Data best suited for
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A forecast chart can be used when forecasted data is present. Note that the dashboard designer would have to determine a forecasting
method and provide this data as a data source in order to display a forecast. Forecasts should have a time frame tied to them
so that the business user is aware of how far out the forecasting is available or has been done.
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Target audience
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This indicator type is appropriate for all user audiences. Most people will find this indicator type easy to interpret, especially
those
with background knowledge of statistics.
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Data aggregation support
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This indicator type does not aggregate the indicator data.
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Range support
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Ranges are not supported.
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Alert support
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Alerts are not supported.
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Interaction support
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Link support
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This indicator type can be used to define a link or as the destination of a link. For
more information about defining an indicator with a hyperlink, see
Adding Links to Indicators or Other Content.
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Filter multiple items
support
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Filtering multiple items is supported. For
more information, see
Supporting Multiple Selections in a Filtered Data Interaction.
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Display Setting
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Selection Used for Figure
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X-axis value
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Month
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Actual value
|
ColumnACTUAL
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Forecasted value
|
ColumnFORECAST
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Lower band
|
ColumnL95
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Upper band
|
ColumnU95
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X-axis title
|
<blank> (defaults
to Month)
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Y-axis title
|
Set to Sales
Note: The Scale Y axis setting
adds the label (thousands) to
the title.
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Actual legend label
|
Set to Actual
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Forecasted legend label
|
Set to Forecast
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Scale X axis
|
This setting is selected.
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Scale Y axis
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This setting is selected.
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Month
(X-axis value)
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Actual
(Actual value)
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Forecast
(Forecasted value)
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Lower Limit
(Lower band)
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Upper Limit
(Upper band)
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10/01/2010
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$39,482.29
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$44,163.35
|
|
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11/01/2010
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$52, 031.64
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$51, 549.97
|
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12/01/2010
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$120,083.94
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$80,948.36
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01/01/2011
|
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$69,889.80
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$17,457.73
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$122,321.88
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02/01/2011
|
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$61,965.83
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$9,231.34
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$114,700.31
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03/01/2011
|
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$36,283.89
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($16,767.06)
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$89,334.85
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