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@@ -28,12 +28,14 @@ route baseline
 * regular updates to baseline may be required to keep up with canceled/altered orders
 * copy some period of actual sales and increment all the dates to serve as a baseline forecast
 
-to-do:
-* build the column lists for baseline
-* build the where clause for baseline
-* build the column lists for baseline_increment
+TO-DO:
+- [ ] setup something to fill in sql parameters to do testing on the function
+
+running problem list
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+* baseline route
     * problem: how will the incremented order season get updated, adding an interval won't work
-        * a table fc.odate, has been built, but it is incomplete, a setup function filling in these date-keyed tables could be setup
-        * if a table is date-keyed, fc.perd could be targeted to fill in the gaps
-    * the target sales data has to map have concepts like order_date, and the application needs to know which col is order date
-        * add column called application hook
+        - [ ] a table fc.odate, has been built, but it is incomplete, a setup function filling in these date-keyed tables could be setup
+        - [ ] if a table is date-keyed, fc.perd could be targeted to fill in the gaps
+    * problem: the target sales data has to map have concepts like order_date, and the application needs to know which col is order date
+        - [x] add column called application hook