6 IPOCS-Demand Forecasting Administration Task
This chapter describes the IPOCS-Demand Forecasting batch flow management for IPOCS-Demand Forecasting.
Batch Flow Administration Workspace, Step, and View
The following table lists the workspace, step, and view for the IPOCS-Demand Forecasting Administration task.
Table 6-1 Batch Flow Administration Workspace, Step, and View
Workspace | Step | View |
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Batch Flow Administration Workspace
The Batch Flow Administration workspace allows you access to all of the views listed in Batch Flow Administration Workspace, Step, and View.
To build the Batch Flow Administration workspace, perform these steps:
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From the left sidebar menu, click the Task Module to view the available tasks.
Figure 6-1 Task Module
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Click the IPO Administration activity and then click Batch Flow Administration.
This workbook does not have a wizard. A workbook is being prepared. Successful workspaces are available from the Dashboard.
The Batch Flow Administration workspace is built. This workspace contains this step: Batch Flow Control Step.
Batch Flow Control Step
This step includes the Batch Flow Control View.
Batch Flow Control View
This view contains measures that control what steps should be run doing batch. It is information that is passed to the Oracle Administration Task (OAT) within IPOCS. For instance, if in the OAT you select to run forecast, by default the task runs forecast for all available final levels. However, if in the Batch Flow Management you enable Run Forecast 01, and disable Run Forecast for other levels - like 03, the OAT will only run forecast for final level 01
The reason why some steps may be skipped has to do with the tuning of the system during the implementation. If one step is fine-tuned, for instance selecting the forecast strategy for new items, for the sake of saving time, the implementer may want to skip non-relevant steps, like running forecast for established items.
Figure 6-2 Batch Flow Control View
![Batch Flow Control View Batch Flow Control View](img/201_BatchFlowControlView.jpg)
Measures: Batch Flow Control
The Batch Flow Control view contains the following measures.
Export Purchase Order and Transfers to RMS
If selected, proposed Purchase Orders and Transfers are sent to RMS using web-service calls.
Get Purchase Order Numbers from RMS
If selected, Purchase Order Numbers are retrieved from RMS using web-service calls.
Get Transfer Order Numbers from RMS
If selected, Transfer Order Numbers are retrieved from RMS using web-service calls.
Run New Item Batch
If selected, this step calculates the New Item setup. For example, similarities, New Item recommendations, and so on.
Run Forecast
If selected, the forecast for the selected final levels is generated.
Include New Item Recommendation
If selected, the forecast for New Items is generated.
Include New Item Eligibility
Enable GA Business Rules Eligibility
If selected, this makes sure that only
forecastable items are handled by the business rule engine in the
approval process.If deselected, the approval rules set up in the business
rule engine become invalid. However, you can write custom rules to
decide what items should go through the approval process. For instance
a rule can be; Any item with average sales of less than 1 unit
per month is automatically approved. The result of the rule
should be stored in the Eligible MASK per Rule Group measure. The
measure name is: rulgeligmask_CF
. For additional
details, refer to the Oracle Retail Inventory Planning Optimization
Cloud Service-Demand Forecasting/ Inventory Planning Optimization
Cloud Service-Lifecycle Allocation and Replenishment Implementation
Guide.
Primary App to Load Common Data
This measure indicates which application's batch job should load the common hierarchies like Product, Location and Calendar.