diff --git a/routes/scale/gen_scale.sql b/routes/scale/gen_scale.sql
index 77d4c18..dd22525 100644
--- a/routes/scale/gen_scale.sql
+++ b/routes/scale/gen_scale.sql
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ DECLARE
     _order_status text;
     _actpy text;
     _sql text;
+    _target_table text;
+    _version_col text;
     _baseline text;
     _date_funcs jsonb;
     _perd_joins text;
@@ -27,7 +29,18 @@ SELECT (SELECT cname FROM fc.target_meta WHERE appcol = 'ship_date') INTO _ship_
 SELECT (SELECT cname FROM fc.target_meta WHERE appcol = 'order_status') INTO _order_status;
 SELECT (SELECT cname FROM fc.target_meta WHERE appcol = 'units') INTO _units_col;
 SELECT (SELECT cname FROM fc.target_meta WHERE appcol = 'value') INTO _value_col;
+SELECT format('%I',max(schema))||'.'||format('%I',max(tname)) INTO _target_table FROM fc.target_meta;
+SELECT cname INTO _version_col FROM fc.target_meta WHERE appcol = 'version';
+
+RAISE NOTICE '_order_date;  %', _order_date;
+RAISE NOTICE '_ship_date;   %', _ship_date;
+RAISE NOTICE '_order_status;%', _order_status;
+RAISE NOTICE '_units_col;   %', _units_col;
+RAISE NOTICE '_value_col;   %', _value_col;
+RAISE NOTICE '_target_table;%', _target_table;
+RAISE NOTICE '_version_col; %', _version_col;
 -------------------------all columns ------------------------------------------------------
+
 SELECT 
     string_agg('o.'||format('%I',cname),E'\n    ,' ORDER BY opos ASC)
 INTO
@@ -35,7 +48,10 @@ INTO
 FROM 
     fc.target_meta 
 WHERE 
-    func NOT IN ('version');
+    COALESCE(appcol,'') NOT IN ('version','iter','logid');
+
+RAISE NOTICE 'all columns  %', _clist;
+
 -------------------------all columns except volume scale-----------------------------------
 SELECT 
     string_agg(
@@ -52,7 +68,9 @@ INTO
 FROM 
     fc.target_meta 
 WHERE 
-    func NOT IN ('version');
+    COALESCE(appcol,'') NOT IN ('version','iter','logid');
+
+RAISE NOTICE ' all columns plus scale volume columns %', _clist_vol;
 
  -------------------------all columns except volume scale-----------------------------------
 SELECT 
@@ -73,7 +91,9 @@ INTO
 FROM 
     fc.target_meta 
 WHERE 
-    func NOT IN ('version');
+    COALESCE(appcol,'') NOT IN ('version','iter','logid');
+
+RAISE NOTICE 'all columns plus scale price %', _clist_prc;
 
 SELECT
 ---------$$app_req$$ will hold the request body--------------------
@@ -81,8 +101,8 @@ $$WITH
 req AS  (SELECT $$||'$$app_req$$::jsonb j)'||$$
 ,target AS (
     SELECT
-        (req.j->>'vincr')::numeric vincr   --volume
-        ,(req.j->>'pincr')::numeric pincr  --price
+        (req.j->>'app_vincr')::numeric vincr   --volume
+        ,(req.j->>'app_pincr')::numeric pincr  --price
     FROM
         req
 )
@@ -92,7 +112,7 @@ req AS  (SELECT $$||'$$app_req$$::jsonb j)'||$$
         sum($$||_units_col||$$) FILTER (WHERE version <> 'ACTUALS') total
         ,sum($$||_units_col||$$) FILTER (WHERE iter = 'baseline') base
     FROM
-        fc.live
+        $$||_target_table||$$ o 
     WHERE
         app_where
 )
@@ -100,7 +120,7 @@ req AS  (SELECT $$||'$$app_req$$::jsonb j)'||$$
 SELECT
     $$||_clist||$$
 FROM
-    fc.live o 
+    $$||_target_table||$$ o 
 WHERE
     app_where
 ),
@@ -108,7 +128,7 @@ vscale AS (
     SELECT
         (SELECT vincr FROM target) AS target_increment
         ,sum($$||_units_col||') AS units'||$$
-        ,(SELECT vincr FROM target)/sum($$||_units_col||$$) AS factor
+        ,CASE WHEN sum($$||_units_col||$$) = 0 THEN 0 ELSE (SELECT vincr FROM target)/sum($$||_units_col||$$) END AS factor
     FROM
         basemix
 )
@@ -123,7 +143,7 @@ vscale AS (
 ,volume AS (
 SELECT
     $$||_clist_vol||$$
-    ,'forecast name' AS version
+    ,'app_forecast_name' AS version
     ,'scale vol' AS iter
 FROM
     basemix o
@@ -132,18 +152,18 @@ FROM
 ,pscale AS (
 SELECT
     (SELECT pincr FROM target) AS target_increment
-    ,sum($$||_value_col||') AS value'||$$
-    ,CASE WHEN (SELECT sum($$||_value_col||$$) FROM volume) = 0 THEN
+    ,sum($$||format('%I',_value_col)||') AS value'||$$
+    ,CASE WHEN (SELECT sum($$||format('%I',_value_col)||$$) FROM volume) = 0 THEN
         --if the base value is -0- scaling will not work, need to generate price, factor goes to -0-
         0
     ELSE
         --if the target dollar value still does not match the target increment, make this adjustment
-        ((SELECT pincr FROM target)-(SELECT sum($$||_value_col||$$) FROM volume))/(SELECT sum($$||_value_col||$$) FROM volume)
+        ((SELECT pincr FROM target)-(SELECT sum($$||format('%I',_value_col)||$$) FROM volume))/(SELECT sum($$||format('%I',_value_col)||$$) FROM volume)
     END factor
-    ,CASE WHEN (SELECT sum($$||_value_col||$$) FROM volume) = 0 THEN
-        CASE WHEN ((SELECT pincr::numeric FROM target) - (SELECT sum($$||_value_col||$$) FROM volume)) <> 0 THEN
+    ,CASE WHEN (SELECT sum($$||format('%I',_value_col)||$$) FROM volume) = 0 THEN
+        CASE WHEN ((SELECT pincr::numeric FROM target) - (SELECT sum($$||format('%I',_value_col)||$$) FROM volume)) <> 0 THEN
             --if the base value is -0- but the target value hasn't been achieved, derive a price to apply
-            ((SELECT pincr::numeric FROM target) - (SELECT sum($$||_value_col||$$) FROM volume))/(SELECT sum($$||_units_col||$$) FROM volume)
+            ((SELECT pincr::numeric FROM target) - (SELECT sum($$||format('%I',_value_col)||$$) FROM volume))/(SELECT sum($$||format('%I',_units_col)||$$) FROM volume)
         ELSE
             0
         END
@@ -156,7 +176,7 @@ FROM
 ,pricing AS (
 SELECT
     $$||_clist_prc||$$
-    ,'forecast name' AS version
+    ,'app_forecast_name' AS version
     ,'scale price' AS iter
 FROM
     volume o
@@ -165,7 +185,7 @@ WHERE
     pscale.factor <> 0 or pscale.mod_price <> 0
 )
 INSERT INTO
-    fc.live
+    $$||_target_table||$$ o 
 SELECT 
     * 
 FROM