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1. Welcome to the Tutorial "Rolling Forecast". Current Period of Forecast is June 2003. Previous Period of
Forecast is March 2003. This view (Current Year Forecast) has fixed periods and a total line. Click on "Copy Actual
& Previous Forecast to Current Forecast "
2. See results of copy function. Change yearly value that is to distribute to "8000" or press "Enter".
3. Click on distribution function "Distribute Yearly Forecast" in order to distribute the yearly Forecast to the
remaining periods according to Previous Forecast
4. The forecast values and the total have changed accordingly. Change to view "Rolling Forecast"
5. This view (Rolling Forecast) has rolling forecast periods and no total line, representing a different forecasting
approach with a rolling time window. In every forecasting period you plan the next 12 periods.
6. Change to view "Bottom-Up Forecast"
7. This view shows the forecast on product/customer level. The periods are fixed. It is possible to select the
product/customer/sales office combination and show the forecast data of the sales representative. You cannot
change the values, because they have been planned bottom-up by individual sales offices. Click on "BW Reports".
8. This view features links to BW Web Reports. Click on report "Delta Budget Bottom-Up Forecast"
9. This report shows the total and percentage deltas between Budget and Forecast. This is the end of the Tutorial
"Rolling Forecast". Click where shown or press "Enter".