Prepare and clean your data for Amazon Forecast

You might use traditional methods to forecast future business outcomes, but these traditional methods are often not flexible enough to account for varying factors, such as weather or promotions, outside of the traditional time series data considered. With the advancement of machine learning (ML) and the elasticity that the AWS Cloud brings, you can now enjoy more accurate forecasts that influence business decisions. You will learn how to interpret and format your data according to what Amazon Forecast needs based on your business questions. This post shows you how to prepare your data to optimally use with Amazon Forecast. Amazon Forecast is a fully managed service that allows you to forecast your time series data with high accuracy. It uses ML to analyze complex relationships in historical data and doesn't require any prior ML experience.