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QueryWhatIfForecast - Amazon Forecast

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QueryWhatIfForecast

Retrieves a what-if forecast.

Request Syntax

{ "EndDate": "string", "Filters": { "string" : "string" }, "NextToken": "string", "StartDate": "string", "WhatIfForecastArn": "string" }

Request Parameters

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

EndDate

The end date for the what-if forecast. Specify the date using this format: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss (ISO 8601 format). For example, 2015-01-01T20:00:00.

Type: String

Required: No

Filters

The filtering criteria to apply when retrieving the forecast. For example, to get the forecast for client_21 in the electricity usage dataset, specify the following:

{"item_id" : "client_21"}

To get the full what-if forecast, use the CreateForecastExportJob operation.

Type: String to string map

Map Entries: Maximum number of 50 items.

Key Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.

Key Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9\_\-]+$

Value Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.

Required: Yes

NextToken

If the result of the previous request was truncated, the response includes a NextToken. To retrieve the next set of results, use the token in the next request. Tokens expire after 24 hours.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 3000.

Required: No

StartDate

The start date for the what-if forecast. Specify the date using this format: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss (ISO 8601 format). For example, 2015-01-01T08:00:00.

Type: String

Required: No

WhatIfForecastArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the what-if forecast to query.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 300.

Pattern: arn:([a-z\d-]+):forecast:.*:.*:.+

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

{ "Forecast": { "Predictions": { "string" : [ { "Timestamp": "string", "Value": number } ] } } }

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

Forecast

Provides information about a forecast. Returned as part of the QueryForecast response.

Type: Forecast object

Errors

InvalidInputException

The value is invalid or is too long.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidNextTokenException

The token is not valid. Tokens expire after 24 hours.

HTTP Status Code: 400

LimitExceededException

The limit on the number of requests per second has been exceeded.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceInUseException

The specified resource is in use.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

We can't find that resource. Check the information that you've provided and try again.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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