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Howtodisplaytheerrormeasure(e.g.MAPE)from
StatisticalForecastingmessageintostoredkeyfigure
inPlanningView
PostedbyIrmhildKuntzeinSAPIntegratedBusinessPlanningon18May201622:56:01
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DemandManagementprovidesthepossibilityinthepostprocessingstepstocalculateandstoreaforecasterrorina
keyfigure,whichisusedasdecisioncriteriaforbestfitmodels.

Youmayhaveseen,thatonlykeyfigureswithouttimedimensionareallowedtobeusedtostoretheerrorvalue.
Thiserrorvalueisusedinthemessagesonlyandcannotbeusedinplanningviewdisplay,notsoeasytofinde.g.the
lastMAPEifyouoptimizedbyMASE:

HereishowyoucanmakeitvisibleintheExcelplanningviewsorAnalyticswithsomeextraconfigurationina
calculatedkeyfigure:

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ThedefaulterrorsintheUnifiedPlanningarea(UPA)areFORECASTMAPE"ModelFiterror:MAPE"(FCSTMAPEin
SAP6)andFORECASTMASE"ModelFiterror:MASE"(FCSTMASEinSAP6)arestoredonlevelPRODCUSTLOC.

Soassumingweruntheforecastweeklyandwanttostorethee.g.MAPEeveryweekintothecurrentweek.
ThanIcreatestoredkeyfigureWKFCSTMAPEandcalculatedkeyfigureWKFCSTMAPEConlevel
ZWKPRODLOCCUST.
ViacopyoperatorIcopyfromthecalculatedtothestoredkeyfigureafterasuccessfulstatisticalforecastrunfrom
whichIwanttokeeptheMAP.
ViathecalculatedkeyfigureIcanalreadydirectlyandontheflyseetheMAPEvaluefromcurrentforecastrun.

IworkinUPA,solowestgranularityisdays,andmyweeksarePERIODID4.

Asneitheraveragingnorsummingupanerrormeasuremakesanysense,IputaMAXonRequestlevelforthetwo
newkeyfigures.However,thisKFisonlyusefulonBPL(baseplanninglevel)

CalculationonBPLcanthanbe:
WKFCSTMAPEC@WKPRODLOCCUST=IF("PERIODID4"="$$PERIODID4CU$$",
"WKFCSTMAPEC1@WKPRODLOCCUST","WKFCSTMAPE@WKPRODLOCCUST"):

withhelper
KFCSTMAPEC1@WKPRODLOCCUST="FORECASTMAPE@PRODCUSTLOC"*
"ZCOUNTERWKPRODLOCCUSTC2@WKPRODLOCCUST"

WKFCSTMAPEissimplestoredKF,noformula,filledbycopyoperatorfromWKFCSTMAPECfortheonecurrentweek

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ThecounterZCOUNTERWKPRODLOCCUSTC2alwayshasvalue1onlevelWKPRODLOCCUSTandisonlyusedto
breakdowntoweeks

That'sit!

Yours,Irmi

P.S.:Asthisrequiresthattheerrormeasureisstoredonthedatabase,itwillNOTworkifyourunstatisticalForecastin
simulationmode.

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