Forecasts

You can view the forecasted quantity, retail price, wholesale price and actual revenue values from forecats tab of the context seasonal plan.

Ensure that the Seasonal Plan is in the Assign state.

Access Forecasts tab. See Plan Objectives Powerview.

This section includes the following:



Columns Description
Marketing Name The root node displays the name of the context plan. In between the first and final nodes, the system displays the hierarchy attributes as selected by the user. For rows containing a channel, it displays the marketing name, for rows containing a customer choice, it displays a combination of the customer choice number and marketing name, for rows containing a product, it displays the marketing name. Marketing Name depends on the Forecast Level specified. See Editing Plan Objectives for more details.
Forecasted Quantity Forecasted quantity is the targeted quantity of the product. This field is editable at the level as defined by the Forecast Level attribute. The products expand to show Channel/Colors/both based on Forecast Level specified.
Retail Price Retail Price is the selling price for the product. Retail Price is editable at various rows based on the value of Forecast Level. This value is converted value. For example, if a user product's currency preference set to Euro but the seasonal plan's currency set to Dollar, then the retail price is converted from Euro to Dollar. See Adding New Exchange Rates.
Wholesale Price The wholesale price is editable at various rows based on the value of Forecast Level. This value is converted value. For example, if a user product's currency preference set to Euro but the seasonal plan's currency set to Dollar, then the wholesale price is converted from Euro to Dollar.
Actual Revenue Actual Revenue is the product of Forecasted Quantity x Retail Price. The Actual Revenue for each product type is the sum total of the actual revenue for each sub product type. This value is converted value. For example, if a user product's currency preference set to Euro but the seasonal plan's currency set to Dollar, then the actual revenue is converted from Euro to Dollar.

Actions

You can use the tab toolbar to perform the following task.

Actions Description
Edit All To edit Forecasted Quantity, Retail Price , and Wholesale Price. See Editing Forecasts for more details.