Define Scheduling
Explanation
Use this activity to define the execution schedule for the
different jobs the server can automatically perform. The jobs from which you can
select are:
- Qualify: Fills the forecast part register with parts that qualify as forecast parts, and
deletes forecast parts that no longer qualify as parts. (Forecast parts are parts that are
going to have forecasts generated for them.)
- Aggregate daily: This
job also aggregates the present period so you can see how much demand is used up to the
current day.
Note:
- If the Look for sold out dates option
is enabled, Service Level and Fill Rate Service calculation will be
executed once the Aggregate Daily job is run. In order to get the full
range numbers for Fill Rate Service and Service Level measurements, user
needs to run aggregate daily job every day for the Forecast Error Periods
range (The Look for sold out dates option needs to be enabled). If it
had run only 10 days, the service measurements will represent the value only
for 10 days. So the range will grow from the day you start using this job.
Aggregate daily job captures transactions for the day from 00:00 to the time
that this job runs.
- If the Enable Machine Learning is selected for
Demand Plan Server, this job needs to be scheduled daily. Once the
machine learning setup is configured, Aggregate Daily Job should be
synced with Machine Learning Jobs. Further, Machine Learning Jobs for
Demand Plan Server should be configured to run after the Daily Aggreate
Job completion.
- Create Forecast: Aggregates demand by period through the end of the
previous period, and then creates a forecast starting with the present period.
Should be scheduled to run once in the beginning of each forecast period.
- Refresh DP Data: Syncs the Demand Plan Server with the database, parts
that have been deleted will get removed and parts that have been added newly
will get added to Demand Plan Server.
- Writeback DP data to file : Writes back the server forecast to the
hard drive.
- Lock Write back: Locks the forecast server to prevent updates. The
server is unlocked after the next forecast run. The server also can be unlocked from the
server menu.
- Refresh IPR Data: Reads all changes done in the IPR
planning hierarchy, will also fetch new inventory parts that have planning
method B, and remove the ones that have got another planning method set.
- Send Auto Trolleys: Send out a Trolley for all trolleys
that are defined as automatic.
- Complete DP Data Refresh: Empties the entire DP
Server and loads all the data from scratch. (will take much longer time than
the Refresh DP Data job)
- External Export: Performs the external export command
defined in the Only External Import / Export field.
- External Import: Imports records put in
FORECAST_DAY_IMPORT view. See Import.
The different time intervals between job executions are:
- Disabled (the job will not run).
- Minute.
- Daily.
- Weekly.
- Fortnight (the job is executed once every two weeks).
- Monthly.
- Quarterly.
- Half-year.
Prerequisites
This activity requires that the Demand Planning Server General parameters
be defined.
System Effects
There are no system effects until the forecast server is started.