Problem Note 48069: Forecasts for new products might incorrectly be zero in the first week
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In the SAS® Revenue Optimization Suite, forecasts for new products might incorrectly be zero in the first week. Specifically, forecasts for new products might be zero in the fist week when the following are true:
- The products have like items defined.
- The model specification ZERO_FORECAST_AS_LIKE=1.
There are no errors or warnings.
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 Promotion Optimization | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.2_M1 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.2_M1 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.2_M1 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 4.2_M1 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 4.2_M1 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 4.2_M1 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 4.2_M1 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| SAS System | SAS Regular Price Optimization | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.2_M1 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.2_M1 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.2_M1 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 4.2_M1 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 4.2_M1 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 4.2_M1 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 4.2_M1 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| SAS System | SAS Retail Forecasting | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.2 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.2 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.2 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 4.2 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 4.2 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 4.2 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 4.2 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
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#48069| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2012-10-26 08:38:15 |
| Date Created: | 2012-10-03 09:26:18 |