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.