This enhancement is for Room forecasts and profit centres with covers using PMI Prediction and have the pickup calculator enabled in the tools. When a forecast date is changed from Auto to Manual, ARR pickups are now reset to zero to avoid incorrect values being carried over.
Users will also see a warning if units are updated but ARR is left at 0, helping prevent unrealistic forecasts and improving accuracy across room forecasts.
Why is this useful?
- Reduces risk of unrealistic ARR when units are changed manually
- Ensures users are alerted before saving a forecast with ARR = 0
- Improves accuracy and confidence in revenue forecast
What has changed?
- Reset ARR pickups to zero
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- When switching from Auto → Manual, all pickups for that date are set to 0.
- The live forecast therefore starts from OTB values only, unless manual pickups are entered.
If the setting Use ARR pickup calculator for manual forecasts is disabled, the ARR PMI Prediction values are copied to the live forecast.
- Warning when units are changed but ARR is not
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- If a user enters manual pickups for units >0 but does not adjust ARR, a warning appears: “You are about to save a live forecast where 0 is used as the average revenue. Do you wish to continue?”
- Options: Yes (save without further warnings for this date) or No (return to the last edited cell).
- Scope: This check applies only when a date is first changed from Auto → Manual.
Image: Warning popup shown when units are entered but ARR remains zero
Forecast types affected
- Room forecast
- Profit centres of type Covers/Units
- Applies at both total level and segment level
Where to find it
Go to: PMI > Live forecast > Change date mode (Auto → Manual)
Good to know
- The updated behavior applies consistently across all PMI Prediction users.
- Once a manual forecast is saved, further edits on that date will not trigger the warning again.
- The change is also implemented in the new UI for rooms.
✅ This enhancement ensures pickup values are not unintentionally inherited and users are warned before saving forecasts with ARR = 0, improving forecast reliability across all profit centers.
