I did an output table to see the values in the Items and Itemsweek table

today = max(Sales.Date)
todayForecast = monday(today) + 7

Items.Amount365 = sum(Sales.LokadNetAmount) when (Date >= today - 365)
Items.Q365 = sum(Sales.DeliveryQty) when (Date >= today - 365)
Items.DisplayRank = rank()  scan Items.Q365

table ItemsWeek = cross(Items, Week)
ItemsWeek.Monday = monday(ItemsWeek.Week)
ItemsWeek.IsPast = single(ForecastProduit.IsPast) by [ForecastProduit.Sku,ForecastProduit.Date] at [Items.Sku,ItemsWeek.Monday]
ItemsWeek.Baseline = single(ForecastProduit.Baseline) by [ForecastProduit.Sku,ForecastProduit.Date] at [Items.Sku,ItemsWeek.Monday]
ItemsWeek.DemandQty = single(ForecastProduit.DemandQty) by [ForecastProduit.Sku,ForecastProduit.Date] at [Items.Sku,ItemsWeek.Monday]
ItemsWeek.SmoothedDemandQty = single(ForecastProduit.SmoothedDemandQty) by [ForecastProduit.Sku,ForecastProduit.Date] at [Items.Sku,ItemsWeek.Monday]
ItemsWeek.FutureWeekRank = single(ForecastProduit.FutureWeekRank) by [ForecastProduit.Sku,ForecastProduit.Date] at [Items.Sku,ItemsWeek.Monday]
Items.Dispersion = same(ForecastProduit.Dispersion)

show table "items" with
  today
  todayForecast
  Items.Amount365 
  Items.Q365 
  Items.DisplayRank 
  ItemsWeek.Monday 
  ItemsWeek.IsPast 
  ItemsWeek.Baseline 
  ItemsWeek.DemandQty 
  ItemsWeek.SmoothedDemandQty 
  ItemsWeek.FutureWeekRank 
  Items.Dispersion 

show table "forecastproductit" with
  ForecastProduit.date
  ForecastProduit.Sku
  ForecastProduit.DemandQty
  ForecastProduit.Baseline
  ForecastProduit.Dispersion

and confirmed that there are quite a bit of data with dispersion value = 0 but this is not the case in the ForecastProduit table (as verified from the code output above). Any suggestions on what may cause the dispersion value to become 0?

I suspect its the behavior of the same aggregator when facing an empty set which defaults to zero, see my snippet below:

table Orders = with // hard-coding a table
  [| as Sku, as Date          , as Qty, as Price |] // headers
  [| "a",    date(2020, 1, 17), 5     , 1.5      |]
  [| "b",    date(2020, 2, 5) , 3     , 7.0      |]
  [| "b",    date(2020, 2, 7) , 1     , 2.0      |]
  [| "c",    date(2020, 2, 15), 7     , 5.7      |]

where Orders.Sku == "foo"
  x = same(Orders.Price) // empty set, defaults to zero
  y = same(Orders.Price) default 42 // forcing the default

show summary "same() behavior" a1b2 with
  x as "without default" // 0
  y as "with default"    // 42

Try it at https://try.lokad.com/s/same-defaults-to-zero

Hope it helps.

Thank you. I resolved the issue above by using
```envision
keep where Items.Sku in ForecastProduit.Sku
```
To make sure the SKUs in the items table matches the SKU in the ForecastProduit table.

Now I encounter another issue. The code below follows what I posted initially.
```envision
// ///Export

quantileLow1 = 0.3
quantileLow2 = 0.05
quantileHigh1 = 0.7
quantileHigh2 = 0.95

ItemsWeek.One = dirac(1)
ItemsWeek.Demand = dirac(0)

where ItemsWeek.FutureWeekRank > 0
ItemsWeek.Demand = actionrwd.segment(
TimeIndex: ItemsWeek.FutureWeekRank
BaseLine: ItemsWeek.Baseline
Dispersion: Items.Dispersion
Alpha: 0.05
Start: dirac(ItemsWeek.FutureWeekRank - 1)
Duration: ItemsWeek.One
Samples : 1500)

// ////BackTest Demand

keep where min(ItemsWeek.Baseline) when (ItemsWeek.Baseline > 0) by Items.Sku >= 1

ItemsWeek.One=dirac(1)
ItemsWeek.BacktestForecastWeekRank = 0
where ItemsWeek.IsPast
ItemsWeek.BacktestForecastWeekRank = rank() by Items.Sku scan - ItemsWeek.Monday

keep where ItemsWeek.BacktestForecastWeekRank >0 and ItemsWeek.BacktestForecastWeekRank < 371

where ItemsWeek.BacktestForecastWeekRank > 0
ItemsWeek.BackTestDemand = actionrwd.segment(
TimeIndex: ItemsWeek.BacktestForecastWeekRank
BaseLine: ItemsWeek.Baseline
Dispersion: Items.Dispersion
Alpha: 0.05
Start: dirac(ItemsWeek.BacktestForecastWeekRank - 1)
Duration: ItemsWeek.One
Samples : 1500)
```
I have no issue with the the forward looking forecast. I have, however, issue with the backward forecast test..... specifically with BacktestForecastWeekRank. It grows to 790 days, which is greater than what actionrwd can allow (365 days). The data set I have goes back to 2018. Would this be the cause?