Using Quick Predict

When you run a prediction, Predictive Planning analyzes historical data for each selected member, and then projects this information into the future to generate predicted results. With Quick Predict, all form defaults, except those for member selection, are used without displaying dialogs. The predicted results are immediately pasted into the Planning form. You can choose whether to enter predicted data into all cells for a member or just selected cells.

Note:

To avoid overwriting existing data, the Planning administrator should add a prediction scenario to the form before you predict data.

To run a prediction with Quick Predict:

1. In a Planning form in Oracle Smart View for Office, select member names or cells to predict.
2. Right-click and then select Predictive Planning,

   or select the Predictive Planning ribbon (The Predictive Planning Ribbon), and then click the lower half of the Predict button, , with the label and arrow.

3. Indicate whether to predict an entire member or just selected cells:

   • Select Quick Predict Selected Members to predict future values for selected members and paste results into all the members' future data cells.

   • Select Quick Predict To Selected Cells to predict future values for members containing the selected data cells and paste results into only the selected cells.

   Note:

   If the selection includes more than one scenario, you are prompted to choose one for the target of the cell pasting.

Results are pasted as requested. Success icons and prediction quality values are displayed for selected members in the column to the right of the last column of data For examples, click the listed links.

Results are not displayed in the Smart View panel by default. To display a chart and other results, open the list next to the Home icon in the Smart View panel, and then select Predictive Planning. Initially, the Chart tab is selected (Figure 2-1). Whatever results tab you viewed last is displayed.