R12.2 Demantra Pre-release material now available !
Oracle has recently updated Demantra documentation library with R12.2 pre-release content. One can access TOI material around new enhancements which will be available with R12.2 release.
Some of the key enhancements are:
1. Import from File: Export to Excel option from worksheet interface has been enhanced considerably to allow users import csv files directly from their desktops to a predefined demantra worksheet. This will surely assist end users in making mass changes or uploading supplementary demand facts like customer forecast or other causal factors.
2. Calendar Month: This was a long awaited functionality which enables customers to build a weekly Demantra data model but still allows them to work at calendar month aggregation level. This enhancement has been in asking list from many demantra customers and will surely assist building more robust but flexible demand planning process.
3. Improved Multi-language support: Building on 7.2 feature of supporting alternate languages with constraint of one language per instance, now 12.2 features supporting multi-languages within a single instance.
4. Other enhancements include:
Oracle has recently updated Demantra documentation library with R12.2 pre-release content. One can access TOI material around new enhancements which will be available with R12.2 release.
Some of the key enhancements are:
1. Import from File: Export to Excel option from worksheet interface has been enhanced considerably to allow users import csv files directly from their desktops to a predefined demantra worksheet. This will surely assist end users in making mass changes or uploading supplementary demand facts like customer forecast or other causal factors.
2. Calendar Month: This was a long awaited functionality which enables customers to build a weekly Demantra data model but still allows them to work at calendar month aggregation level. This enhancement has been in asking list from many demantra customers and will surely assist building more robust but flexible demand planning process.
3. Improved Multi-language support: Building on 7.2 feature of supporting alternate languages with constraint of one language per instance, now 12.2 features supporting multi-languages within a single instance.
4. Other enhancements include:
- Improved Date Format
- DOL & DA enabled for PTP module
- Nodal tuning now available for TPO module
- Improved Cost Modeling (ASCP/SNO/Rapid Planning integration)
- Promotion and Calendar Optimization
Refer for more details Oracle Support site under metalink note:
| Oracle Demantra Documentation Library [ID 443969.1] |
4 comments:
I have a question regarding #2. Does this mean that Demantra needs daily data to allocate the forecast by Calender month?
Or, can the engine figure out a way to work with weekly data and allocate it to the correct month?
Good question. 12.2 introduces a concept of sub-week for weeks which go across two calendar months. Data in demantra will be stored at regular full weeks and these sub-weeks level. This will then allow a correct rollup to calendar month. In a weekly level data model, this way Demantra will be be able to dis-aggregate forecast and overrides to correct week/subweek bucket.
Thanks. And is there an ETA for the upgrade to 12.2?
VCP 12.2 release is under EBS12.2 Beta program, exact release dates are still not out.
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