Table 2. Forecasting Terms
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Forecast period |
The period of a forecast series from start to end date. For example, quarterly. |
Summary period |
The summary period defines the periodic buckets for the Summary view in the Forecasts screen. Some integer number of these exists for each forecast period (for example, monthly). |
Summary Revenues |
Each summary period has one summary revenue amount. |
Interval period |
Period between creation of new forecasts; their frequency. For example, weekly. |
Total Forecast Revenue |
Sum of each summary record. Each summary period is a summary record bucket. |
Detail Revenues |
Can be either of summary type or detail type depending on the type of forecast. For more information about forecast types, see About Types of Forecasts. |
Rollup |
Sums details and synchronizes totals with summaries. |