- Use Cases
- Forecasting
- Forecast amortized costs month over month based on historical trends
Forecast amortized costs month over month based on historical trends
FOCUS Versions
v1.3
v1.4
Context
Finance needs to perform month over month forecasting by extrapolating amortized costs based on historical rates. Having this data enables Finance to create amortized cost models.
FOCUS SQL Query
SELECT
MONTH(BillingPeriodStart),
ServiceProviderName,
ServiceCategory,
ServiceName,
ChargeCategory,
SUM(EffectiveCost) AS TotalEffectiveCost
FROM focus_data_table
WHERE BillingPeriodStart >= ? AND BillingPeriodEnd < ?
GROUP BY
MONTH(BillingPeriodStart),
ServiceProviderName,
ServiceCategory,
ServiceName,
ChargeCategory