The Application Configuration section helps users manage the Demand Analysis app settings at a global level to act as the default. 

The key components of the Application Configuration section are:

  • Global Parameters: Enables a system administrator to manage the settings in the Demand Analysis application, at a global level. Each section of this page defines system default settings for each stage of demand analysis.
  • Lists - Create Empty Placeholders: Allows you to manage the creation of blank list items for use in Demand Chaining and Seasonal Profiles.
  • Manage ABC-XYZ: Helps you to manage the definition of the ABC and XYZ categories used in product and customer segmentation.
  • Manage Seasonal Periods: Lets you manage the list of generic time periods used for analyzing seasonality. Planning periods are defined time intervals used for all planning data, that you can adjust to match your business calendar.
  • Alerts - Manage KPIs: Helps you manage how the KPIs are evaluated and prioritized in the exception and alert reports based on the selected options.
  • Filtering - Manage Time Filters: Allows you to manage the available time filter choices. These determine how data is displayed across the app's graphs, including the history and future periods. Additionally, you can manage ‌which pages these time filters apply​ to.
  • Filtering - Manage Customer Filter: Enables you to manage the available public customer filtering choices. Additionally, you can manage ‌which pages these customer filters apply​ to.
  • Filtering - Manage My Customer Filter: Helps you to manage the available user specific private Customer filter options.
  • Filtering - Manage Product Filter: This page enables you to manage the user specific custom product filtering settings.
  • Filtering - Manage My Product Filter: This page and its associated components lets you manage the available My Product filter custom settings.