Forecast Support
SAP F&R uses both master data and transaction data to calculate the forecast. You can carry out forecast calculations for the following objects:
Forecast for stores
Forecast for distribution centers
The time series can differ accordingly. Time series management sends this data to the F&R Processor.
Prerequisites
You have defined the basic settings for consumption forecasting in Customizing of Forecasting and Replenishment
, under 
Forecasting and Replenishment Processor
Maintain Forecasting Profiles
in the Basic Settings
area.
You have assigned a time series profile to the location in the Forecasting and Replenishment
application, under Master Data
Location
Maintain Locations
and
assigned the forecasting profile to location products under Master Data
Product
Maintain Location Products
.
You have also scheduled the report in the application, under Time Series
Calculate Aggregated Time Series for DC Forecast
.
Process
In addition to the regular goods issues, two alternative forecast methods are available for forecasting distribution centers:
2
Historical Store Orders3
Historical Store Sales
You have configured the basis of the consumption forecast for distribution centers to enable the system to use the aggregated time series from store orders and store sales (instead of goods issues) as the historical data in the forecast.
Result
The result of the forecast is automatically taken over by time series management and saved to the database in the form of time series.