> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.summation.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Use cases

> Choose a common goal or start from a concrete example of analytical work you can adapt.

Start with the job in front of you. Choose a common goal to shape new work, or open an example to adapt a specific review, model, dashboard, or report.

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## Choose a goal

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  <Card title="Monitor your business" icon="chart-mixed" href="/use-cases/monitor-your-business" horizontal arrow>
    Track what changed, investigate why, and focus attention on what matters.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Get verified insights" icon="shield-check" href="/use-cases/get-verified-insight" horizontal arrow>
    Answer a business question and trace the important findings back to their sources.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Forecast and plan" icon="code-branch" href="/use-cases/forecast-and-plan" horizontal arrow>
    Build an editable forecast, test assumptions, and compare scenarios.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Automate recurring work" icon="arrows-repeat" href="/use-cases/automate-recurring-work" horizontal arrow>
    Turn recurring analysis into a workflow your team can review and run again.
  </Card>
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## Start from an example

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  <Card title="Prepare a weekly business review" icon="file-lines" href="/use-cases/templates/weekly-business-review" arrow>
    Review one team's results against plan and the prior week, then deliver the update on schedule.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Prepare a monthly business review" icon="file-lines" href="/use-cases/templates/monthly-business-review" arrow>
    Review a closed month across the P\&L, operating drivers, and customer data.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Turn a business review into a slide deck" icon="presentation-screen" href="/use-cases/templates/business-review-deck" arrow>
    Build an executive-ready deck from a review you have already published.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Build a driver-based forecast model" icon="file-excel" href="/use-cases/templates/forecast-model" arrow>
    Forecast revenue and margin from measured drivers in an editable Excel workbook.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Monitor operational KPIs" icon="gauge-high" href="/use-cases/templates/operational-kpi-dashboard" arrow>
    Track headline metrics against plan and see which part of the business owns the gap.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Catch anomalies before the review does" icon="chart-mixed" href="/use-cases/templates/anomaly-monitor" arrow>
    Flag the biggest changes and keep unresolved issues visible between reviews.
  </Card>
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