Unexpected APPROC_CALC_ACCURACY Results (Doc ID 2409880.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 03, 2019

Applies to:

Symptoms

Using Oracle Demantra Demand Management / APPROC_CALC_ACCURACY
On 12.2.6 in Dev:
When attempting to perform APPROC_CALC_ACCURACY as patched by
Bug 26981675 - APPPROC_CALC_ACCURACY FAILS WITH PL/SQL: ORA-00904
on Item = 14472, Organization = AVY:DAL using APPROC_CALC_ACCURACY parameters
  425
  486
  -26
  0
  salesplus
  c_pred
find series "MG NA MAPE" = 0.06569 for all dates


EXPECTED BEHAVIOR
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Expect value to be about 0.25 to 0.30

-- Steps To Reproduce:

Customer states the issue can be reproduced at will at customer site with the following steps:
1. Run APPROC_CALC_ACCURACY using parameters
  425
  486
  -26
  0
  salesplus
  c_pred
  ACRY_XXMG_MAPE

2. Inspect the results of the series "MG NA MAPE" for Item = 14472, Organization = AVY:DAL

3. Observe values of 0.06569 for all dates

-- Business Impact:
The issue has the following business impact:
Due to this issue, users cannot upload MAPE data to EBS Inventory Optimization
to drive Safety Stock planning.

Cause

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