Configuring Projected Sales Setup

Use the Sales Projection screen to define projected sales settings for your company.

Define individual store sales projections through the Site Setup Sales Projection Setup feature.

Number of weeks used in sales projections

— Designates the number of weeks on which to base your sales projections. The number of weeks selected controls how many weeks display in the ‘Use Week’ column. You can select from zero to ten weeks.

Use Week

— Establishes the prior week(s) to base sales projection amounts. You can use the following options to base sales projection data:

•	Same Week Last Year

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Last Week

•	Two Weeks Ago

•	Three Weeks Ago

•	Four Weeks Ago

•	Five Weeks Ago

•	Six Weeks Ago

•	Seven Weeks Ago

•	Eight Weeks Ago

•	Budget Sales

Weight

Applies a weight to the week selected from the ‘Use Week’ column when calculating projected sales. You can apply weights from 5 percent to 100 percent. The total for all weeks must equal 100%.

Zero/Null Handling

— Determines how to handle null (zero) values in the sales projection. Two options are available:

Do Not Include in Calculation

— Calculates sales projections based on days that stores were polled and that generated sales above zero.

Include in Calculation

— Calculates sales projections based on days that the stores were either not polled or that generated zero sales.

To define sales projections:

1.	Select the number of weeks to use from the Number of weeks used in sales projections drop-down list.

2.	Select the week on which to base the sales projection for each Use Week drop-down list.

3.	Select the weight to apply to each week. All weights must add up to 100%.

4.	Select the method to handle zero or null values from the Zero/Null Handling drop-down lists. The default is ‘Do Not Include in Calculation.’

5.	Click Save to return to the Company Setup wizard.