The Reliability Forecast report contains the Observed Data report, Life Distribution report, and Forecast report. These tools help you view the current data, compare distributions to find the right fit, and then adjust factors that affect forecasting. Saving the forecast in a data table then lets you import the data into Microsoft Excel for use in financial forecasts. See Figure 8.1 for an example of the report.

The red triangle menu provides options for filtering the observed data by date and saving the data in another format. For details, see Reliability Forecast Platform Options.

The Observed Data report gives you a quick view of Nevada and Dates data (Figure 8.11).

The Life Distribution report lets you compare distributions and work with profilers to find the right fit. And when you select a distribution in the Forecast report, the Life Distribution report is updated. See Life Distribution topic for more information about this report. Some of the options described in the Life Distribution chapter are not available in the Life Distribution report in the Reliability Forecast platform.