Enter Forecasts for Revenue Centers in Hourly or 15-Minute Increments

If Revenue Centers have been defined in Enterprise Manager, authorized users can define Forecasted Sales/Guests/Checks in Hourly or 15-Minute Increments for each Revenue Center. Revenue Center forecast data will only be used in the Ideal Hours calculation if users apply Staffing Level Templates based on Revenue Center forecasts. {Note}: This screen is not available for Cruise Lines.

Notes: The duration of the increments (Hourly vs 15 Minutes) is controlled by a setting in the Update Recommended Order Setup screen. Incremental Forecast entries will only be saved for times that fall within the location's Hours of Operation as defined in Enterprise Manager.

From the Sales Forecast detail screen, click the Clock icon in the title bar.
An alert pop-up will appear, prompting you to save. Click OK to continue.
In the incremental entry screen, select the Day for the forecasts to be entered.
In the Forecasted By drop-down, choose 'Sales' (default), 'Guests', or (if applicable) 'Checks'. {Note}: For Scheduled Closed days, a message will appear stating that the forecast values were automatically set to 0.
Edit the value for each Begin Time/Revenue Center combination as needed. {Note}: As you exit each field, you will see an alert message reminding you to manually enter data for the other "Forecasted By" options.
To recalculate the Hourly and Period Total values, click Refresh Totals. {Note}: The Period Total column is visible only when entering forecasts in 15 Minute increments.
To save your changes, click the Disk (Save) icon
To download and print a copy of the forecast data, click the Printer (Export) icon.
If necessary, repeat steps 4-7 for another Forecasted By option.
Repeat steps 3-8 for each day of the period.
When finished, click the X (Close) icon.

Note: After exiting this screen, the "Incremental Data" box for the selected day(s) will be checked in the detail screen. Once forecast values have been saved at the 15-minute or hourly level for a day/date, edits for that day can only be made and saved from the incremental forecast screen unless the user unchecks that box.