Problem Note 44464: Share model under-forecasts when EXCLUDE_NP_FROM_SHARE=0
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When using the share model in estimation for SAS® Regular Price Optimization or SAS® Promotion Optimization, under-forecasting might occur when the EXCLUDE_NP_FROM_SHARE model specification is turned off (=0). When EXCLUDE_NP_FROM_SHARE=0, new products are considered in the share model, but the category demand is not adjusted for the new products. In this case, the category demand should be inflated to include new products.
There are no errors or warnings to indicate that the forecast is incorrect.
There is no workaround for this issue.
Click 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 Regular Price Optimization | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| SAS System | SAS Promotion Optimization | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
A fix for this issue for SAS Merchandise Intelligence 4.2_M2 is available at:
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/D81.html#44464| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | alert |
| Date Modified: | 2012-05-01 13:00:16 |
| Date Created: | 2011-09-29 07:51:01 |