Actuals VS Forecast by Period indicator

My customers have a current BEX report that shows actuals and forecast data for the income statement for a 12 month time period. They have asked to have an indicator set to show what is actuals, and what is forecast. This will roll each month as time progresses. For example, if I am in period 5, periods 1 - 4 will show as Actuals, and 5 - 12 will show as forecasts. In period 6, 1 - 5 will show as actuals, and 6 - 12 will show as forecasts. They would like to color code the data to visually indicate if the values are actuals or forecasts.
We know we can do this with VB code in the workbook, but that doesn't transfer to the WEB when using the queries in the WEB. We also know that we could probably use JAVA script and the WAD to create something on the web. But - then there are two objects to maintain.
Has anyone else had this challenge, and how did you address it? Does anyone know if NW2004s has any functionality that would help us in this case?
We are on BW3.1c.
Thank you!
Chris Arthur
Rockwell Collins, Inc.

Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
Please advise how do I save the excel layout in KP06 for upload?
I tried on plan data->format to print form. and Then List->export->local file.
Is this layout correct for upload?
I uploaded data with this format in .TXT , but I got an error file description ".... does not exist"

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