Oracle® Retail Analytic Parameter Calculator for Regular Price Optimization
Release Notes
Release14.1.1
May 2015
Oracle Retail Analytic Parameter Calculator for Regular Price Optimization (APC-RPO) works in conjunction with Regular Price Optimization (RPO). It generates values for price elasticities, including self elasticities and halo and cannibalization cross elasticities. RPO uses this information to optimize item prices and reach desired goals such as gross margin and revenue.
Note Because APC-RPO uses the Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server (RPAS) platform, Oracle Retail recommends that you review the Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server Release Notes for fixed and known issues that may affect APC-RPO. In addition, RPAS 13.3 and later releases have significant technical enhancements related to hierarchy management (such as integer indexing) that have an effect on the configuration and maintenance of APC-RPO. You must upgrade to key RPAS versions and complete the upgrade process as described in the chapter, “Patch Installation”, in the Oracle Retail Analytic Parameter Calculator for Regular Price Optimization Installation Guide before upgrading to a 13.4.1 APC-RPO domain. |
Upgrade Note
While not directly related to APC-RPO, the 13.3 Release of Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server (RPAS) has undergone a major change to simplify hierarchy administration. Full details of these changes are outlined in the 13.3 Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server Release Notes. Due to these changes, configuration updates have been made to APC-RPO, and you will need to perform additional steps to upgrade your APC-RPO domain, such as setting dimension sizes. The upgrade to RPAS 13.3 or later for this application includes a conversion process in addition to the normal upgrade process. Details are provided in the chapter, “Patch Installation” in the Oracle Retail Analytic Parameter Calculator for Regular Price Optimization Installation Guide.
Hardware and Software Requirements
See the Oracle Retail Analytic Parameter Calculator for Regular Price Optimization Installation Guide for information about the following:
n Hardware and software requirements
n Oracle Retail application software compatibility information
Related Documentation
For more information, see the following documents in the Oracle Retail Analytic Parameter Calculator for Regular Price Optimization Release 14.1.1 documentation set:
n Oracle Retail Analytic Parameter Calculator for Regular Price Optimization Installation Guide
n Oracle Retail Analytic Parameter Calculator for Regular Price Optimization Release Notes
n Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server documentation
The following documentation may also be needed when implementing APC-RPO:
n Oracle Retail Planning Batch Script Architecture Implementation Guide
For more information about the ODI Enabled Integration, see the following documentation sets:
n Oracle Retail Enabled ODI Integration documentation
n Oracle Data Integrator documentation
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(i) the MicroStrategy Components developed and licensed by MicroStrategy Services Corporation (MicroStrategy) of McLean, Virginia to Oracle and imbedded in the MicroStrategy for Oracle Retail Data Warehouse and MicroStrategy for Oracle Retail Planning & Optimization applications.
(ii) the Wavelink component developed and licensed by Wavelink Corporation (Wavelink) of Kirkland, Washington, to Oracle and imbedded in Oracle Retail Mobile Store Inventory Management.
(iii) the software component known as Access Via™ licensed by Access Via of Seattle, Washington, and imbedded in Oracle Retail Signs and Oracle Retail Labels and Tags.
(iv) the software component known as Adobe Flex™ licensed by Adobe Systems Incorporated of San Jose, California, and imbedded in Oracle Retail Promotion Planning & Optimization application.
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