> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.fabricplan.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide.md).

# User Guide

- [1 - Introduction to Plan (preview)](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/1-introduction.md)
- [2 - Prerequisites and Data setup](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/2-prerequisites-and-data-setup.md)
- [3 - Create your first plan app](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/3-create-your-first-planning-app.md)
- [3.1 - Create a planning app](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/3-create-your-first-planning-app/3-1-create-plan-app-connect-to-semantic-model.md)
- [3.2 - Explore the plan interface](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/3-create-your-first-planning-app/3-2-explore-plan-interface.md)
- [3.3 - Basic interactions](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/3-create-your-first-planning-app/3-3-basic-interactions.md)
- [3.4 - Create a forecast](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/3-create-your-first-planning-app/3-4-create-a-forecast.md)
- [3.5 - Writeback and save data](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/3-create-your-first-planning-app/3-5-writeback-and-save-data.md)
- [4 - Enter plans and budgets](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/4-enter-plans-and-budgets.md)
- [4.1 - Configure data input](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/4-enter-plans-and-budgets/4-1-configure-data-input-and-formulas.md)
- [4.2 - Create plans with formulas](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/4-enter-plans-and-budgets/4.2-create-plans-with-formulas.md)
- [4.3 - Incremental and zero-based budgeting using number columns](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/4-enter-plans-and-budgets/4.3-incremental-and-zero-based-budgeting-using-number-columns.md)
- [4.4 - Insert budget approval status](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/4-enter-plans-and-budgets/4-2-insert-budget-approval-status.md)
- [4.5 - Create a checkbox column](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/4-enter-plans-and-budgets/4.5-create-a-checkbox-column.md)
- [4.6 - Configure approver assignments using person columns](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/4-enter-plans-and-budgets/4.6-configure-approver-assignments-using-person-columns.md)
- [4.7 - Configure approval deadlines using date columns](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/4-enter-plans-and-budgets/4.7-configure-approval-deadlines-using-date-columns.md)
- [4.8 - Summary: When to use what](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/4-enter-plans-and-budgets/4-3-summary-when-to-use-what.md)
- [5 - Top-down allocation](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/5-top-down-allocation.md)
- [5.1 - Equal, weighted, or trend-based distribution](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/5-top-down-allocation/5-1-allocate-values.md)
- [5.2 - Set minimum and maximum bounds](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/5-top-down-allocation/5-2-set-minimum-maximum-bounds.md)
- [5.3 - Locking rules](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/5-top-down-allocation/5-3-locking-rules.md)
- [5.4 - Multi-dimensional allocations](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/5-top-down-allocation/5-4-multi-dimensional-allocations.md)
- [6 - Forecasts](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/6-forecasts-rolling-forecasts-and-statistical-forecasts.md)
- [6.1 - Create forecasts using different methods](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/6-forecasts-rolling-forecasts-and-statistical-forecasts/6-1-create-forecasts-using-formulas-existing-measures-or-data-input.md)
- [6.2 - Reforecasting](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/6-forecasts-rolling-forecasts-and-statistical-forecasts/6-2-reforecasting.md)
- [6.3 - Rolling forecasts](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/6-forecasts-rolling-forecasts-and-statistical-forecasts/6-3-rolling-forecasts.md)
- [6.4 - Statistical forecasts](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/6-forecasts-rolling-forecasts-and-statistical-forecasts/6-4-statistical-forecasts.md)
- [7 - What-if simulations](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/7-what-if-simulations.md)
- [7.1 - Add a simulation measure](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/7-what-if-simulations/7-1-add-a-simulation-measure.md)
- [7.2 - Bi-directional simulations](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/7-what-if-simulations/7-2-bi-directional-simulations.md)
- [8 - Optimization in planning](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/8-optimization-in-planning.md)
- [8.1 - Target-based optimization](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/8-optimization-in-planning/8.1-target-based-optimization.md)
- [8.2 - Direction-based optimization](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/8-optimization-in-planning/8.2-direction-based-optimization.md)
- [9 - Scenario Planning](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/9-scenario-planning.md)
- [9.1 - Create and configure a scenario](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/9-scenario-planning/9.1-create-and-configure-a-scenario.md)
- [9.2 - Bidirectional simulations in Scenarios](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/9-scenario-planning/9-2-bidirectional-simulations-bulk-edit.md)
- [9.3 - Compare scenarios](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/9-scenario-planning/9-3-compare-scenarios.md)
- [9.4 - Scenarios in tree layout](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/9-scenario-planning/9-4-scenarios-in-tree-layout.md)
- [10 - Writeback](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/10-writeback.md)
- [10.1 - Core Writeback Capabilities](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/10-writeback/10-1-writeback-capabilities.md)
- [10.2 - Configure writeback destination](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/10-writeback/10-2-configure-writeback-destination.md)
- [10.3 - Configure writeback settings](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/10-writeback/10-3-configure-writeback-settings.md)
- [10.4 - Security and permissions](https://docs.fabricplan.com/user-guide/10-writeback/10-4-security-and-permissions.md)


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