Create a forecast object for point forecasts — as_forecast

Create a forecast object for point forecasts. See more information on forecast types and expected input formats by calling ?as_forecast().

When converting a forecast_quantile object into a forecast_point object, the 0.5 quantile is extracted and returned as the point forecast.

Usage

as_forecast_point(data, ...)

# Default S3 method
as_forecast_point(
  data,
  forecast_unit = NULL,
  observed = NULL,
  predicted = NULL,
  ...
)

# S3 method for class 'forecast_quantile'
as_forecast_point(data, ...)

Arguments

data: A data.frame (or similar) with predicted and observed values. See the details section of as_forecast() for additional information on required input formats.
...: Unused
forecast_unit: (optional) Name of the columns in data (after any renaming of columns) that denote the unit of a single forecast. See get_forecast_unit() for details. If NULL (the default), all columns that are not required columns are assumed to form the unit of a single forecast. If specified, all columns that are not part of the forecast unit (or required columns) will be removed.
observed: (optional) Name of the column in data that contains the observed values. This column will be renamed to "observed".
predicted: (optional) Name of the column in data that contains the predicted values. This column will be renamed to "predicted".

Create a `forecast` object for point forecasts

Usage

Arguments

See also