Adjust for outliers in your forecast

If outliers are detected in your forecast, you can now use an option to adjust a forecast preview to compensate for the outliers and improve the accuracy of your forecast.

Note that you can adjust outliers only after you create a preview.

If outliers are detected in your preview, you receive notification.

Click Adjust outliers to update the forecast and see the impact of the adjustment.

An informational message shows the impact of the adjustment. In this example, the adjustment results in a 71% increase in the accuracy of the forecast. You can toggle the Outliers adjusted option  to see the forecast with or without the adjustment. If you choose not to accept the adjustment, you can turn off the Outliers adjusted option and your forecast will not include the automatic outlier adjustment.

When multiple outliers are detected, they are adjusted sequentially from the beginning of the data set. This means that each adjusted outlier value is applied to the calculation of the adjustment for the subsequent outlier, resulting in a more accurate forecast. ​