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UPF_TEST_FORECASTING SAP ABAP Report - Test Program to Forecast Values







UPF_TEST_FORECASTING is a standard Executable ABAP Report available within your SAP system (depending on your version and release level). Below is the basic information available for this SAP report including which OBJECTS it interacts with such as TABLES, FUNCTION MODULES, INCLUDES ETC. Also check out the submitted Comments related to this SAP report or see any standard documentation available.

If you would like to execute this report or see the full code listing simply enter UPF_TEST_FORECASTING into the relevant SAP transactions such as SE38 or SE80


ABAP code to call this SAP report using the submit statement

This report can be called from another progam/report simply by using the ABAP SUBMIT statement, see below for example ABAP code snipts of how to do this.






SUBMIT UPF_TEST_FORECASTING. "Basic submit
SUBMIT UPF_TEST_FORECASTING AND RETURN. "Return to original report after report execution complete
SUBMIT UPF_TEST_FORECASTING VIA SELECTION-SCREEN. "Display selection screen of submitted report to user
    See more syntax options for the ABAP SUBMIT statement


Text pool values


Selection Text: ALPHA = Smoothing Factor ALPHA
Selection Text: BETA = Smoothing Factor BETA
Selection Text: COMPARE = Comparison with Basis Forecast
Selection Text: DELTA = Smoothing Factor DELTA
Selection Text: EXPOST = Execute Ex-post Forecast
Selection Text: FILE = File Name Test Data
Selection Text: FORECAST = Forecast Horizon
Selection Text: GAMMA = Smoothing Factor GAMMA
Selection Text: INITIAL = Length of Initialization
Selection Text: INTERVAL = Time Frame for Average
Selection Text: NONNEG = D Negative Forecast Values to 0
Selection Text: OPTIMIZE = Optimize Smoothing Factor
Selection Text: PHI = Trend Dampening Factor
Selection Text: REPEAT = Number of Repetitions
Selection Text: SEAS_LEN = Season Length
Selection Text: SIFACTOR = Sigma Factor
Title: Test Program to Forecast Values
Text Symbol: 051 = Ex-post Horizon
Text Symbol: 050 = PHI
Text Symbol: 049 = Time Frame
Text Symbol: 048 = Number of Repetitions
Text Symbol: 047 = DELTA
Text Symbol: 045 = Factor
Text Symbol: 044 = Theil's U (Basis)
Text Symbol: 042 = Runtime (Average)
Text Symbol: 041 = MAD (Basis)
Text Symbol: 039 = Error (Basis)
Text Symbol: 037 = Error
Text Symbol: 036 = THEIL
Text Symbol: 001 = No.
Text Symbol: 004 = Observation
Text Symbol: 005 = Forecast (Basis)
Text Symbol: 006 = Key Figure
Text Symbol: 007 = Value (Basis)
Text Symbol: 008 = Value
Text Symbol: 009 = Forecast
Text Symbol: 010 = Strategy
Text Symbol: 011 = Linear Regression (Trend Model)





Text Symbol: 012 = Moving Average
Text Symbol: 013 = Weighted Moving Average
Text Symbol: 014 = Single Exponential Smoothing (Constant Model)
Text Symbol: 015 = Linear Exponential Smoothing (Trend Model)
Text Symbol: 016 = Seasonal Exponential Smoothing (Seasonal Model)
Text Symbol: 017 = Trend-Seasonal Exponential Smoothing (Multiplicative Seasonal Component)
Text Symbol: 018 = Automatic Model Selection
Text Symbol: 019 = Trend-Seasonal Exponential Smoothing (Additive Seasonal Component)
Text Symbol: 023 = ALPHA
Text Symbol: 024 = BETA
Text Symbol: 025 = GAMMA
Text Symbol: 026 = Initialization
Text Symbol: 027 = Season Length
Text Symbol: 028 = Forecast Horizon
Text Symbol: 029 = MAE
Text Symbol: 031 = MPE
Text Symbol: 032 = MAPE
Text Symbol: 033 = MSE
Text Symbol: 034 = RMSE


INCLUDES used within this REPORT UPF_TEST_FORECASTING

No INCLUDES are used within this REPORT code!


TABLES used within REPORT and the associated SELECT statement:

No SAP DATABASE tables are accessed within this REPORT code!


Function Modules used within report and the associated call statement:

PROGNOSE CALL FUNCTION 'PROGNOSE' EXPORTING prog_parameter = benchmark_parameters IMPORTING prog_ergebnis = prog_ergebnis TABLES ablauf = sequence meldungen = messages i_trend_dampening = dampening_table i_weight_factor = weight_factor prognose = forecast_old_data vergangenheit = historical_data EXCEPTIONS gwert_null = 1 ne_past = 2 no_past = 3 OTHERS = 4.



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