If your forecast or space requirement calls for reducing space, you will work with the stack plan's features specifically designed for space reduction.
Suppose you know that upcoming plans call for a reduction in space, so you define a space requirement in which each group's Period 1 value is less than the base line (Period 0) value garnered from inventory. Or, you plan for reduction by creating a forecast in which each subsequent period value is 10 percent less than the previous period's value.
In cases in which the Period values are less than the Baseline (Period 0) value, the system presents the reduced allocations on negatively-numbered floors in the Unallocated (UNALLOC) stack plan so that you can drag them to the stack plans of your existing inventory that contain this organization. The negatively-numbered floor indicates that this allocation will reduce space. For example, note floor -01 on UNALLOC in the below image.
After you drag the allocation from floor -01 on UNALLOC, the system will confirm the reduction by presenting the Reduce Allocated Space form.
The following table explains the form's options:
Option |
Explanation
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Group Name |
The system completes this with the name of the reduction allocation you are dragging to an allocation of the same organization on the stack plan. This is the text that will appear on the stack element's label. |
Description | The system completes this with the description from the space requirement. You can change this if you desire. |
Event Name | Enter a name for this event. This is the name that will appear in the Events pane. |
Reduction |
The default behavior is for the system to complete this field with the size of the reduction allocation. For example, if you drag a reduction allocation of 5000 square feet from the UNALLOC stack plan, the system will complete this field with 5000. You can change the default value (which represents the entire reduction allocation). For example, you could edit this field to change the 5000 reduction to 4000, and then apply the remaining 1000 to another allocation. In this case, when you process the form, the UNALLOC stack plan will include a 1000 allocation reduction. |
Percentage Reduction | Rather than reduce the allocation by a specific amount as specified in the Reduction field, you may wish to reduce the allocation by a percentage. For example, if the target allocation is 19,000 and you complete this field with 10 percent, when you choose the calculate button, the system will reduce 19.000 by 1.900 so that the Allocated Area after Reduction is 17,100. The system will update Remaining Area to Reduce accordingly. |
Allocated Area after Reduction |
As you complete the Reduction or Percentage of Reduction options, the system will update this value with the new area. If applying the reduction allocation reduces this value to zero, the system removes the allocation from the stack plan. Otherwise, it resizes the allocation to represent the new area after the reduction. If you manually edit this field, the system updates the allocation's area field with this value and updates the stack element. It ignores any remaining amount in the Reduction or Percentage Reduction fields, which are used for calculation purposes. |
Remaining Area to Reduce | As you complete the Reduction or Percentage of Reduction options, the system will update this value with the remaining area to reduce. When you process the form, the system will update the allocation in the UNALLOC stack plan with this value so that you can apply the remainder of the reduction to another stack element. If this value is zero, the system will remove the stack element from the UNALLOC stack plan. |
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