New in Distil Diagnostics: Forecast Further, Monitor Performance, Optimise Revenue

We’ve taken Distil Diagnostics to the next level – delivering sharper insights and deeper visibility to help teams move from short-term reaction to long-term revenue gains.

This release marks another step change for Distil Diagnostics, with ground-breaking updates that make it even more central to a restaurant group’s revenue optimisation goals.

At the heart of this release is a greater breadth of future and historical data, strategically extending visibility to provide clarity and reduce unanswered questions.

Forecasting is now extended from five weeks ahead to a full year in advance, and Monitors that reveal progress and ROI over time now connect prediction, action, and outcome more clearly than ever. A set of lighter UX improvements keeps everything fast, clear, and easy to use.

This release changes how revenue decisions are made day to day, so teams can plan with confidence and clearly evidence impact. Instead of reacting week by week, decisions can be made with a longer view and clearer evidence of what works.

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• Forecast extended from 5 weeks to 12 months ahead
• Historical data across whole account history
• Monitors – a clearer overview of trading performance
• Fewer clicks, less scrolling, better navigation = faster answers

Forecast extended from 5 weeks to 12 months ahead

Forecasting in Distil Diagnostics now stretches a full 12 months into the future, opening the door to more strategic, less reactive decision‑making for every team including finance, marketing, operations and reservations.

Using the calendar date selector and scrollable ribbon, forecast and actual data can be viewed across an entire year or by day and week.

This makes it easier to capitalise on seasonal trading patterns, understand long‑term demand curves, and plan marketing or promotional activity across meaningful trading cycles rather than the previous weekly snapshots. Read the release notes about this forecasting update in full here.

Historical data across whole account history

Understanding past performance is essential to making better decisions for the future. Distil Diagnostics now surfaces historical actual covers and revenue data across the full age of an account, so you can look back at actual performance from the day your Distil account was created.

This makes it easier to review performance across previous seasons and compare how current-year Forecasts and Expectations are shaping up. Past results can be assessed in the context of the current trading period to inform decisions.

By bringing past and future into the same view, teams can validate assumptions, refine planning, and build confidence in long-range revenue strategies.

Monitors – a clearer overview of trading performance

Often referred to as the Central Trading Dashboard, the Monitors View in Distil Diagnostics has been given a complete makeover to better show how performance is tracking against Expectations over time and give a clear indication of the extra covers and revenue a group has achieved. 

Each Monitor now presents the original forecast at the time it was created, alongside user‑set Expectations and key performance metrics such as change in forecast, tracked days, actual covers, and revenue. This creates a structured timeline that shows not just what was predicted, but how results evolve as actions are taken.

In the top right of the screen, there’s a snapshot of the additional covers and revenue generated since the Monitors were created. This makes measurable ROI instantly visible, helping teams illustrate the value of the insights surfaced in Distil Diagnostics combined with their own actions in areas like marketing, reservations and operations.

Historical Monitor results remain available, making it easier to review past initiatives and demonstrate consistency or improvement over time. For central teams, this provides a clearer way to communicate impact, showing how activities like promotional pushes or operational changes influence real outcomes against forecast.

Read the release notes about this update in full here.

Fewer clicks, less scrolling, better navigation = faster answers

Along with forecasting and Monitor enhancements, this release includes a series of usability improvements designed to keep Distil Diagnostics fast, clear, and easy to navigate.

Dashboards load more quickly, onboarding flows are smoother, restaurant lists are alphabetised, and clearer date labelling improves chart readability.

Friendly restaurant names now appear consistently across reports, and improved feedback cues help clarify when Expectations are recalculated. These updates focus on removing friction, so attention stays on insights rather than interface. Learn more about the UX improvements in this release here.

Distil Diagnostics – now a clearer path from insight to impact

Distil Diagnostics has always been about helping restaurant teams make better revenue decisions. With this release, those decisions can now be made with longer horizons, stronger context, and clearer evidence of what works.

By combining extended forecasting, full historical visibility, and Monitors that reveal progress over time, Distil Diagnostics becomes a more powerful foundation for revenue optimisation.

This is a meaningful step forward, not just in what Distil Diagnostics shows, but in how restaurants use insight to drive long-term performance.