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What will our customers consume next year, and what is that worth? Forecasted usage projects both, month by month, from your own consumption history.
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Forecasted usage dashboard

What’s on this dashboard

Two charts. Both are activity: each value covers the month it sits in. The forecast runs 12 months ahead, one value per month.

The three scenarios

Every forecast comes in three versions, so you can plan against a range rather than a single number.

What is being forecast

The forecast only knows what has already happened. It learns from your consumption history, so it cannot anticipate a new product, a new pricing model, or a customer you have not signed. Read it as a projection of the current business, not of your plans.

Filters

⚠️ There is no date range here. The horizon is always the next 12 months.

What’s not included (for now)

  • New products and features. The forecast is built from what your customers already consume.
  • Recently created metrics and charges. They may be left out until they have enough history.
  • Unused or deleted metrics and charges. They may be left out too.
  • Anything other than usage. Subscription revenue is on MRR, invoiced revenue on Revenue streams.

Common questions

Forecasting needs at least six months of consumption history to produce something reliable. If your organization has less than that, forecasts appear once enough history has built up.
It is refreshed once a month, usually during the first two weeks. It does not move day to day like the other reports.
The realistic scenario, and quote the conservative one next to it as your floor. Quoting the optimistic figure alone will overstate the case.
It is probably too new, or it has been unused or deleted. Metrics and charges without enough recent history can be left out. Check its consumption on Usage.