Chapter 7: Advanced Topics – Restructuring Data for Forecasting
7.1 Introduction
Exploring historical trends and forecasting help companies analyze past performance and prepare for the future, show them how to be more efficient, help them understand how to better manage their inventory, or help them schedule their processes more effectively. In this chapter, you will learn more about forecasting in Visual Analytics. First, you will learn more about the forecasting object, the data needed to create forecasts, and data structure needed for Visual Analytics. Finally, you will use the restructured data to add forecasts, underlying factors, and a what-if analysis to a report.
7.2 Restructuring Data
To create a forecast in Visual Analytics, you need ...
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