Forecast Pro Changelog

September 12, 2024 – v8.1.2.2
  • [ENHANCEMENT] “Create Child Project” dialog is now resizable to more easily display long hierarchy paths
July 26, 2024 – v8.1.1.19
  • [NEW FEATURE] Auto Arrange now includes a drop-down for three different tiling modes (Horizonal, Vertical, and Split)
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Improved error reporting to specify the affected file when there is no match found for external data and item-specific explanatory variables
  • [TWEAK] Many improvements made to new Compare Forecasts utility
  • [TWEAK] Changed label in override grid from “Baseline” to “Statistical”
  • [TWEAK] Modified the Manage Layouts dialog so the selected layout is immediately applied and also removed the “Update” button
  • [TWEAK] Changes made to how corrected outliers are summed to groups
  • [FIX] Changes made to the outlier settings used to ignore outliers in beginning and end of history
  • [FIX] Prevented copying and pasting overrides into a locked node of a child project
  • [FIX] Override grid values for archived forecasts are refreshed after importing archived forecasts from another project
  • [FIX] Corrected discrepancy between Tracking Report graph and waterfall report for errors and percent errors for groups where the members of the group have changed
June 13, 2024 – v8.1.1.12
  • Forecast Pro 100 and Forecast Pro Extended v14 are now available!
  • [NEW FEATURE] Includes a new Compare Forecasts utility on the Forecasting tab which enables side by side comparison of two forecasting models
  • [NEW FEATURE] Enables the ability to create a project log file for troubleshooting by editing the INI file to ProjectLog=1 instead of 0
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Minor improvements to the Croston’s forecasting model
  • [FIX] Revises Naive Forecasts in FVA reports so that the item-level report matches its global counterpart when the leadtime does not equal 1
  • [FIX] Automatic updates being triggered on startup made more reliable
April 18, 2024 – v8.0.34.0
  • [FIX] Improvements made to checks for updates on startup
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Installing a patch will now update Excel add-in for Excel Collaboration
April 11, 2024 – v8.0.33.0
  • [TWEAK] Resets holdout to zero when clicking Read & Forecast
  • [TWEAK] Adjusted sorting of outlier report to be alphabetical
  • [TWEAK] Changed the yearly totals in the numeric output and item report for safety stocks and seasonal indices to report “NA”
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Added support for running Project Collaboration via command line with two new parameters \IMPORT (which imports all child projects into the parent project) and \UPDATE (which updates all child projects)
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Updated online documentation with improvements to its user interface
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Fine-tuned forecast accuracy for machine learning models with daily data and seasonal simplification for data with a greater than 12 periods per year
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Includes new checkbox to layout manager to save the project state (hierarchy arrangement and displayed unit of measure) to the layout
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Improved reliability of installing patches (this may result in the patch installation process running slightly slower)
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Made improvements to how override row names are handled by Excel Collaboration
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Incorporates latest updates to Spanish language resources
January 30, 2024 – v8.0.29.0
  • [FIX] Addresses crash when creating multiple Excel Collaboration files
  • [FIX] Updates logic for handling conflicting project settings between parent and child projects when using Project Collaboration
  • [FIX] Corrects a visual flaw in which archived forecasts would appear blank in the override grid after clicking “Refresh All” in the Data Manager
  • [FIX] Improves handling of item-specific calculated rows in a transactional numeric output report
  • [FIX] Updates logic for calculating yearly totals in numeric output and item report for specific rows when using custom date ranges
  • [FIX] Corrects unintended behavior when choosing to “Increment” mapped history when refreshing a mapped history or product mapping data source
  • [TWEAK] Improves bar graph spacing consistency
  • [TWEAK] Alters logic for \SET_FH_TO_ZERO modifiers when updating a product mapping file
  • [TWEAK] \SET_FH_TO_ZERO modifiers are now removed when reading in a product mapping or mapped history file and electing to delete any existing mapped histories
  • [TWEAK] Alters handling of FVA and Override Reports when using incremental adjustment mode
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Adds support for importing global explanatory variables via ODBC
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Updates the Excel Collaboration interface to match Project Collaboration more closely for improved usability
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Improves support for importing filters in reordered hierarchies
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Adds startup splash screen
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Incorporates latest updates to Finnish language resources
December 1, 2023 – v8.0.21.0
  • [FIX] Improves logic for handling region format settings which use a period as the decimal separator and a semicolon as the list separator
  • [FIX] Improves automatic update logic when the installation process takes longer than expected
  • [TWEAK] Adjusts logic for adding child projects via the “Add Child” button in the Project Collaboration interface
  • [ENCHANCEMENT] Adds ability to link multiple child projects at once using the “Add Child” button in the Project Collaboration interface
November 15, 2023 – v8.0.20.0
  • [FIX] Improves how DISCONTAFT modifiers are handled across the hierarchy and in child projects
  • [FIX] Fine tunes the backwards compatibility of projects created with region formats in which a comma is used both as a list separator and a decimal separator
  • [FIX] Improves visual flaw when hiding columns in reports
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Adds support for outlier correction with mapped history
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Incorporates latest updates to Korean language resources
November 9, 2023 – v8.0.18.0
  • [FIX] Fine tunes behavior when working with product mapping and project collaboration
  • [TWEAK] Spanish and Portuguese language resources installed automatically
November 1, 2023 – v8.0.17.0
  • [FIX] Improves automatic updates logic
  • [FIX] Revises logic to address complications that could arise when adding/removing rows in the override grid using the Options dialog
  • [FIX] Updates logic for syncing parent and child project settings when clicking “Update Child” in the Project Collaboration interface
  • [TWEAK] Resets any child baseline forecasts to default baseline when the parent reads in data for a new forecasting period
  • [TWEAK] Revises child project creation/update to omit override rows for Excel Collaboration and Child Project
  • [TWEAK] Prevents adding a new override row below Excel Collaboration and above Child Project row
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Optimizes saving default settings to improve performance when opening projects and updating settings
October 22, 2023 – V8.0.16.0
  • [FIX] Improves handling when adding/removing rows in the override grid using the Options dialog
  • [FIX] Improves logic to better handle certain region format settings including those in which a comma is used both as a list separator and a decimal separator
  • [TWEAK] Adjusts logic for updating child projects with changes to external data files
  • [TWEAK] Improved handling of discontinued items in child projects
October 5, 2023 – V8.0.14.0
  • [FIX] Updates logic used to identify which items are associated with a child project
  • [FIX] Corrects issue with the All radio button on the Export tab when exporting transactional numeric output reports which resulted in a report that may not include all items
  • [FIX] Addresses issue where formula-based incremental overrides imported from a file which could show up as ERR in the override report
  • [FIX] Updates logic for handling YTD/QTD totals when using currency values in the override grid
  • [TWEAK] Fine tunes the “check for updates” logic
  • [TWEAK] Modifies the Read & Forecast button logic so that the prompt to retain existing overrides is removed and overrides are always retained
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Performance improvement when importing a large number of child projects
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Removes the prompt to save a project every time the Project Collaboration dialog box is opened
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Improved performance of making mass changes in Excel Collaboration files
September 5, 2023 – v8.0.11.0
  • [FIX] Addresses situations in which child projects could be listed as “Not Found”
  • [TWEAK] Added logic to cancel creating child projects
  • [ENHANCEMENT] Altered FVA Global report settings for improved usability