Results for “mrp_forecast_designators”

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Overview

MRP.MRP_FORECAST_DESIGNATORS is the forecast designator master table in the Oracle E-Business Suite Master Scheduling/MRP (MRP) module. A forecast designator is the named identifier that logically groups a set of forecast entries for a given organization; it acts as the header-level authority that defines how forecast consumption, forecast spreading, and forecast set membership are governed. Every forecast row written to the MRP forecast tables is validated against a designator recorded here, making this object the controlling reference for forecasting, master scheduling, and demand planning activities in Release 12.1.1 and 12.2.2.

The table is owned by the MRP schema and is flagged VALID in the ETRM object registry, with 42 documented columns in Release 12.2.2. Mining of the foreign-key structure yields a heuristic Data Vault classification of hub-leaning: the designator (in combination with organization) is a stable, non-volatile business key that many dependent tables reference. From a dimensional modeling perspective, this table is best treated as a hub (or, in a star schema, a conformed dimension) rather than as a transactional satellite.

Key Information Stored

The physical primary key is MRP_FORECAST_DESIGNATORS_PK, a composite of FORECAST_DESIGNATOR and ORGANIZATION_ID. A separate unique index, MRP_FORECAST_DESIGNATORS_U1, declares the same two columns as the business-key candidate, confirming that a forecast designator is unique only within an organization.

• FORECAST_DESIGNATOR — the named identifier of the forecast; the principal business key element used by nearly all dependent tables.
• ORGANIZATION_ID — the inventory organization owning the designator; the second half of the primary key and the primary partitioning/routing attribute.
• DESCRIPTION — free-text description of the forecast designator.
• FORECAST_SET — self-referencing attribute that groups designators into a forecast set; also resolves back to this same table.
• CONSUME_FORECAST — controls whether forecast entries are consumed by actual sales orders during planning.
• UPDATE_TYPE — determines how forecast values are updated when overlapping demand is encountered.
• DISABLE_DATE — the date after which the designator is no longer active for planning.
• FOREWARD_UPDATE_TIME_FENCE and BACKWARD_UPDATE_TIME_FENCE — boundaries that restrict how far forward and backward forecast consumption or updates may propagate.
• OUTLIER_UPDATE_PERCENTAGE — tolerance percentage used to suppress outlier demand during forecast updates.
• CUSTOMER_ID, SHIP_ID, and BILL_ID — demand-scoping attributes allowing a designator to be constrained to a specific customer, ship-to, or bill-to (the latter referencing IGS_FI_BILL_ALL).
• DEMAND_CLASS and BUCKET_TYPE — demand classification and bucket granularity used in consumption logic.
• APS_COLLECTION_FLAG — indicates whether the designator participates in Advanced Planning/collections processing.
• Standard audit columns (LAST_UPDATE_DATE, LAST_UPDATED_BY, CREATION_DATE, CREATED_BY, LAST_UPDATE_LOGIN) and the DDF_CONTEXT/ATTRIBUTE_CATEGORY/ATTRIBUTE1-15 descriptive-flexfield block.

Common Use Cases and Queries

The most common reporting need is to enumerate active forecast designators for a given organization alongside their set membership and disable dates:

• SELECT FORECAST_DESIGNATOR, DESCRIPTION, FORECAST_SET, DISABLE_DATE FROM MRP.MRP_FORECAST_DESIGNATORS WHERE ORGANIZATION_ID = :org_id AND (DISABLE_DATE IS NULL OR DISABLE_DATE > SYSDATE);
• Tracing which designators feed Kanban or load parameters, or identifying consumption configuration before a planning run: filter on CONSUME_FORECAST and UPDATE_TYPE.
• Auditing changes: join to related MRP tables on FORECAST_DESIGNATOR and ORGANIZATION_ID to reconcile forecast entries, dates, and interface staging rows.
• Cross-module reporting with manufacturing or safety-stock data, since MTL_SAFETY_STOCKS and MTL_ABC_COMPILE_HEADERS carry forecast designator references.

Related Objects

The following objects depend on or reference MRP_FORECAST_DESIGNATORS, joined on FORECAST_DESIGNATOR plus ORGANIZATION_ID unless noted:

• MRP_FORECAST_DATES — forecast bucket rows keyed by SOURCE_FORECAST_DESIGNATOR and SOURCE_ORGANIZATION_ID.
• MRP_FORECAST_ITEMS — item-level forecast entries referencing FORECAST_DESIGNATOR and ORGANIZATION_ID.
• MRP_FORECAST_INTERFACE — inbound forecast staging table keyed by the same designator/organization pair.
• MRP_LOAD_PARAMETERS — planning load configuration referencing both FORECAST_DESIGNATOR and SOURCE_FORECAST_DESIGNATOR.
• MRP_SCHEDULE_DATES — master schedule rows referencing the source designator.
• MRP_KANBAN_PLANS — Kanban input driven by INPUT_DESIGNATOR.
• MTL_SAFETY_STOCKS — safety-stock definitions scoped to a forecast designator.
• MTL_ABC_COMPILE_HEADERS — ABC compile requests referencing MRP_FORECAST_NAME.
• MRP_PARAMETERS and MRP_FORECAST_DESIGNATORS.FORECAST_SET (self-join) — organizational planning parameters and set grouping.
• IGS_FI_BILL_ALL — referenced through the BILL_ID foreign key.