To configure the **Time series options**, under **Time series prediction method**, define the **Forecast point** settings:

* **Set automatically**: DataRobot sets the forecast point for you based on the scoring data, generally the latest possible date timestamp that is a valid forecast point.

    ![](images/ts-makepred-1.png)

* **Set manually**: Set a specific date range using the date selector, configuring the **Start** and **End** dates manually.

    ![](images/ts-batch-pred-forecast-pt-fixed.png)

In addition, you can click **Show advanced options** and enable **Ignore missing values in known-in-advance columns** to make predictions even if the provided source dataset is missing values in the known-in-advance columns; however, this may negatively impact the computed predictions. 
