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XLeratorDB/statistics Documentation

SQL Server FORECAST function


FORECAST

Updated: 30 September 2010

Note: This documentation is for the SQL2008 (and later) version of this XLeratorDB function, it is not compatible with SQL Server 2005.
Click here for the SQL2005 version of the FORECAST function


Use the multi-input aggregate FORECAST to calculate a future value by using existing values. The predicted value is a y-value for a given x-value. The known values are existing x-values and y-values, and the new value is predicted using linear regression.
Where
FORECAST function for SQL Server
 
Syntax
SELECT [wctStatistics].[wct].[FORECAST] (
,<@new_x, float,>
,<@Known_y, float,>
,<@Known_x, float,>)
Arguments
 
@New_x
the new x-value for which you want FORECAST to calculate the y-value. @New_x is an expression of type float or of a type that can be implicitly converted to float.
@Known_y
the y-values to be used in the FORECAST calculation. @Known_y is an expression of type float or of a type that can be implicitly converted to float.
@Known_x
the x-values to be used in the FORECAST calculation. @Known_xis an expression of type float or of a type that can be implicitly converted to float.
Return Types
float
Remarks
·         FORECAST is an AGGREGATE function and follows the same conventions as all other AGGREGATE functions in SQL Server.
Examples
In this example, we calculate the trend for a single set of x- and y-values with a single new x value
SELECT wct.FORECAST(12.5, y, x) as FORECAST
FROM (
      SELECT 0.75, 1 UNION ALL
      SELECT 2.5, 2 UNION ALL
      SELECT 6.75, 3 UNION ALL
      SELECT 10, 4
      ) n(x,y)
 
This produces the following result
FORECAST
----------------------
4.79116945107399
 
(1 row(s) affected)
In this example, we will populate some temporary table with some historical financial information and then calculate a forecast. First, create the table and put some data in it:
CREATE TABLE #c(
      SYM         NVARCHAR(5),
      YE          BIGINT,
      REV         FLOAT,
      GPROF       FLOAT,
      OPINC       FLOAT,
      NETINC      FLOAT
      )
     
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('YHOO',2009,6460.32,3588.57,386.69,597.99)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('YHOO',2008,72.5,4185.14,12.96,418.92)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('YHOO',2007,6969.27,4130.52,695.41,639.16)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('YHOO',2006,6425.68,3749.96,940.97,751.39)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('YHOO',2005,5257.67,3161.47,1107.73,1896.23)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('GOOG',2009,23650.56,14806.45,8312.19,6520.45)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('GOOG',2008,21795.55,13174.04,5537.21,4226.86)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('GOOG',2007,16593.99,9944.9,54.44,4203.72)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('GOOG',2006,10604.92,6379.89,3550,3077.45)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('GOOG',2005,6138.56,3561.47,2017.28,1465.4)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('MSFT',2009,62484,509,24167,18760)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('MSFT',2008,58437,46282,21225,14569)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('MSFT',2007,60420,48822,22271,17681)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('MSFT',2006,51122,40429,18438,14065)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('MSFT',2005,44282,36632,16064,12599)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('ORCL',2009,26820,21056,9062,6135)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('ORCL',2008,23252,18458,8321,5593)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('ORCL',2007,22430,17449,7844,5521)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('ORCL',2006,17996,13805,5974,4274)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('ORCL',2005,14380,11145,4736,3381)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('SAP',2009,10672,6980,2588,1748)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('SAP',2008,11575,7370,2701,1847)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('SAP',2007,10256,6631,2698,1906)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('SAP',2006,9393,6064,2578,1871)
INSERT INTO #c VALUES('SAP',2005,8509,5460,2337,1496)
In this example, we will forecast the revenue (REV) against the year (YE)
SELECT SYM
,ROUND(wct.FORECAST(2010,REV,YE), 0) as [2010 Revenue]     
,ROUND(wct.FORECAST(2011,REV,YE), 0) as [2011 Revenue]     
,ROUND(wct.FORECAST(2012,REV,YE), 0) as [2012 Revenue]     
FROM #c
GROUP BY SYM
This produces the following result.
SYM   2010 Revenue           2011 Revenue           2012 Revenue
----- ---------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
GOOG  29621                  34243                  38864
MSFT  68465                  72837                  772
ORCL  30016                  33030                  36044
SAP   12033                  12684                  13335
YHOO  3856                   3458                   3063
 
(5 row(s) affected)
To calculate the net income using the revenue projections from the above query, we could enter the following statement.
SELECT #c.SYM
,ROUND(wct.FORECAST([2010 Revenue],NETINC, REV), 0) as [2010 Net Income]
,ROUND(wct.FORECAST([2011 Revenue],NETINC, REV), 0) as [2011 Net Income]
,ROUND(wct.FORECAST([2012 Revenue],NETINC, REV), 0) as [2012 Net Income]
FROM (
      SELECT SYM
      ,ROUND(wct.FORECAST(2010,REV,YE), 0) as [2010 Revenue]     
      ,ROUND(wct.FORECAST(2011,REV,YE), 0) as [2011 Revenue]     
      ,ROUND(wct.FORECAST(2012,REV,YE), 0) as [2012 Revenue]     
      FROM #c
      GROUP BY SYM) n, #c
WHERE n.sym = #c.sym
GROUP BY #c.SYM
This returns the following results.
SYM   2010 Net Income        2011 Net Income        2012 Net Income
----- ---------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
GOOG  7107                   8176                   9246
MSFT  19566                  20910                  22253
ORCL  7060                   7753                   8447
SAP   1945                   2002                   2059
YHOO  807                    789                    771
 
(5 row(s) affected)
As the following query demonstrates, this returns a different result than if we had just looked at the net income over time.
SELECT SYM
,ROUND(wct.FORECAST(2010,NETINC, YE), 0) as [2010 Net Income]    
,ROUND(wct.FORECAST(2011,NETINC, YE), 0) as [2011 Net Income]    
,ROUND(wct.FORECAST(2012,NETINC, YE), 0) as [2012 Net Income]    
FROM #c
GROUP BY SYM
 
This produces the following result.
SYM   2010 Net Income        2011 Net Income        2012 Net Income
----- ---------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
GOOG  7277                   8403                   9529
MSFT  19383                  20665                  21948
ORCL  7029                   7712                   8394
SAP   1918                   1966                   2014
YHOO  -18                    -311                   -604
 

(5 row(s) affected)

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