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Forecast Rollup

A forecast rollup is the mechanical aggregation of forecasts up a hierarchy, from individual reps to managers, regions, and the company total.

The mechanics matter: rollups can sum category amounts, apply weights, or exclude closed and omitted deals, and small configuration choices, like whether a manager's own deals are included, change the headline number.

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A practical example

Example: a regional manager carries 400K from her own deals plus rollups from three reps; if her direct deals are double-counted in a misconfigured hierarchy, the region overstates by 400K.

What to evaluate before investing

  • Map your real reporting hierarchy and confirm the tool supports it, including matrix or shared ownership.
  • Test how rollups treat closed-won, closed-lost, and omitted deals mid-period.
  • Check whether rollups recalculate instantly when a rep changes a category or amount.

Limitations and tradeoffs

Rollups are only as reliable as the underlying deal data; duplicates and stale amounts propagate straight to the top-line number.

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