Interactive Demand Planning
Use
You can use interactive demand planning for several purposes:
To create the demand forecast interactively
To validate different univariate forecast models
To validate different causal models
To verify the results of a forecast created in the background
To process alerts issued in background jobs
For this purpose, you work in one or more data views. See Functions in Interactive Demand Planning .
Prerequisites
The views
Promotion Planning
,Univariate Forecasting
,Multiple Linear Regression
, and/orComposite Forecasting
have been selected, as required, in the planning book.You have created characteristic value combinations for the master planning object structure on which the planning area is based.
You have created time series objects for the version in which you want to plan.
If required, you have assigned individual users to individual planning books and views.
Activities
You start interactive demand planning by choosing
Advanced Planning and Optimization
Demand Planning
Planning
Interactive Demand Planning
from the
SAP Easy Access
menu.