Forecast managementΒΆ

The Forecasts page shows the following details for each Forecast listed:

  • ID number

  • Name of the base Report

  • Name of user who created the Report

  • Current status of the forecast (Initializing -> Starting -> Data Retrieval -> Processing -> Strategy Selection -> Learning -> Prediction -> Complete)

Note

Forecasts are generated by the Plixer ML Engine, a component of the remote services provided under Plixer Network Intelligence and Plixer Security Intelligence platform licenses. In some cases, it may take up to several minutes for the Forecasting task to progress from Initializing to Complete.

  • Date the Forecast became ready to view

The following actions can be also be performed from the Forecasts page:

  • Updating Forecasts - Click the refresh button to update a Forecast to use the latest data from reports with dynamic settings (under the Custom dropdown when configuring Report settings) for the time period covered.

Hint

Forecasts based on reports with a specific time window can also be refreshed but will return the same projects as before. To generate a new Forecasts with adjusted date and time settings, run a new report of the same type and create a Forecast with it.

  • Viewing/re-running Reports - Click a Report name to view the Report whose data was used to generate the Forecast*

  • Deleting Forecasts - Use the checkboxes to select one or more Forecasts and click the Delete button to remove them from the system permanently.