# Forecast vs Actual: Ecommerce Explore

Compare daily performance against your marketing budget projections with comprehensive actual vs. planned metrics, **formerly known as Daily Plan to Actual**. Requires completed [Revenue Plan](https://help.daasity.com/core-concepts/custom-data-and-enrichment/revenue-plan-forecast/e-commerce-revenue-plan) in your Brand Supplied Data sheet to display projected comparisons for revenue, orders, units sold, sessions and new customers.

Adjusts weekly and monthly metrics to 4-5-4 calendar format for accurate daily tracking. Use the Daily Flash vs. Plan Dashboard for out-of-box reporting and performance monitoring against your forecasts.

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The Daily Plan to Actual Explore adjusts your Actual Weekly and Monthly metrics [according to the 4-5-4 calendar](https://nrf.com/resources/4-5-4-calendar) to show Daily Numbers.
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<figure><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/amTMWiPne1v1V3L7mbuj/blobs/Uu7e3PRoPlY7vb7Hl4AD/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-23%20at%2010.04.43%20AM.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Daily Plan to Actual Explore</p></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/amTMWiPne1v1V3L7mbuj/blobs/K2ACX26OlADJqcnS2PgC/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-23%20at%2010.08.52%20AM.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Actual Measures</p></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/amTMWiPne1v1V3L7mbuj/blobs/lQQBCJPKcvaFlVzBaF6F/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-23%20at%2010.09.01%20AM.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Planned Measures</p></figcaption></figure>

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The Planned Measures are taken from your [Revenue Plan](https://help.daasity.com/core-concepts/custom-data-and-enrichment/revenue-plan-forecast/e-commerce-revenue-plan) in your BSD Sheet.
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## The [Daily Flash vs. Plan Dashboard](https://help.daasity.com/core-concepts/data-models/data-explores/digital-analytics-unified/broken-reference) is an Out-of-Box Standard Daasity Dashboard built using the Daily Plan to Actual Explore

<figure><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/amTMWiPne1v1V3L7mbuj/blobs/j5Du3ThlOXcNXyRC3e3b/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-23%20at%2010.28.11%20AM.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Daily Flash vs. Plan</p></figcaption></figure>