1. Using Forecasting Cloud Service
  2. Override Forecast Values

Override Forecast Values

Override and publish the forecasted workload data and resources in the forecasted rows. You can also perform a what-if analysis and share it with other resources. You cannot edit the original four rows (five in case of presence of SLA based activities). You can add overrides to only future values of Available Resources, Forecasted Workload/Forecasted Max. Workload/Forecasted Min. Workload or another override.

  1. Click Dispatch > Forecasting.
    The Forecasting page opens.
  2. Select a bucket from the resource tree that you want to update.
  3. Select a row from the Actual Workload, Forecasted Workload/Forecasted Max. Workload/Forecasted Min. Workload, or another override.
  4. Click Add Override.
    A new row appears with the values same as previous row for future dates, as shown in this screenshot:
    This screenshot shows a new blank row, where you can enter the value to override the values in the previous row, and comments
  5. Double-click the label.
    The Update Trend Name dialog box opens, as shown in this screenshot:
    This screenshot shows the Update trend name window, which lets you to change the name of the trend line
  6. Rename the label and click Update.
    The trend name is saved.
  7. Select a single cell or multiple cells from the row.
    The Value and Comments text fields appear.
  8. Enter the overridden Value and a Comment if necessary.
    The comment is added as a triangular flag in the cell and opens as a hint pop-up on hover.
  9. Click Save.
    The overrides are saved as your local copy only.
    Note: Rows in white background indicate that the row is published and will be visible to all the users. Rows in yellow background are not published and are only visible to the current user. The legends provide the descriptions.
  10. Click Save and Publish.
    The overrides are saved and published to all the users.