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AI for Planning & Analytics (SAC 2025.23)

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Key capabilities

• Just Ask / Search to Insight: natural language queries; use for quick checks and to seed stories.
• Smart Predict / Predictive Planning: time-series forecasts feeding planning versions; pair with predictive steps in multi actions.
• Smart Insights / Smart Discovery: driver analysis to explain variances; useful before setting allocations.

When to apply in planning

• Pre-allocations: use Smart Insights to find drivers, then set allocation drivers accordingly.
• Forecast cycles: run predictive forecasts into private versions, validate, then publish.
• Ad-hoc questions during planning meetings with Just Ask to reduce manual slice-and-dice.

Guardrails

• Validate AI outputs before publish; keep in private versions for review.
• Ensure model permissions align; AI respects data access control.