Starting a New Forecast 

Use

Use submit information into IC WFM to generate a forecast using the Forecast Parameters page. Forecasts must be performed for the entire organization. When you start a new forecast, you:

·        Assemble like indicator groups into collections

·        Pick weighted history weeks and percentage changes for the collection

 

Activities

As you enter forecast parameters you generally:

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       1.      Either select a Forecast Template or create a collection by selecting one or more indicator groups from the indicator groups list on the left panel.

Indicators are assembled into indicator groups during configuration. Indicator groups are sets of similar indicators that will have the same forecast parameters applied to them. You must select all indicator groups and gather them into a collection before you can submit a forecast request. All indicator groups are listed in the indicator groups column for the org unit and date selected prior to viewing this page (either from the overview page or from the selected forecast template). See Adding Indicator Groups to the Same Collection and Adding Indicator Groups to Different Collections for more information.

       2.      Enter parameters to be applied to the collection (which applies them to all indicators in the indicator groups within the collection).

You apply forecast parameters to collections. You can either add one or more indicator groups to a collection or set up a collection for each indicator group. You choose indicator groups for a collection when you want to apply the same parameters to the week including weeks, weights and percentage-change values. See Entering Collection Parameters for more information.

       3.      Save the forecast parameters.

       4.      You repeat these steps until the indicator groups list is empty.

       5.      Once the indicator groups list is empty, submit the forecast request by clicking Calculate Forecast. See Submitting a Forecast Calculation Request for more information.