Forecasts

A forecast extends a chart into the days ahead, so you can see where a number is heading before it gets there.

Turn one on

Select a line, area or bar chart over time. In the right panel’s “Data” tab, set “Forecast” to the next 30, 60 or 90 days. Or ask Stetto, like “forecast net sales for the next 120 days”. Asking reaches up to 180 days.

What it draws

After the last day, a dashed line marked “Forecast (est.)” carries on, with a shaded band around it. Hover a point to see the estimate and its range. The band is a range the real number should land in about 8 times out of 10.

How it’s worked out

Stetto fits a straight trend to the last 120 days of the metric, then adds your usual weekday pattern, like weekends that run quieter or busier than weekdays. The same data always gives the same forecast.

If the current week or month is part way through, the forecast’s first point counts the days already in plus the estimate for the rest.

When a chart can’t forecast

The chart says why, under its plot:

• “Not enough history to forecast” means it needs at least 28 days.
• Rates and averages can’t be forecast. That covers conversion rate, ROAS and AOV. Forecast their parts instead, like sales and spend.
• Some charts don’t show a forecast yet. That’s charts split into groups, totals with no interval, and cards with name or size rules.

Good to know

• It forecasts the chart’s first metric.
• A forecast is a guide, not a promise. It follows the recent trend and doesn’t know about a sale or launch you have planned.
• Exports include it, with the estimate and its range for each period. See Export a card or frame.

Who can do this

Editors and admins. See Roles: admin, editor, viewer.

Related

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