Forecast Profiles 
Forecast Profiles
Forecast profiles allow you to run the forecast over and over again without redefining the forecast settings. The forecast settings are stored in a forecast profile.
You can use a forecast profile as often as you want to forecast a key figure. Because you define the forecast profile separately from the key figure, you can use the same forecast profile to forecast several key figures, or you can forecast the same key figure several times using different profiles.
You run the forecast based on a forecast profile, either online or in the background.
The forecast profiles in SOP are different than those in the material master. In SOP, you can use one forecast profile to forecast a whole group of materials. In the material master, each material has its own forecast profile.
Forecast Period
The period indicator on which you base the forecast can be different than the storage periodicity. You maintain the forecast period in the Period ind. field of the forecast profile.
See also
Period Units.
Forecast Strategy
Each profile includes a forecast strategy. This specifies the forecast model together with the desired parameters, or the model selection procedure. The following strategies are available:
Forecast Strategy |
Forecast Strategy Description |
10 |
Constant model |
11 |
Constant model with first-order exponential smoothing |
12 |
Constant model with automatic alpha adaptation and first-order exponential smoothing |
13 |
Constant model based on the moving average model |
14 |
Constant model based on the weighted moving average model |
20 |
Trend model |
21 |
Trend model with first-order exponential smoothing |
22 |
Trend model with second-order exponential smoothing |
23 |
Trend model with automatic alpha adaptation and second-order exponential smoothing |
30 |
Seasonal model |
31 |
Seasonal model based on the Winters’ method |
40 |
Seasonal trend model |
41 |
Seasonal trend model with first-order exponential smoothing |
50 |
Automatic model selection |
51 |
Automatic model selection with test for trend |
52 |
Automatic model selection with test for season |
53 |
Automatic model selection with test for trend and season |
54 |
Automatic model selection assuming a seasonal pattern and with an additional test for a trend pattern |
55 |
Automatic model selection assuming a trend pattern and with an additional test for a seasonal pattern |
60 |
Historical data is copied |
For more information on individual parameters in the forecast profile, please see the F1 Help.
See also:
Forecast Models Forecast Parameters Manual Model Selection Automatic Model Selection