Hands-On Tutorial SAP Predictive Analytics, Automated Mode: Multiple Time Series

[AndreasForster]

This hands-on guide shows how to forecast multiple time series at once with SAP Predictive Analytics, Automated Mode. Use the scripting functionality to produce forecasts en masse.

The data used in this guide is publicly available so that the reader can follow hands-on and carry out the same analysis.

Please note that this guide is giving a high-level introductory overview and only shows a small fraction of the available functionality.

Download the tutorial and all required files (source data, sample script) from GitHub.

In case you are new to time-series forecasting with SAP Predictive Analytics, I suggest to follow this tutorial first, working with just a single time-series: Hands-On Tutorial SAP Predictive Analytics, Automated Mode: Time Series Analysis

Happy Forecasting!

Update July 2016: With the release of SAP Predictive Analytics 3.0, it is possible to easily automate the forecasting of many time-series without having to script as described on this page. Please see this article for details:

Create One Forecasting Model, Automate Many with SAP Predictive Factory 3.0!