<s>
The	O
Oracle	B-Application
Retail	I-Application
Predictive	I-Application
Application	I-Application
Server	I-Application
(	O
commonly	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
RPAS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
configurable	O
software	O
platform	O
for	O
developing	O
forecasting	O
and	O
planning	O
applications	O
,	O
following	O
a	O
Client/Server	O
OLAP	B-Application
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RPAS	O
is	O
the	O
foundation	O
for	O
a	O
significant	O
number	O
of	O
applications	O
that	O
are	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Retail	O
solution	O
footprint	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Retail	O
Demand	O
Forecasting	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Merchandise	O
Financial	O
Planning	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Assortment	O
Planning	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Item	O
Planning	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Size	O
Profile	O
Optimization	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Replenishment	O
Optimization	O
and	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Advanced	O
Inventory	O
Planning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
version	O
is	O
Version	O
16	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
supports	O
deployment	O
of	O
planning	O
applications	O
on-premise	O
or	O
Software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
over	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RPAS	O
currently	O
offers	O
2	O
data	O
persistence	O
options	O
:	O
a	O
proprietary	O
datastore	O
based	O
on	O
Oracle	B-Language
Berkeley	I-Language
DB	I-Language
,	O
or	O
an	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
RDBMS	I-General_Concept
(	O
which	O
supports	O
real	O
time	O
updates	O
from	O
external	O
systems	O
but	O
reduces	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
the	O
MOLAP	O
cubes	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Limited	O
sustaining	O
support	O
for	O
Acumate	O
is	O
available	O
from	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
to	O
support	O
the	O
few	O
remaining	O
older	O
installations	O
of	O
RPAS	O
that	O
were	O
Acumate	O
based	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
source	O
code	O
license	O
that	O
was	O
held	O
by	O
the	O
predecessor	O
to	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Retail	O
,	O
Retek	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
license	O
novated	O
to	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
for	O
support	O
purposes	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
