• Compare your performance to the previous year

  Learn how to overlay your current data with the previous year's (Y-1) to measure your progress and identify the seasonality of your business. Comparing your performance to the previous year is one of the simplest ways to measure your growth and spot seasonality effects. In Fincome, this comparison takes two clicks from any chart. Steps Open the chart on which you want to perform the comparison. Click the Compare button locatedFew readers

• Create a goal (Target) and track your performance

  Set numeric goals on your key KPIs (ARR, MRR, etc.) and compare your actual performance to these targets to steer your business with precision. Setting goals and tracking their achievement is a key habit for steering a recurring-revenue business. In Fincome, all the management of your goals (creation, modification, deletion, tracking) is done from the Compare > Target button above each chart. Step 1 — Open the goals interface OpenFew readers

• Compare your performance to a Forecast scenario

  Compare your actual results to a saved forecast scenario (budget, optimistic scenario, pessimistic scenario…) to measure the gap between your assumptions and reality. Where a Target is a simple goal entered on a metric, a Forecast is a complete forecasting model based on assumptions for growth, churn, expansion, etc. Comparing your actuals to a Forecast scenario lets you measure the accuracy of your forecasts and quickly identify the gaps to correct. ${frame}[](https://app.guideflow.com/embFew readers