diff --git a/gitlab/valet-forecast-lab.md b/gitlab/valet-forecast-lab.md index f605cb2..53e2a37 100644 --- a/gitlab/valet-forecast-lab.md +++ b/gitlab/valet-forecast-lab.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # Forecast the usage of a GitLab namespace -In this lab we will us the `forecast` command to forecast potential GitHub Actions usage by computing metrics from historical pipeline data in the GitLab instance. The metrics will be stored on disk in a markdown file and include job metrics for execution time, queue time, and concurrency. We will look at each of these metrics in this lab. +In this lab we will us the `forecast` command to forecast potential GitHub Actions usage by computing metrics from historical pipeline data from the GitLab instance. The metrics will be stored on disk in a markdown file and include job metrics for execution time, queue time, and concurrency. We will look at each of these metrics in more depth later in this lab. - [Prerequisites](#prerequisites) - [Prepare for forecast](#prepare-for-forecast) @@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ In this lab we will us the `forecast` command to forecast potential GitHub Actio ## Prepare for forecast Before we can run the forecast we need to answer a few questions so we can construct the correct command -1) What namespace do we want to run the forecast for? __Valet__. -2) What timeframe do we want to forecast? +1) What namespace do we want to run the forecast for? __Valet__. This is the only group in the demo GitLab instance. +2) What is the date we want to start forecasting from? __08-02-2022__. This is around but before the time the data was populated on our demo GitLab instance. +3) Where do we want to store the results? __./tmp/forecast__. This can be any valid path on the system, but for simplicity it is recommend to use a directory in the root of the codespace workspace. ## Perform a forecast ### TBD