Problem Note 36964: Approvals may not be preserved after optimization when REOPTIMIZE_APPROVED_MARKDN=1
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When you use SAS Markdown Optimization to approve markdowns and then run the weekly optimization task with global setting REOPTIMIZE_APPROVED_MARKDN=1 (preserve approved markdowns during current week), approvals might not be preserved when the following three conditions are true:
- global setting PRICE_CHANGE_APPROVAL_LEAD_TIME was changed before the weekly ETL incremental data load
- global setting PRICE_CHANGE_APPROVAL_LEAD_TIME is greater than 1 week
- multiple plans were optimized with different start and end dates inside and outside of the price change approval lead time periods.
To circumvent the issue, set the global setting PARALLEL_PLAN_MEM_CHUNK_SIZE=1 to specify that the backend optimization process runs one plan at a time. Setting PARALLEL_PLAN_MEM_CHUNK_SIZE=1 however means that optimization will take longer because plans are optimized one at a time.
Select the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Markdown Optimization | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 3.2 | 4.2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 3.2 | 4.2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 3.2 | 4.2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 3.2 | 4.2 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
A fix for this issue for SAS Merchandise Intelligence 3.2 is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/ro32.html#036964| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | alert |
| Date Modified: | 2009-09-11 13:13:05 |
| Date Created: | 2009-08-24 21:40:13 |