Fabric Planning (PowerTable): Extending Planning Models with Forward-Looking Reference Data

Most ERP and master data systems are built to capture what's already happened, not what's coming next. A new product, a new category, or another forward-looking assumption rarely has a home there, which leaves you with no clean way to plan against it.

This session is a live walkthrough of PowerTable, the no-code data management layer in Fabric Planning, and how to create and manage this kind of reference data yourself. You'll see us stand up a brand-new product or category in PowerTable, then bring it directly into an existing Fabric Planning model so you can forecast against it immediately.

A few things we'll cover:

• Why forward-looking data like a new product or category doesn't fit cleanly into ERP or master data systems
• Standing up new reference data in PowerTable during the session
• Bringing that data into an existing Fabric Planning model, with the same security, approval workflows, and audit history the rest of the model already relies on

Walk away with a clear playbook for extending your own Fabric Planning models with the reference data your forecasts actually depend on: adding a new product, category, or missing hierarchy level yourself, without waiting on IT, while keeping the governance your model already has in place.