Anatomy of Capacity Dashboard page
The Capacity Dashboard page is the primary view for the Capacity tab. It provides a snapshot of your capacity for products and product groups, as well as a tasks panel to navigate to forecasts and add adjustments. It is displayed automatically when you select the Capacity tab.
Dashboard interface
The Capacity Dashboard is comprised of three widgets:
- Impression Capacity – Displays impression capacity for products in the specified product group for a date range.
- Manual Adjustments & Holidays – Displays manual forecast adjustments and holidays within the specified date range.
- Capacity Trended – Displays impression capacity over time for the selected product. Mouse over a green bar to view the impression capacity for the date range.
For each widget, you can:
- Select Reset to reset the widget.
- Select View All to display the full report in the Reports tab with the metrics already selected.
To the left of the widgets is the Capacity Tasks panel. This is where you can select between two options to view and adjust forecasts.
- Adjust Manual Forecast – Make a manual adjustment to a product's forecast.
- Adjust Seasonal Forecast – Make a seasonal adjustment to your network's seasonal products.
Below the Capacity Tasks panel is the Processing Summary panel. This indicates when the capacity forecast was last updated.
Check Impression Capacity for a product group
You can use the Impression Capacity widget to quickly check a snapshot of your network's capacity, or select on a specific product to view its full capacity forecast.
- On the Capacity Dashboard page, in the Impression Capacity widget, select the product group from the drop-down list. You can filter the product groups by typing in the box.
- (Optional) Adjust the date range by selecting the Next x Month(s) filter, specifying a new standard or custom date range, and selecting Update. The top-performing products' impression capacity appears.
- Select a specific product to view its Capacity Forecast. This displays impressions capacity by consumption date for the product. You can view the full product details by selecting Show Product Details.
- (Optional) Make any changes to the report:
- Select a forecast line key under the chart to hide it.
- Adjust the consumption date range or time period metrics by selecting on them.
- Select Export to export the report to CSV or Excel.
- Change the display of the report from a chart to tabular data.
If necessary, you can add or edit a manual or seasonal adjustment to the forecast report.
Check Manual Adjustments and Holidays
The Manual Adjustments & Holidays widget displays any upcoming holidays forecast adjustments.
- On the Capacity Dashboard page, in the Manual Adjustments & Holidays widget, select Next x Day(s).
- (Optional) Specify a standard or custom date range and select Update. The list of adjustments appears.
- Select an adjustment to view its details. View the full product details by selecting Show Product Details.
- Make any changes to the adjustment's options (e.g., Start date, Status) by selecting on them and specifying the new value.
- (Optional) In the Capacity Forecast panel, make any additional changes to the report:
- Select a forecast line key under the chart to hide it.
- Adjust the consumption date range or time period metrics by selecting on them.
- Select Export to export the report to CSV or Excel.
- Change the display of the report from a chart to tabular data.
Check Capacity Trended for a product group
Use the Capacity Trended widget to quickly view how your whole network, or a specific product is trending.
- On the Capacity Dashboard page, view the Capacity Trended widget for your entire network. The exact capacity figure is displayed when you mouse over a specific time period's green bar.
- To view the trended capacity for a specific product, select it from the drop-down menu. You can filter the available products by typing in the box.
- (Optional) Select View All to open the Consumed Impressions report on the Reports tab.