Forecasting recurring revenue with a staggered deployment

[PPowell0]

Hi,

We are a SaaS company and i have succesfully set up a product library with our one-off hardware line items as well as our SaaS tariffs. What i need to be able to do is accurately forecast the incramental monthly and annual recurring revenue as a solution deploys. For example, if a deal closes in October 2021 for 1000 services, this may take 6 months to fully deploy between Nov '21 and Apr '22. 

I therefore need to be able to factor in that deployment rate and report on a weighted revenue for not only the months but financial years, as this deployment spans two years.

I hope that makes sense?

[rchoward0112]

Did anyone figure out how to forecast revenue that deploys with recurring product/hardware and SaaS services and one-time install fees over a 6-month ramp or deployment period?

[natsumimori]

Thank you for your post @PPowell0 .

I wanted to tag in @Josh and @StefaniUAT who have shared great knowledge around reporting- would you be able to weigh in here?