after the sync.

Note:

Jobs with PMO in the name are also used for Lifecycle Pricing Optimization and are shared with the forecasting module.

Job Name
PMO_ACTIVITY_LOAD_START_JOB
PMO_ACTIVITY_STG_JOB
PMO_ACTIVITY_LOAD_JOB
PMO_ACTIVITY_LOAD_END_JOB
PMO_CREATE_BATCH_RUN_JOB
PMO_RUN_EXEC_SETUP_JOB
PMO_RUN_EXEC_START_JOB
PMO_RUN_EXEC_PROCESS_JOB
PMO_RUN_EXEC_END_JOB
RSE_CREATE_FCST_BATCH_RUN_JOB
RSE_FCST_BATCH_PROCESS_JOB
RSE_FCST_BATCH_RUN_END_JOB
RSE_CREATE_FCST_BATCH_RUN_ADHOC_JOB
RSE_FCST_BATCH_PROCESS_ADHOC_JOB

There are also two processes involved in forecast exports to MFP, one as part of weekly batch and the other as an ad hoc job which you can run during implementation.

Job Name
RSE_MFP_FCST_EXPORT_JOB
RSE_MFP_FCST_EXPORT_ADHOC_JOB