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Proliance uses the following logic to determine the number of cost periods that forecasted amounts should be spread across for a given cost account.
Note: The Forecast Start Period is the cost period that the cashflow forecast is starting from. This may differ from the Start Period, which is the starting cost period for the cashflow worksheet. Both of these starting periods are defined on the Cashflow - Main page.
Forecast Start Period Earlier Than Start Period
Proliance will use all the workspace cost periods between the Start Period and End Period, inclusive.
Example
Assume that a cost period represents a month in a calendar year, then:
Start Period: #2 (February)
End Period: #8 (August)
Forecast Start Period for the cashflow document: #1 (January)
# of Workspace Cost Periods that forecast is spread across = 7 (February-August)
Forecast Start Period Same as Start Period or Within Start and End Period
Proliance will use all the workspace cost periods between the Forecast Start Period and the End Period, inclusive.
Example
Assume that a cost period represents a month in a calendar year, then:
Start Period: #1 (January)
End Period: #8 (August)
Forecast Start Period for the cashflow document: #3 (March)
# of Workspace Cost Periods that forecast is spread across = 6 (March-August)
Forecast Start Period Later Than End Period
Proliance will assign all the forecast amounts to the Forecast Start Period for the cashflow document. The Start Period and End Period are effectively ignored.
Example
Assume that a cost period represents a month in a calendar year, then:
Start Period: #1 (January)
End Period: #8 (August)
Forecast Start Period for the cashflow document: #9 (September)
# of Workspace Cost Periods that forecast is spread across = 1 (September)