Forecast in Excel is a useful feature that helps you create a forecast based on historical time-based series data analysis. It has some newly built capabilities.

Excel forecasting is a key skill for analysts, enabling precise predictions to guide strategic decisions. Key techniques include linear trend analysis, seasonality, and data visualization.

Time series forecasting applications The applications of time series models are many and wide-ranging, from sales forecasting to weather forecasting.

Attention is not all you need when forecasting with generative AI. You also need time. IBM recently made its open-source TinyTimeMixer model available on Hugging Face.