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Anonymous
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7 years ago

Time Series Forecasting chart

Hello,

 

It is the first time, I am using the time series forecasting chart from the market place.  I have a maximum which appears at december 08, 2017 in the line chart.  However, this maximum appears at Feb 11, 2018.

 

Should I use a particular date format with this time series forecasting chart or is it an adjusment, I should do into the parameters.

 

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

 

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      Anonymous
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      Hello,

       

      I have made some tests with you time series forecasting chart.  Here's what I have done.

       

      I have use an Excel speadsheet as below

      Column A     Column B   Column C      Column D          Column E

      2016-01-01    1                 97                2016-01-01         48

      2016-01-02    1                 50                2016-01-02         93

      2016-01-03    5                 34                2016-01-03         62

      2016-01-08    4                 67                2016-01-04         70

      ...                    ...                  ...                   ...                        ...

      2018-12-20    5                  50               2016-12-31           52

       

      Column D contains a date which start from 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 (Equal Date Spacing)

      Column E contains a random value between 25 and 100, using the randombetween function in Excel

       

      Column B contains a radom number between 1 and 5

      Column A start at 2016-01-01 but the next date equal the previous date plus the random value of Column B.  That allow us to obtain Unequal date Spacing.

       

      Column C is also a random value between 25 and 100.

       

      Two graphs were elaborated using your Time Series Forecasting Chart.

      The first one use Column A and Column C

      The Second on use Column D and Column E.

       

      The second graph is using an Equal Date Spacing.  When we look for a maximum value into the table (max in Column E) the corresponding date in the table is the same as on graph 2.

       

      However in graph 1, due to the use of Unequal Date Spacing, when we look at a maximum value (Column C)  the corresponding date in Column A is not the one showed on Graph 1.

       

      Is there a way to correct that situation?

      Thanks in advance for your assistance.