Implement Forecast function in Webfocus

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July 22, 2013, 02:04 PM

Rakesh P

Implement Forecast function in Webfocus

HI,

Could you please let me know if I can use any FORECAST function in webfocus? I am looking for similar function FORECAST in excel.

Webfocus 7.1.6, Webfocus 7.7, Webfocus 8

July 22, 2013, 03:10 PM

Francis Mariani

Have you looked at the documentation? There is a lot of info in Creating Reports With WebFOCUS Language > Creating Temporary Fields > Calculating Trends and Predicting Values With FORECAST:

FORECAST Processing
Using a Simple Moving Average
Using Single Exponential Smoothing
Using Double Exponential Smoothing
Using Triple Exponential Smoothing
Using a Linear Regression Equation
FORECAST Reporting Techniques

Francis

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July 22, 2013, 04:29 PM

Rakesh P

Thanks Francis. I have gone through the documents for webfocus 716, but couldnt find out the same. Let me check again. Thank you very much for your prompt response.

Webfocus 7.1.6, Webfocus 7.7, Webfocus 8

July 22, 2013, 04:48 PM

Francis Mariani

I think this was introduced in v7.6.

Francis

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