[role="xpack"]
[testenv="platinum"]
[[ml-forecast]]
=== Forecast jobs API
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Forecast jobs
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Predicts the future behavior of a time series by using its historical behavior.
==== Request
`POST _ml/anomaly_detectors//_forecast`
==== Description
See {xpack-ref}/ml-overview.html#ml-forecasting[Forecasting the Future].
[NOTE]
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* If you use an `over_field_name` property in your job, you cannot create a
forecast. For more information about this property, see <>.
* The job must be open when you create a forecast. Otherwise, an error occurs.
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==== Path Parameters
`job_id`::
(string) Identifier for the job.
==== Request Parameters
`duration`::
(time units) A period of time that indicates how far into the future to
forecast. For example, `30d` corresponds to 30 days. The default value is 1
day. The forecast starts at the last record that was processed. For more
information about time units, see <>.
`expires_in`::
(time units) The period of time that forecast results are retained.
After a forecast expires, the results are deleted. The default value is 14 days.
If set to a value of `0`, the forecast is never automatically deleted.
For more information about time units, see <>.
==== Authorization
You must have `manage_ml`, or `manage` cluster privileges to use this API.
For more information, see {xpack-ref}/security-privileges.html[Security Privileges].
==== Examples
The following example requests a 10 day forecast for the `total-requests` job:
[source,js]
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POST _ml/anomaly_detectors/total-requests/_forecast
{
"duration": "10d"
}
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[skip:requires delay]
When the forecast is created, you receive the following results:
[source,js]
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{
"acknowledged": true,
"forecast_id": "wkCWa2IB2lF8nSE_TzZo"
}
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// NOTCONSOLE
You can subsequently see the forecast in the *Single Metric Viewer* in {kib}.