Hi all. I've been using the forecast functionality...
# gooddata-cloud
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Hi all. I've been using the forecast functionality from GoodData and I've noticed that the forecasting is showing a steep drop and negative values, even though the data is percentage and way above 0. Is this expected or need to change something?
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Hi Goran, thank you for reach out to us. I am sorry, but in this case is an expected result. The first 'problem' I see is the lack in data, if you see you have only 11 datapoints, where around 30% of them is more 'negative' than the others, and two of them are at the end of the datapoints which can introduce a negative slope. If you see my example (attached) I added at the same 'negative-values' more of them, thus now the forecast function is more stable. And, regarding the percentage under zero, I can see in the y-axis is in a numerical/decimal scale, not percentage. You could try to use percentage values/scale instead. In here https://www.gooddata.com/docs/cloud/create-visualizations/smart-functions/ you can find more details about the Forecasting feature.
Hi Goran, I would like to check if you need any further assistance with this.