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 check box is selected, 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 check box needs to be selected). 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.

• 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. See Period Version
• Refresh DP Data: Syncs the Demand Plan Server with the database, parts that have been deleted from the overview forecast parts window in IFS EE will after this job be removed from the DP Server / Client. Parts that are added will be visible.
• 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.

Window

Demand Plan Server Setup

Related Window Descriptions

Demand Plan Server Setup/Scheduling

Procedure

1. Fill in the desired start date.
2. Fill in the desired start time.
3. Fill in the desired intervals.
4. Fill in the job parameters. For job 1, Qualify, you must enter the following parameters:

• The number of periods in which to look for the transactions.
• The number of transactions to be approved as a forecast part.
• The number of transactions you must exceed so that you do not get deleted as a forecast part.

These jobs also can be performed one time from the server's menu. See Server GUI.