Calculate and Print Projected Subject Enrolments {RPOPS-4} / {RPMAIN-1-4}

This program enables the user to do simple projections on the data, in other words, project future years’ subject enrolments by applying the projection percentage parameters from {RPOPS-3} to the enrolment information in {RPOPS-2}.

The program calculates projections on the data, starting with the actual values in the year supplied as Base Year input parameter. For example, if the Rolling Plans are calculated for 2000, 2001 and 2002, then the Base Year that should be supplied is 1999. The actual enrolments for 1999 are then used as a basis to forecast values for the following 3 years, by using the percentages specified as the projection parameters in {RPOPS-3}. The default percentages for the institution (on Block 1 of {RPOPS-3}) should be used for all departments’ projections, unless percentages are specified for the specific department (in Block 2 of {RPOPS-3}).

The program starts by zeroing all values in the field “Projected Headcount” of {RPOPS-2}, in order to “wipe out” previous projections and so as not to contaminate the projections. The program then calculates projected enrolments and writes it only to the “Projected Headcount” field. The “Final Headcount” figures on {RPOPS-2} will not be overwritten, unless the user specified by the user that the same values should also be copied to the final student headcount field (using a ‘Y’ as input parameter at the appropriate question).

The program prints out a list of the Base Year’s actual headcount values, as well as the projections for all the following three years, i.e. print all projected values for all three years. This list is ordered per Faculty, Department, Subject Code and Offering Type and gives the values for each year next to one another. Totals are supplied for each subject.

This program can be run more than once. The user can run the report, adjust or add to the projection parameters and repeat the process until satisfied with the projection figures. Then the values can be copied to the Final Headcount values, from where the user can make small final adjustments. Note that the selection in the Faculty and Department codes makes it possible to fine-tune the projections per individual faculty or department separately

Prompt Text ^{* an item between square brackets [ ] is the default answer}	Type & Length	Comments
Enter Base Year for Rolling Plan.	N4	x
Copy projections to Final Student Headcount? (Y/N).	A1
Is This a (T)rial or (U)pdate Run (T/U)?	A1
Enter Faculty Code to Include or ALL.	N4
Enter Department Code to Include or ALL.	N4

Sort Order	Per	Comments
	Faculty and School.	x

System Select
	No special system selection.

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Processing Rules
	No special processing rules.

Date	System Version	By Whom	Job	Description
29-May-2008	v01.0.0.0	Charlene van der Schyff	t145483	New manual format.
19-Sep-2008	v01.0.0.0	Charlene van der Schyff	t151627	Edit language obtained from proof read language Juliet Gillies.