Hi,
I'm trying to create an input template that has say for example actuals for 6 months and 6 months of forecast that I want to save. I have a column "Driver" that the user enters the number of months of actuals he wants to consider for forecasting for a particular account. So I've used excel offset formulas to come up with the forecast data so he can just submit the data.
The actuals that are on the excel are dynamically generated based on a property I have on the Time dimension. So when a new month of actuals are present I update this field on the Dimension and the excel should get the actuals for that month. Here is my problem. When I refresh the excel workbook, because the new Actual column had formulas (I selected "keep formulas on Sheet") I don't see the actual data from the database as the value in the formula is overriding the data.
Is there an alternate option for me to accomplish what I want. I want the Actual data for the months I have actuals and the forecast data is based on a calculation. Not all accounts have a standard calculation. Please advice.