# 10. Integrating forecasts

You can have historical and current data in one visual and may have configured your forecasts in a different Inforiver visual. Inforiver can detect and seamlessly integrate future periods from a bridge. Let's look at how to integrate forecasts with Infobridge.

To demonstrate this feature, we created a Forecast for 2025. [Learn more about forecasting with Inforiver](https://docs.inforiver.com/working-with-inforiver/7.-planning-budgeting-and-forecasting).

<figure><img src="https://3062809325-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FEbkCXCUXmtUq5tcnUtZE%2Fuploads%2Fc6gpKyewDrwWQ41mfvL5%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=a848095e-9f5c-4638-aa44-53f28ee1cdea" alt=""><figcaption><p>Creating an Inforiver forecast</p></figcaption></figure>

The target visual contains historical/current sales for 2022, 2023, and 2024.  Let's look at how to import the 2025 forecast from the previous visual into this target report.

<figure><img src="https://3062809325-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FEbkCXCUXmtUq5tcnUtZE%2Fuploads%2FUPBVh5c1WqiDpkpqEoH6%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=418fe431-ff41-4741-874a-0f5f7f45f27a" alt=""><figcaption><p>Target visual with current and historical data</p></figcaption></figure>

**STEP 1:** Create a bridge to access the forecast data from the visual. We have created a bridge titled FC2025.

<figure><img src="https://3062809325-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FEbkCXCUXmtUq5tcnUtZE%2Fuploads%2FjAiZs95bX5OMisR4UFFz%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=15dca571-ec65-4fad-9e82-c79a131eb1b7" alt=""><figcaption><p>Creating a bridge for the forecast</p></figcaption></figure>

**STEP 2:** Create an Infobridge integration to the FC2025 bridge to access the forecast.

<figure><img src="https://3062809325-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FEbkCXCUXmtUq5tcnUtZE%2Fuploads%2F1NZiV9lk1AagjSUJ7nmB%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=c574e49a-4974-41a3-8f97-486ea5ed5cf7" alt=""><figcaption><p>Creating an Infobridge integration</p></figcaption></figure>

**STEP 3**: Use the Insert Measure option, to insert the forecast measure from the bridge into the target visual. Notice how Inforiver creates the time extension without any manual intervention.

<figure><img src="https://3062809325-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FEbkCXCUXmtUq5tcnUtZE%2Fuploads%2FcxDhVOKQ2tedBcmA66D2%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=e3a6e10c-213e-4ea7-aa24-cf19485858fa" alt=""><figcaption><p>Inserting the forecast measure from the bridge</p></figcaption></figure>

The 2025 forecast is imported into the target report:

<figure><img src="https://3062809325-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FEbkCXCUXmtUq5tcnUtZE%2Fuploads%2FkS7fMnDrAaYnQJAS2Ld5%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=361b18d1-c4e7-4e31-b950-1a0aef506932" alt=""><figcaption><p>Forecast inserted with seamless time extension</p></figcaption></figure>

{% hint style="info" %}
The forecast columns inserted for previous years will be blank. We’ve hidden them using the column gripper options.
{% endhint %}
