Planful Predict

After the Account Manager has enabled the Predict functionality in your application, admin users must configure the general settings for Signals and Projections and initiate the Model Training process.

To configure the general settings for both Signals and Projections, do the following:

1.  Go to the Planful: Predict configuration page.
   
2. In the General Settings section, you can make the below selections:
   
   1. Select Years for Model Training - Select at least 3 years of historical data for Signals and Projections.
   2. Select Excluding Years - Select the years that will be excluded from Model Training the drop-down list.
   3. Add GL Combinations - Select the dimension members you want to exclude from Predict.
      
      1. Click the Add GL Combinations link to exclude unwanted GL combinations.
         The Add GL Combinations screen appears.
         
      2. Select the dimension members from the respective fields, and click Submit.

      Note:

      You can add a maximum of 10 rows to the list.
3. Click Save to train the model.

After the Account Manager has enabled the Predict Signals functionality in your application, admin users must set up Pre-computation Scenarios and initiate the Model Training process.

To configure Predict Signals, do the following:

1. Go to the Planful: Predict configuration page.
   
2. In the Signals Configuration section, you can customize the signals to train the model.
   
3. Select the Scenario(s) for Pre-computation and choose the Active Scenario from the respective fields to generate the Signals Overview report.
   
   Note:

   Currently, you can only select up to three Scenarios.
4. Click Scenario Pre-computation.
5. You can modify the number of signals generated using the Signals Range option.
6. You can adjust the Current Month as per your requirement from the respective fields.
   Note:

   The current Calendar month will be considered as the value of the System Default option. Using the drop-down menu, you can select 3 months before and after the current month.
7. You can also select the dimensions you want to ignore.
   Note:

   You can ignore a maximum of two dimensions.
8. Once you have configured the required fields, click Train Model.
   
   
   Note:

   For the changes to take effect you must trigger the Model Training process. This step is necessary to ensure that the updated number of Signals is displayed in DR and the Signals Overview screen.