APO DP Composite forecast and expost forecast

Hi every body
We want to use composite with standard mode with automatic correction of history by outlier. Univariates are univariates strategy 13 with moving average. It should be possible since I have seen doc explaining that we can store expost forecast for composite in a keyfigure
In composite profile, we do not have the flag for outlier. So I maintained it in the univariates of the composite.
I got no effect
I am not sure of the place where to maintain the keyfigure for expost forecast for composite. I maintained the usual forecasting setting in the planning area with the field for forecast, corrected history, corrected forecast, expost forecast. But with composite, is there an other place since I did not got result ?
Kind regards,

no ext post forecast with planning strategies 13 and 14

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