Bottom-up planning allows rolling up the impact of a change to higher levels in the hierarchy.
Use Case
When you grow Sales $ Womens / Footwear / Sneakers by 10%, this change should be rolled up all the way to your top line Sales $ target. The Bottom-up planning feature automates this rollup.
See below for how it works in action:
*Please note the Financial Planner module has since been renamed Merchandise Planning
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Top-down planning and spreading
Time-based (horizontal) planning and spreading