ftlm_forecast

This utility supports a table used to capture the forecast requirement based on a feature, account, or monthly basis. The forecast, if available, can be plotted together with usage and capacity.


ftlm_forecast: Usage Message

DESCRIPTION:
     This utility supports a table used to capture
     the forecast requirement based on a feature,account,month basis.
     (As requested by a customer).
     The forecast, if available, can be plotted
     together with usage and capacity.

USAGE:
    %  ftlm_forecast [COMMONOPTIONS] COMMAND ...

COMMANDS:
     dump FILENAME                --  Dump 'forecast' table into
                                       specified file.

     set VIEW ACCOUNT DATE AMOUNT
				  -- Set a row in the 'forecast' table.
				      The date must  be a valid date specification
				      even if only month and year are kept.
				      If AMOUNT is the empty string
				      or the string 'delete',
				      then the corresponding entry is deleted.
				      For backwards compatibility, the VIEW can also be
				      preceded by 'FORECAST/' as in 'FORECAST/viewName'.
     get      VIEW          	  --
     gethuman VIEW          	  -- Get a human-readable version of the forecast
				      information for VIEW
     csv                    	  -- Dump forecast table is CSV format.

     suggest TIMEINTERVAL  	  -- Offer suggestions for forecast for a
                                      past interval.
     cache                 	  -- Compute cached waves for forecast. The
                                      waves go back a number of months
                                      controlled by the -months option.
                                      The default is 14 months.
     rmfeature FEATURENAME  	  -- Remove an existing feature from forecast
                                      table.
     rmproject PROJECTNAME  	  -- Remove an existing project from forecast
                                      table.
     renamefeature CURRFEATURENAME  NEWFEATURENAME
				  -- Rename an existing feature in forecast table.


COMMON OPTIONS:
   -v
   -h

EXAMPLES:
    % ftlm_forecast set FORECAST/Design-Compiler ChipAAA 1-Oct-2010 12
    % ftlm_forecast set Design-Compiler ChipAAA 1-Jun-2012 20
    % ftlm_forecast get Design-Compiler
    % ftlm_forecast gethuman Design-Compiler
    % ftlm_forecast renamefeature Design-Compiler DC
    % ftlm_forecast suggest 2011
    % ftlm_forecast cache
    % ftlm_forecast cache -months 6 -v