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Purpose
The execution of Forecasting and Replenishment in F&R requires someinput from external systems. Parts of this input are
information aboutpast and future promotions from the SAP Retail system to predict futuredemand. This technique is also
known as causal based forecasting. Ittakes into account the fact that the future demand is influenced byother factors than
only the past demand. By looking at the historicoccurrence of these factors and their impact on the past demand, thesystem
can calculate the potential effect on future occurrences.
To supply F&R with the required data, this report selects promotion datafor relevant article/site-combinations and transfers
these data asDemand Influencing Factor (DIF) Occurrences to F&R.
Prerequisites
You must activate the transfer of DIFs to SAP F&R under "Maintain BasicSettings for Data Transfer" - sub screen "DIF
Parameters for Promotions"- checkbox "DIF Active" in Customizing (customizing path: IMG >Integration with Other
mySAP.com Components > Forecasting andReplenishment > Maintain Basic Settings for Data Transfer).
You have to maintain the settings for creation of DIF occurrences(customizing path: IMG > Integration with Other
mySAP.com Components >Forecasting and Replenishment > Maintain DIF Occurrence Profiles forPromotions).
DIF Occurrences can be of different types, e.g. Boolean or Correctional(Additive or Absolute Correction Value). You have
to define incustomizing which promotion types are mapped to which DIF IDs.
Boolean: A Boolean DIF occurrence consists of only two possible
situations: the DIF is either valid or not. The DIF has discreteoccurrences without a value (e.g. promotions). The
system evaluates theeffect on the consumption of a location product that was caused by a DIFoccurrence in the
past, e.g. a lift-up factor of 1.5 caused by apromotion. Whenever an occurrence of the same DIF ID is going to
happenin the future, the system will apply this effect on the forecast. Thistype is suitable for mapping events such
as public holidays, vacations,sports events and retail promotions.