# Trend with forecast analysis

Show measures along with forecast over the current and future time periods.

Trend with forecast analysis

Trend with forecast analysis

Trend with forecastTrend with forecast analysis ![Trend with forecast analysis, showing the average cost of sale over order dates, with a forecast.](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Resources/Images/ui_analysis-trend-with-forecast.png)

## Creating trend with forecast analyses

Do the following:

1. In Assets, click Analysis.

2. Drag and drop Trend with forecast into the sheet.

3. Click Add dimension and select a temporal dimension.

4. Click Add measure and a select a measure.

5. In the properties panel, under Analysis properties, optionally customize your analysis:

   * To change the number of forecast steps, after Forecast steps, adjust the slider.

   * To change the step unit, after Step unit, select a different unit.

   * To change the forecast method, under Forecast method, select one of the following:

     * Singular spectrum analysis (SSA)

     * Ordinary least squares (OLS)

   * To remove decompositions, after Decompositions, clear the decompositions you do not want in your analysis.

   * To set an analysis period, do the following:

     1. turn on Analysis period.

     2. Under Calendar period, select the calendar period to use.

     3. Under Period, select a specific period to use.

     Information noteAnalysis periods requires calendar periods in the logical model. For more information, see [Defining analysis periods with calendar periods in Insight Advisor](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/BusinessLogic/business-logic-calendar.htm).

6. Optionally, in the properties panel, under Appearance, adjust the appearance of the analysis.