Comparing maintenance budget forecasts

This page enables you to compare forecasts that are generated for a sub fleet or model or an aircraft. Tell me more.

Note: To invoke this page, you must have selected at least two records in the “Search Results” multiline of the “View Forecast” page.

Select the “Compare Forecasts” link in the “View Forecasts” page.

The “Compare Forecasts” page appears.

The system displays the following field:

Date Format

The format in which the date fields are displayed in this page. This format is displayed from the "User Preferences" business component based on the login user ID. In case the format is not defined, the system displays the date format from the "Enterprise Modeling" business component by default.

The system displays the following fields in the “Forecast Details” multiline:

Start Date	The earliest start date among the start dates of the forecasts selected for comparison.
End Date	The latest end date among the end dates of the forecasts selected for comparison.

Enter the following fields in the Search Criteria group box, to retrieve the details of the forecasts you wish to compare:

Forecast Duration	Use the drop-down list box to specify the duration for which you wish to view the forecast details. The system lists the options 1 to 12, and displays 12 by default.
Forecast Period	Use the drop-down list box to specify the period for which you wish to view the forecast details. The system lists the options “Months” and “Years”, and displays “Months” by default.

The system displays the following fields in the “Forecasted Event Count” multiline:

Forecast On

The textual description of the forecast.

For example, if forecasting is done for 12 months for a sub fleet N102PH, the system displays “Forecast On N102PH”.

Identifier Type

The type of the identifier that could be “Aircraft”, “Model” or “SubFleet”, for which the forecast is generated.

1-12

The number of work units that are executed in the specified time period.

The number of work units will be displayed for each month, if the forecast period is set as “Months”.

The number of work units will be displayed for each year, if the forecast period is set as “Years”.

Note: If the work unit count is not available for a specific period, the corresponding columns will be left blank, if the forecast period is “Months”. If the forecast period is “Years”, the work unit count will be displayed with the suffix “Partial”.

For example, if you select the forecast generated for two identifiers, one with a forecast between 01 Feb 2004 and 31 Jan 2016, and another between 01 April 2004 and 31 March 2016, the Start Date will be 01 Feb 2004 and the End Date will be 31 March 2016. In this example,

If the forecast duration is “Months”, the first and the second column will be blank for the second record.

If the forecast duration is “Years”, the work unit count will be displayed with the suffix “Partial” for both the records, in the last column.

The system displays the following:

Currency

The base currency of the login organization unit, which is retrieved from the "Enterprise Set Up" business component.

The system displays the following fields in the “Forecasted Event Cost Details” multiline:

Forecast On	The textual description of the forecast. For example, if forecasting is done for 12 months for a sub fleet N102PH, the system displays “Forecast On N102PH”.
1-12	The cost associated with the work units that are executed in the specified time period. The cost associated with the work units that are executed in each month will be displayed, if the forecast period is set as “Months”. The cost associated with the work units that are executed in each year will be displayed, if the forecast period is set as “Years”.
Note: If the cost associated with the work units is not available for a specific period, then the corresponding columns will be left blank, if the forecast period is “Months”If the forecast period is “Years” the cost will be displayed with the suffix “Partial”. Note: The value in the first column corresponds to the value for the first month/year from the start date of the forecast.
Total Cost	The total cost associated with all the work units that are executed in the selected forecast period.
Material Cost	The material cost associated with all the work units that are executed in the selected forecast period.
Resource Cost	The resource cost associated with all the work units that are executed in the selected forecast period.
Expected Cost For Unscheduled Works	The expected unscheduled maintenance cost associated with the sub fleet/model/aircraft.

Note: The expected unscheduled maintenance cost will be displayed only when the “Historical Period for Unscheduled Cost Calculation” is specified in the “Set Options” activity.

Comparing maintenance budget forecasts – An overview

This page allows you to compare the event details and the cost details of the selected forecasts that are generated for a sub fleet, an aircraft model or an aircraft. You can specify the time period for which the forecasts must be compared.