Forecasting system

A system according to any one of the claims 1 to 8, wherein the one or more electronic processing devices are configured to execute the calculator by performing calculations based on accounting data. system according to claim 9, wherein the one or more electronic processing devices are configured to:

• a) retrieve accounting data from at least one of:
• i) a persistent data store;
• and,
• ii) an accounting application;
• and,
• b) execute the calculator using the retrieved accounting data.

A method for calculating a forecast in a computer system, the method including:

• a) storing configuration data in a persistent memory, the configuration data including forecast rules for calculating forecast values;
• and,
• b) in one or more electronic processing devices of the computer system:
• i) determining one or more forecast parameters in accordance with user input commands received via an input, the forecast parameters being input indicative of the forecast to be generated;
• ii) constructing a calculator using the configuration data and the forecast parameters;
• iii) executing the calculator to calculate forecast values;
• iv) generating a forecast representation using the forecast values;
• and,
• v) displaying the forecast representation.

A computer program product for calculating a forecast, the computer program product including computer executable code that when executed by one or more suitably programmed processing devices causes the processing devices to:

• a) determine one or more forecast parameters in accordance with user input commands received via an input, the forecast parameters being input indicative of the forecast to be generated;
• b) construct a calculator using configuration data including forecast rules for calculating forecast values and the forecast parameters;
• c) execute the calculator to calculate forecast values;
• d) generate a forecast representation using the forecast values;
• and,
• e) display the forecast representation.

A system for optimising dynamic display of a financial forecast, the system including:

• a) an input configured to receive user inputs;
• b) a display configured to present results of the forecast;
• c) a persistent memory configured to store configuration data, the configuration data including forecast rules for calculating forecast values;
• and,
• d) one or more electronic processing devices configured to:
• i) determine one or more forecast parameters in accordance with user input commands received via the input, the forecast parameters being input indicative of the forecast to be generated;
• ii) construct a calculator using the configuration data and the forecast parameters;
• iii) execute the calculator to calculate forecast values;
• iv) generate a forecast representation using the forecast values;
• and,
• v) display the forecast representation.

A method for optimising dynamic display of a financial forecast in a computer system, the method including:

• a) storing configuration data in a persistent memory, the configuration data including forecast rules for calculating forecast values;
• and,
• b) in one or more electronic processing devices of the computer system:
• i) determining one or more forecast parameters in accordance with user input commands received via an input, the forecast parameters being input indicative of the forecast to be generated;
• ii) constructing a calculator using the configuration data and the forecast parameters;
• iii) executing the calculator to calculate forecast values;
• iv) generating a forecast representation using the forecast values;
• and,
• v) displaying the forecast representation.

35 A computer program product for optimising dynamic display of a financial forecast, the computer program product including computer executable code that when executed by one or more suitably programmed processing devices causes the processing devices to:

• a) determine one or more forecast parameters in accordance with user input commands received via an input, the forecast parameters being input indicative of the forecast to be generated;
• b) construct a calculator using configuration data including forecast rules for calculating forecast values and the forecast parameters;
• c) execute the calculator to calculate forecast values;
• d) generate a forecast representation using the forecast values;
• and,
• e) display the forecast representation.