Set Up the Forecasting Engine

Dayforce Implementation Guide

Version
R2025.1.1
Set Up the Forecasting Engine

Dayforce includes an extensible, rule-based forecasting engine that allows you to define multiple forecasting methods. The engine can be set up to closely match the current forecasting methodology of your organization, permitting wide variations in forecasting methodologies through a wide range of options that control how the forecasting is done. The engine works with forecast policies that are made available to either the entire organization, or the applicable areas within. Each forecast policy can contain a number of rules and qualifiers that describe how to generate a forecast.

The forecasting engine is configured in Plan SetupForecast Setup. To configure the forecasting engine, you must do the following: