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title: "Publishing Forecasts"
slug: "publishing-forecasts"
description: "Publish or re-publish a weekly forecast to finalize sales and labor projections for scheduling and ordering. Re-publishing overwrites drafts."
updated: 2026-07-30T18:40:11Z
published: 2026-07-30T18:40:11Z
canonical: "docs.restaurant365.com/publishing-forecasts"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.restaurant365.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Publishing Forecasts

Publishing a weekly forecast finalizes sales and labor projections for the selected week. The published data is used across Scheduling, Ordering, and reporting tools.

This task is for managers and operators responsible for keeping forecasts accurate. When a forecast is published, all days in the selected week are finalized. If any day is updated, the entire week must be re-published to apply the changes.

Publishing ensures that connected workflows, such as labor scheduling and purchase orders, always use the most current forecast data.

Follow these steps to review, publish, or re-publish a forecast. For related details, see [**Forecasting Overview**](/doc/docs/forecasting#overview).

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## Security

Users with the following permission will be able to access the Weekly Forecasting page:

- Sales & Cash → Forecasts → Weekly Forecasting → View Weekly Forecasting

When access is restricted, an **Additional Access Required** alert appears. Contact an administrator to request the correct permission.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/229899f7-33f2-44a7-85c0-419f6646180d.png)

**All Forecasting permissions are found in the permission tree as follows:**

- Sales & Cash
  - Forecasts
    - Forecast Settings
      - Forecast Configurations
        - View Forecast Configurations
        - Create/Edit Forecast Configurations
    - Weekly Forecasting
      - View Weekly Forecasting
      - Adjust Sales Forecast
      - Publish Weekly Forecast
      - Customize Projection Dates
      - Daily Forecasting
        - View by Hour
        - View by 15 Minutes
        - View by 30 Minutes
        - Adjust Labor Forecast

These permissions can be added to [custom user roles](https://restaurant365.us.document360.io/doc/docs/custom-user-roles) or [individual users](https://restaurant365.us.document360.io/doc/docs/users-overview-and-security). The [Permission Access report](https://restaurant365.us.document360.io/doc/docs/generating-a-permissions-access-report) can be used to determine which user roles or users already have these permissions assigned. For more information, see [User Setup and Security](/doc/docs/user-setup-security-and-location-access).

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## Publish a Weekly Forecast

Follow these steps to publish the forecast for a desired week:

**1) Open the target **location** and **week**.**

Select the **location** and the **week** to publish. Publishing applies to all days and hours for the displayed week and location.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image-ES35OOD6.png)

**2) Review **forecast** totals and adjustments.**

Review **Sales Forecast** and **Labor Forecast** rows for each day or hour. Confirm totals reflect the values to publish.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image-621SSTUZ.png)

**3) Click **Publish.****

If the week was already published, the button label changes to **Re-Publish** and displays in lighter blue.

> [!NOTE]
> Re-publishing overwrites all draft adjustments. Any changes made since the last publish replace the previously saved published values throughout the system.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image-9JD68DUB.png)

> The Forecast column on the [Flash Report - Advanced](/doc/docs/flash-report-advanced) pulls its value from the location's Published Forecast for that day.

Access rights granted to users or user roles that dictate what actions they can perform within the system.