The Summary page lets you review the parameters of your forecast and activate the
forecast so other use can run it.
About this task
In the top right corner of the dialog, you will see the 'Forecast status' which indicates whether
the forecast is active or inactive. If the status is set to 'Inactive', neither analysts nor
consumers will be able to open the forecast. None of the users will be able to run the forecast as
well. However, if the status is set to 'Active', all users with access to the database and cube will
be able to run the forecast.
Procedure
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Review the summary of your baseline forecast. If anything looks amiss, you can click
Back to return to previous configuration pages.
- Optionally, you can save the statistical details and other information about the
forecast.
If you enable the Save statistical details ... option, the statistical
details that are generated when you run a forecast are saved in the
ForecastStatsCube, where you can analyze the details after a forecast is
complete. If this option is not enabled, the statistical details are not saved anywhere and cannot
be reviewed.
The first time you enable the Save statistical details ... option on a
Planning Analytics database you are asked to create the
ForecastStatsCube.
The ForecastStatsCube saves statistical data about baseline forecast
executions. It contains three dimensions:
- ForecastResultRun
- Initially, this dimension contains members numbered 1 through 5, representing individual
baseline forecasts. When you select a slice to which you want to save statistical details, you
specify one of the members in this dimension to save details data. After you initially create the
ForecastStatsCube, you can modify this dimension to contain other members to
store statistical details for other baseline forecasts.
- ForecastResultTimeseries
- This dimension has members corresponding to time series as members.
- ForecastResultOutput
- This dimension has all the statistical details categories as its members.
- Click Create.
- Use the Select a slice option to pick the member of the
ForecastResultRun dimension to receive the statistical data.
- Toggle the Forecast status to Active to
enable running the forecast and to make the forecast available to other users.
- Click View baseline to open the baseline forecast page, which
provides an overview of your forecast. You can edit or run the baseline forecast from this
page.
