Improve and adjust forecast accuracy
Important
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| Enabled for | Public preview | Early access | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| End users, automatically | - |  Feb 3, 2020 |
Apr 1, 2020 |
Business value
Although bottom-up forecasting is based on existing opportunity data, sales managers know that in certain cases their experience requires subjective judgment. Sellers may not have the expertise required to accurately predict the confidence or the value of a deal. This may lead some sellers to hide ongoing deals until the period comes to an end, to increase their chance of exceeding quota.
To ensure sales managers can provide leadership with meaningful forecast numbers that they trust, forecasting offers great flexibility. Sales managers are empowered to adjust any of the enabled forecast values.
Feature details
- Adjust forecasts seamlessly: Easily make adjustments to any forecasted values that are propagated based on existing forecast or organizational hierarchy, including deleting adjustments or reverting back to an older adjustment.
- Gain deeper understanding with forecast adjustments: Identify the underlying records that contribute to changes and capture the reasons for the changes in order to analyze the history of adjustments.
Note
This feature is available in Unified Interface only.
This capability is intended only for Dynamics 365 Sales Enterprise.
See also
Driving accountability with advanced forecasting in Dynamics 365 Sales (blog)
Adjust values in a forecast (docs)