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prashanth0626
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6 years ago

Daily Forecasting based on monthly Budget

I have a monthly sales budget which i need to break down by day based on last 6 months seasonality. I need to consider weekday trend too as we have higher sales on weekend and towards month end.

 

Sales Table

DateQuantity
01/02/201
01/02/201
01/03/201
01/03/201
01/04/201

 

Budget Table

MonthQuantity
01/01/20100
02/01/20130

 

Wonder if a calculated table can be built based on the above criteria.

5 Replies

  • prashanth0626 , Create a table with sales of those 6 months. Add 182 days (Weekdays will move at the correct position) to each date.

    New date = [Date]+182

    Assume your total target it X.

     

    Create a new column in this table

    New target = [X]* Divide([Sales],sum(Table[Sales]))

  • prashanth0626's avatar
    prashanth0626
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    Fowmy amitchandak 

     

    Thanks for the suggestion, but all of those actually don't serve my purpouse. I am not looking for a average split by day.

    For eg, IF a month budget is 1000 i basically want to split the 1000 into day target by looking at my last 6 month sales pattern. I need two patterns to be utilized 1. As we go towards month end our sales increases so that should reflect in my forecast 2. We usually have higher sales on weekends (Thu-Sun). [Both of those looking at my last 6 month sales]

     

    Thanks

    • v-xicai's avatar
      v-xicai
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      Hi prashanth0626 ,

       

      You may go to Analytics pane, add forecasting on the current visualization under Forecast section.

       

       

       

       

      Or you may share expected output in snapshot. Do mask sensitive data before uploading.

       

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    v-xicai
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    Hi  prashanth0626  ,

     

    Does that make sense? If so, kindly mark the proper reply as a solution to help others having the similar issue and close the case. If not, let me know and I'll try to help you further.

     

    Best regards

    Amy