How to: Set Up Items for Forecast

In this article

To set up a Retail Item for Forecast

To set up Forecast Item Links

To maintain additional dimensions for all Forecast items

See also

Items and locations need to be set up to be used by Forecast. The Retail Item Card and Location Card hold specific fields to activate the usage.

To set up a Retail Item for Forecast

1. Click the icon, enter Retail Item List, and select the relevant link.
2. Click the New action to create a new item, or select an item from the list to open the Retail Item Card for editing.
3. Fill in all the mandatory fields, and make sure the distribution setting (in the Distribution FastTab) is set to Status = Active, Ordered By = Central, Ordering Method = Calculate for stores or store groups that you would like to use for replenishment.
4. In the Merchandising FastTab, select LS Forecast in the Replenishment Calculation Type field.
5. Click Process - Replenishment Control Data to open Replenishment Control Data.
6. Fill in the LS Forecast Calc. Horizon, Confidence Factor Code, and Safety Stock Calculation fields. For more information on the replenishment data fields that are used by Forecast, see Forecast.
7. If you want to define a deviation of replenishment parameters for a certain variant and location, click the Item Store Records number in the Replenishment Factbox in the Replenishment Control Data page to open the Replen. Item Store List. For more information, see Item Store Record.
8. Go back to the Retail Item Card, and in the LS Forecast FastTab, assign Additional Dimensions if you want to provide the Forecast calculation with more supplemental data.

Note: You can also assign a Replen. Data Profile with Replenishment Calculation Type LS Forecast and assign it to an item. For more information see Data Profile.

To set up Forecast Item Links

1. Click the icon, enter LS Forecast Item Links, and select the relevant link.
2. Click New to create a new link.
3. Fill in the Division Code, Item Category Code, Retail Product Code, or Item No.
4. Fill in the Sales History to specify how many days of sales history in LS Central should be considered for the Forecast calculation.

To maintain additional dimensions for all Forecast items

You can view and configure the additional dimensions of all items on one single overview page:

1. Click the icon, enter Forecast Item Dimensions, and select the relevant link.
2. Click the Edit List action to edit the additional dimensions assignment.

See also

How to: Set Up Locations for Forecast