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:api: forecast-job 
:request: ForecastJobRequest
:response: ForecastJobResponse
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[id="{upid}-{api}"]
=== Forecast Job API

The Forecast Job API provides the ability to forecast a {ml} job's behavior based
on historical data.
It accepts a +{request}+ object and responds
with a +{response}+ object.

[id="{upid}-{api}-request"]
==== Forecast Job Request

A +{request}+ object gets created with an existing non-null `jobId`.
All other fields are optional for the request.

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<1> Constructing a new request referencing an existing `jobId`

==== Optional Arguments

The following arguments are optional.

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<1> Set when the forecast for the job should expire
<2> Set how far into the future should the forecast predict

[id="{upid}-{api}-response"]
==== Forecast Job Response

A +{response}+ contains an acknowledgement and the forecast ID

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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<1> `isAcknowledged()` indicates if the forecast was successful
<2> `getForecastId()` provides the ID of the forecast that was created

include::../execution.asciidoc[]