3 RAP Integration

Planning Solutions built on Planning Data Schema (PDS) can be integrated with AI Foundation (AIF) and Retail Insights (RI) with in Retail Analytics and Planning (RAP) using RAP integration which in turn can get the foundation data from RMFCS or any other systems integrated to RAP. All three solutions (AIF, RI, PDS) within RAP can share data using RAP Data Exchange (RDX) using RAP interfaces.

Planning Solutions, such as APCS, configured and built in PDS using the RPASCE Configuration allows configurable solutions if they are not using template to use their custom hierarchy and fact names. Planning Solutions, such as APCS, allow configuring of interfaces using interface.cfg which controls the mapping of dimensions and facts to columns in the RAP interface staging tables. For more details about configuring interfaces using interfaces.cfg in RAP integration, see the Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server Cloud Edition Implementation Guide. The APCS template version has a pre-configured interface.cfg which contains the mapping of interfaces.

This figure shows the RAP integration.

The above diagram shows the high-level RAP Architecture. The customer can upload their main input files as RAP Inbound Data using Object Storage and from their Planning Applications deployed in PDS can get the same using RDX. For more details about the RAP Inbound Interfaces, see the Oracle Retail Analytics and Planning Implementation Guide. Any supplemental data that is specific to planning can be directly loaded into PDS as PDS Flat Files. This section shows the details about the interfaces used by PDS in RAP using RDX.

Following is the pre-defined grouping of interfaces available in the APCS template version within RAP integration.

Pre-defined imports from RAP integration to APCS:

  • Import Foundation and Transactional data from Retail Insights (RI)

  • Import Forecasts from AI Foundation (AIF)

  • Import DT Parameters from AI Foundation (AIF)

  • Import Location Clusters from AI Foundation (AIF)

  • Import Customer Segments from AI Foundation (AIF)

  • Import Size Profiles from AI Foundation (AIF)

Pre-defined exports to RAP integration to APCS:

  • Export Assortment Periods for Location Clusters from AI Foundation (AIF)

  • Export Active Assortments to AI Foundation (AIF)

  • Export Assortment Groups to AI Foundation (AIF)

  • Export Assortment Plans to Retail Insights (RI)