Using Allocation Engine

Question

Hi,
We are currently having some problems when trying to use the allocation engine for the first time.
Our aim is to allocate planned amounts from an "input product" to the actual products within a product group, using the actuals which are held in the app "Budget" from the previous year by month.
An extract of our script is as follows:
//Perform Product Allocation
//BranBar Input
*RUNALLOCATION
*FACTOR=USING/TOTAL
*APP                  WHAT=DetailSOP;            WHERE=DetailSOP;    USING=BUDGET;    TOTAL=<<<
*DIM ACCOUNT   WHAT=EXTSALES;  WHERE=<<<;             USING=<<<;            TOTAL=<<<
*DIM CATEGORY WHAT=FORECAST; WHERE=<<<;             USING=ACTUAL;     TOTAL=<<<
*DIM TIME WHAT=BAS(%YEAR%.TOTAL); WHERE=<<<; USING=BAS(%YEAR%(-1).TOTAL); TOTAL=EACH(BAS(%YEAR%(-1).TOTAL))
*DIM ENTITY        WHAT=BAS(SALES); WHERE=<<<; USING=<<<; TOTAL=<<<
*DIM PRODUCT WHAT=IN_BRANBAR; WHERE=BAS(BRANBAR); USING=<<<; TOTAL=<<<
*ENDALLOCATION      
Although we do appear to get some results, they are not as expected.
We have 600,000 in the forecast for IN_BRANBAR for the month of January. When the allocation engine is run, we get
Product 1: 356,757
Product 2: 103,037
Which is .766 of the total 600,000 ??!!
However, the ratios between product 1 and product 2 are the same as those from the previous year actuals.
Do we have some syntax incorrect?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Answer 1

hi Marcel,
The main application (DetailSOP)has the following dimensions:
Account
Category
CustGrp
DataSrc
Entity
ProdGrp
Product
RptCurrency
Time
The reference data is held in a different application (Budget) which has the following dimensions:
Account Category
CustGrp
Customer
DataSrc
Entity
ProdCat
ProdGrp
Product
Rpt Currency
Time
2) We are wanting the amounts to be allocated according to the values in the period and the entity, not by the total.
and finally:
We got the syntax from a how to SAP guide : "How to use the BPC Allocation Engine"
Thanks - Jill