Symptom
Error to submit forecast "Forecast submission failed".
Environment
SAP Sales Cloud Version 2
Cause
There is a custom forecast category which is active and was created via Settings → Opportunity → Forecast Category.
Resolution
For the forecast submission to work, any active custom forecast category has to be mapped to one of the standard forecast categories, e.g. Best Case, Committed, Most Likely.
If you have a use case of using this forecast category, please kindly map it to one of the standard categories (in Pipeline Management and Forecasting → General Settings (Forecast category mapping section), or mark this category as Inactive.
Keywords
Pipeline Management, Forecast Category, Submission , KBA , CEC-CRM-PMF , Pipeline Management and Forecasting for Sales Cloud , How To