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  4. Saving Sales Rep Forecasts

Saving Sales Rep Forecasts

Sales reps can use the Forecast Editor to:

Any changes made to a forecast update the forecast amounts in your forecast reports. For more information on forecast reports, see Forecast Reports.

If you use the Alternate Sales Amount (ASA) feature, you can track a forecast based on sales amounts and another forecast based on ASA. For more information, see Alternate Sales Amounts.

If you use NetSuite OneWorld, you can save one forecast for a sales rep per subsidiary. For example, if your company has three subsidiaries, a sales rep could save a different forecast for each of these subsidiaries.

If you use the Team Selling feature, sales reps can edit only those transactions where they are the primary sales rep. For more information, see Team Selling.

To edit a sales rep forecast:

  1. Go to Forecast > Setup > Edit Sales Rep Forecast.

  2. If you use NetSuite OneWorld, select the subsidiary for this forecast.

    If you select a parent subsidiary, this forecast represents the forecast for this subsidiary and all of its child subsidiaries. You can save only one forecast for a sales team per subsidiary.

  3. In the Sales Rep field, select the sales rep whose forecast you want to edit and save.

    The sales reps who appear in this field depend on the permissions granted to the role you used to log in.

  4. Select the start date of the period you want to view the forecast for.

  5. Check the Alt.Sales box if this is an alternate sales amount (ASA) forecast.

    For more information, see Alternate Sales Amounts.

    The sales rep's quota shows in the Quota field. You can establish quotas at Forecast > Setup > Establish Quotas.

    The Calculated and Override forecast amounts are shown. If you use the Advanced Forecasting feature, you can see forecast amounts in each forecast category.

  6. You can change the Override amounts on this forecast.

    Override amounts appear on forecast reports in addition to the forecast calculated by NetSuite.

  7. At any time, you can click Restore Calculated to change the Override forecast to match the calculated forecast amount.

  8. On the Opportunities and Estimates subtabs, you can do the following:

    • change the forecast type for a transaction

      Note:

      This change affects which forecast types it is included in. For more information, see Opportunities in the Forecast and Pipeline.

    • click the date to view the transaction

    • change a transactions expected close date

    • change a transactions probability of close

    • change the projected amounts for any transaction

    • adjust the status or probability of a transaction

    Note:

    An administrator can set probability in Forecast Editor preferences. Go to Setup > Sales & Marketing Automation > Sales Preferences. Click the Forecasts subtab.

  9. On the Unbilled Orders and Actuals subtabs, you can click the date to view a transaction.

  10. Click Save.

After you save a forecast, your forecast reports show the updated forecast amounts.

Sales managers can edit a saved forecast. Go to Forecast > Setup > Edit Sales Rep Forecast > List. Click Edit next to the forecast.

Important:

NetSuite updates created opportunities automatically in the Sales Rep Forecast. However, it does not update them in the Sales Manager Forecast to ensure the forecast is not riddled with tentative opportunities. To include a created opportunity in the Sales Manager forecast, the rep should first update their forecast in edit mode and save the forecast. The figures are then updated on the manager forecast.

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