Create a Forecast

You can make predictions about the future performance of your business based on past data by using one of these time series forecasting methods: Trend, Growth, or Autoregression.

Your time dimension must appear as either rows or columns.

Before you begin

You must be using Explorer mode to create forecast calculations.

Procedure

  1. From the Calculate menu, click Forecast.
  2. Select the forecasting method you require.
  3. In the Enter the Forecast Horizon box, type the number of time periods to forecast.

    The number of time periods to forecast cannot exceed the number of periods in your data.

  4. Click OK.