Tune ML forecasts with instant feedback
The Machine Learning team is delighted to announce a new dynamic UI for Metric Forecasts!
Will the prediction algorithm see the patterns you expect in your data? If you tweak some of the parameters, will you get a better result?
Grafana ML now runs a low-resolution training right in your browser, so that you can see the forecast and confidence bounds immediately, tune your forecast parameters as needed, and go ahead to set up alerting without waiting for full training to run, and without deep expertise in forecasting algorithms.
And if you are an expert and already know exactly what you want, all those options are still available.
If you’ve found forecasts challenging to set up in the past, give them another try! Forecasting is particularly useful when you want to be alerted when something breaks from its “healthy” pattern – like when it’s normal to have heavy load or high sales during the workday, but very little at night: you want to be alerted when everything goes quiet during the busiest period, or services are stressed after the day ends (maybe due to a problematic release).
With one click, your forecast can be used as an adaptive alert! Just choose suitable uncertainty bounds so that the alert only fires when the metric behavior changes dramatically.
The new forecasting UI replaces the old UI, and is generally available for everyone in Grafana Cloud. All existing forecasts will continue to function as before (but you’ll get the interactive UI when you need to edit them).
View our documentation to find out more.
This feature will gradually roll out to all Grafana Cloud users over the next few days with no action required.