How to Understand the CTM Time Stream - Brightwork Research & Analysis

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Executive Summary

How the CTM Time Stream Works
The Major Fields of the CTM Time Stream

Introduction

This is a simple configuration screen that is focused on how far forward and backward CTM looks. It can even be set to look backward (by entering negative values). This screen is located in the IMG and is assigned to the CTM Profile.

Unlike the Planning Bucket Profile, which it works with, the CTM Time Stream is complicated to set up.

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The Fields in the CTM Time Stream

The Fields in the CTM Time Stream are the following:

Fixed Start Date: Used to set the time stream for a specific date.
Relative Start: Used to begin several days from the current date.
Start from Day of Week: If you want CTM to be run on a particular day of the week.
Period Type: This defines if you want the period to be a Day, Month, Year,
No. of Periods: This defines the number of periods.

These last two fields are repeated several times, which allows the configurator to set up intervals along the planning horizon that are planning in different period types.