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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Machine Learning Predictive Forecaster

Machine Learning Predictive Forecaster

Preview Date: 2025-08-16. Production Date: 2025-09-20.
With this release, we continue to enhance predictive forecasters by automatically filling out fields by default when you create and edit forecasts. We also now enable you to use the ARIMA algorithm and provide improved forecast explanations through the feature impact chart.

Business Benefits

This makes it easier to create forecasts by automatically populating key fields, reducing manual entry and simplifying the setup process for less experienced users.
This enhances forecasting accuracy by enabling you to use the ARIMA algorithm to generate more precise forecasts by accounting for various data patterns and unusual events.
This improves forecast explainability by providing a new feature impact chart that helps you better understand factors and how the levers (regressors) you attach impact your forecast.

Changes

When you create or edit forecasts on the Predictive Forecaster page of Model Management, we now automatically populate some fields when you either:
  • First create this forecast.
  • Enter a value on the Sheet field.
  • Reset all fields on this page because you selected a different sheet or forecast version.
When you first create the forecast, we automatically populate these fields:
  • Forecast Version
  • Accuracy Metric
  • Actuals Version
  • Plan Version
  • Autodetect Seasonality
When you enter a value on the Sheet field for the first time, we automatically populate these fields:
  • Forecast Start Period
  • Forecast End Period
  • Levels
  • Dimensions
  • Actuals Start Period
  • Actuals End Period
When you reset all fields on this page because you selected a different sheet or forecast version, we automatically populate these fields:
  • Forecast Start Period
  • Forecast End Period
  • Levels
  • Dimensions
  • Actuals Start Period
  • Actuals End Period
We update the tooltip on the
Dimensions
 field.
We add
ARIMA
 as an option on the Algorithm field.
We now display new confirmation dialogs when you change the values on these fields to warn you that the action resets all related fields to their default values:
  • Sheet
  • Forecast Version
On the
Confidence Metrics
 tab of the
Forecast History
 page, we display a new Feature Impacts chart.

Change Log

Feature Impacts Chart
We update the note to document the new Feature Impacts chart on the Confidence Metrics tab of the Forecast History page.
Preview Date: 2025-08-16. Production Date: 2025-09-20.
ARIMA Algorithm
We update the note to document the new
ARIMA
 option on the
Algorithm
 field when you create or edit forecasts on the
Predictive Forecaster
 page of
Model Management
.
Preview Date: 2025-08-16. Production Date: 2025-09-20.