Last available month
You can use the last available month as the historical time period in the calculation of seasonally adjusted accruals for both cost and consumption values.
The method uses the last available month relative to a data gap to calculate accruals.
Note: If an
account is new and does not have data for the previous month, no accruals are generated.
Table 1 presents some examples of how the system
uses the last available month in calculations.
| Months with gap | Accrual calculation |
|---|---|
| March 2023 |
Daily average value for February 2023* Number
of missing days in March 2023 |
| September 2023 |
Daily average value for August 2023* Number of missing days
in September 2023 |
| February 2024, March 2024, and April 2024 |
|
|
Daily average value for February 2024* Number of missing days
in each month respectively |