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Forecast Qualifier Panel

The Forecast Qualifier panel projects the future charge or unit usage of a charge element's qualifier for all forecasted periods. The panel also presents the qualifier's charge or unit usage for existing periods.

Note:

• You can distinguish forecast periods from existing periods by the* symbol to the left of the Prd column (see A. below).
• The Amount column shows the total charges or units for each period. The amount can be in units (U), thousands (K), millions (M), billions (B), or trillions (T). The S column shows the factor used for each forecasted period (see B. below).
• The first value of the scale represents the smallest charge. The last value of the scale represents the largest charge plus ten percent (see C. below).

The panel below shows qualifier information for both forecasted and existing periods.

  USERID                    CA PMA Chargeback                 MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS
  __    Acctdefs   Cbdefs   Query   Data   Period   Options   Exit   Help
  +-- CBOFCTG ---------------- Forecast Qualifier --------------------------+
  |      Panel  Exit  Help                                                  |
  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  |  View Element MBJ CPU-CHARGE       Qual @SHIFT1            in CHARGES   |
  |                                                                         |
  |               More: - + ____  Row 0001 of 0003                          |
  | A. Prd Amount                                                     S   B.|
  | * 003 *                                                    3.65789 U    |
  |   002 *******************************************          9.25621      |
  |   001 **                                                    4.0892      |
  |                                                                         |
  |                                                                         |
  |                                                                         |
  |                                                                         |
  |       |         |         |         |         |         |               |
  | C.   3.65789   4.96267   6.26745   7.57223   8.87701   10.1818          |
  |                                                                         |
  |   F7=Bkwd   F8=Fwd                                                      |
  +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
  Command ===> ____________________________________________________________
  F1=Help    F3=Exit    F4=Prompt    F9=Command    F10=Action Bar    F12=Cancel

A description of the Forecast Qualifier panel follows

Access

The Forecast Qualifier panel appears when you enter P for Plot in the C column next to a qualifier on the Forecast Qualifiers List panel shown in Forecast Qualifiers List Panel.

-----------------
|Forecast Qual. |___________
|  List Panel   |          |
|>P             |          v
-----------------   ----------------
                    |   Forecast   |
                    |  Qualifier   |
                    |    Panel     |
                    ----------------

Scrolling

F7 and F8 let you scroll backward and forward through the Forecast Qualifier panel. You can also use the scroll bar, as explained on page Sample List Panel, to move through the panel.

Input

The following Forecast Qualifier panel field is available for input:

in

Acceptable values are:

• Units
• Charges