Forecast Approach parameters disappear

When you create a forecast, you can choose a Forecast Method in the General tab. If you choose anything other than Automatic, then on the Advanced tab you need to set the Forecast Approach to Manual (it is Automatic by default). I've done this lots of time, but now for no apparent reason I've lost the drop-down window that would let me change from Automatic to Manual.
Anyone else have this experience? Any ideas on what causes it? Or how to work around it?
Many thanks.
Gary

Just to put closure on this thread in case someone else experiences a similar problem.
I still don't know the cause of the problem, but I have figured out how to avoid it.
I had created an analytic workspace with about 10 cubes and up to 9 dimensions in each (max # of values in any one dimension was only 200) Most of the cubes were used only for testing purposes. When I deleted these test cubes, the drop-down windows in the Advanced Settings of forecasts again appeared.
Gary

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