Which plan should a customer use to send demand management data to an external system?

According to the Oracle Demand Management Cloud User Guide2, publishing demand plan is the process of sending demand management data to an external system such as Oracle Supply Planning Cloud or Oracle Sales Cloud. Publishing demand plan requires selecting a publish plan option that defines what data to publish, how to publish it, and where to publish it. Publishing demand plan allows users to share their approved demand plans with other stakeholders or systems for further analysis or execution. Running demand plan (A), approving demand plan (B), comparing demand plan (D), and archiving demand plan (E) are not processes that can be used to send demand management data to an external system, but rather processes that can be used to generate, validate, evaluate, or store demand plans.