Demand Planning: How to create a forecast in ODP

Our client is using Oracle Financials OM etc however it currently uses a separate tool for forecasting. We are planning to start forecasting in Oracle Demand Planning.
Following is the simplified calculation for forecasting, how can this be done in ODP:
Calculation is done for item type, 2 calculations are done for every month (X and Y changes every month):
JAN:
1. A= X% of Jan sales
2. B= Y% of last year sales
The forecast should pick greatest number among A and B (it should not pick A+B).
Is this possible in ODP, how to setup the forecast and its calculations.
Thanks in advance.

You could do this in ODP using the absolute value function and some formula measures.
I assume you are familiar with formula measures in ODP and hence I will focus only on the math behind the formula measures. I am ignoring the percentage aspect that can be easily achieved using formula measure capabilities.
The result set that you want is the following:
if X > Y return X else Y
Formula measure 1 = FM1 = X + Y
Formula measure 2 = FM2 = = |X - Y| (absolute value)
Formula measure 3 = (FM1 + FM2) / 2
How does this work?
|X - Y|
returns Y - X if Y > X
returns X - Y if X > Y
if X > Y then the result is
(X + Y + X - Y)/2 = X
if X < Y, then the result is
(X + Y + Y - X)/2 = Y
This will give you the results you want.
Note: the formula measures apply at all levels of the hierarchy and is not the aggregation from the lowest levels.
Please be careful and validate this solution against your total set of requirements.

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