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: Aggregates from transactions into periods. This job also aggregates the present period so you can see how much demand is used up to the current day.
• Create Forecast: Aggregates demand by period through the end of the previous period, and then creates a forecast starting with the present period.
• Forecast Write back dB: Writes back the server forecast to the IFS Application database. This Forecast is then available to the other components in IFS Planning.
• Forecast Write back HD: 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.
• Import: Imports flows that are sent from other demand plan servers.
• Export: Makes an e-mail of the flows selected for export and sends them to another demand plan server. The receiving demand plan server imports these flows through an import job (see above).

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.