diff --git a/lib/sql_generator.js b/lib/sql_generator.js
index 4a9873d..902fc04 100644
--- a/lib/sql_generator.js
+++ b/lib/sql_generator.js
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ SELECT
     ,COALESCE(NULLIF(l.bucket, ''),
               CASE WHEN l.operation IN ('baseline','reference')
                    THEN COALESCE(NULLIF(l.tag, ''), NULLIF(l.note, ''), '(unlabeled load)')
-                   ELSE '(adjustment)' END)                        AS pf_bucket
+                   ELSE 'Forecast' END)                            AS pf_bucket
     ,CASE WHEN l.operation IN ('baseline','reference')
           THEN NULL
           ELSE COALESCE(NULLIF(l.tag, ''), NULLIF(l.note, '')) END AS pf_note
diff --git a/routes/operations.js b/routes/operations.js
index 3050444..7a2fe7f 100644
--- a/routes/operations.js
+++ b/routes/operations.js
@@ -319,12 +319,15 @@ module.exports = function(pool) {
                       ,CASE WHEN l.operation IN ('baseline','reference')
                             THEN COALESCE(NULLIF(l.tag, ''), NULLIF(l.note, ''), '(unlabeled load)')
                             ELSE '(adjustment)' END                                  AS pf_segment
-                      -- what the segment counts towards, falling back to the segment
-                      -- itself so an unlabelled one still reads as something
+                      -- What the row counts towards. A load falls back to its own
+                      -- name until it is labelled; an adjustment falls back to
+                      -- 'Forecast', because that is what an adjustment is -- exclude_iters
+                      -- keeps operations off the reference segments, so there is no
+                      -- adjustment that is not part of the forecast.
                       ,COALESCE(NULLIF(l.bucket, ''),
                                 CASE WHEN l.operation IN ('baseline','reference')
                                      THEN COALESCE(NULLIF(l.tag, ''), NULLIF(l.note, ''), '(unlabeled load)')
-                                     ELSE '(adjustment)' END)                        AS pf_bucket
+                                     ELSE 'Forecast' END)                            AS pf_bucket
                       ,CASE WHEN l.operation IN ('baseline','reference')
                             THEN NULL
                             ELSE COALESCE(NULLIF(l.tag, ''), NULLIF(l.note, '')) END AS pf_note
@@ -643,7 +646,7 @@ module.exports = function(pool) {
                 await client.query('COMMIT');
                 committed = true;
                 const opLabel = (req.body.tag || '').trim() || note || null;
-                const rows = allRows.map(r => ({ ...r, pf_segment: '(adjustment)', pf_bucket: '(adjustment)', pf_note: opLabel, pf_op: 'scale' }));
+                const rows = allRows.map(r => ({ ...r, pf_segment: '(adjustment)', pf_bucket: 'Forecast', pf_note: opLabel, pf_op: 'scale' }));
                 res.json({
                     rows,
                     rows_affected:  rows.length,
@@ -703,7 +706,7 @@ module.exports = function(pool) {
                 await client.query('COMMIT');
                 committed = true;
                 const opLabel = (req.body.tag || '').trim() || note || null;
-                const rows = allRows.map(r => ({ ...r, pf_segment: '(adjustment)', pf_bucket: '(adjustment)', pf_note: opLabel, pf_op: 'recode' }));
+                const rows = allRows.map(r => ({ ...r, pf_segment: '(adjustment)', pf_bucket: 'Forecast', pf_note: opLabel, pf_op: 'recode' }));
                 res.json({ rows, rows_affected: rows.length, slices_applied: units.length });
             } finally {
                 if (!committed) try { await client.query('ROLLBACK'); } catch {}
@@ -760,7 +763,7 @@ module.exports = function(pool) {
                 await client.query('COMMIT');
                 committed = true;
                 const opLabel = (req.body.tag || '').trim() || note || null;
-                const rows = allRows.map(r => ({ ...r, pf_segment: '(adjustment)', pf_bucket: '(adjustment)', pf_note: opLabel, pf_op: 'clone' }));
+                const rows = allRows.map(r => ({ ...r, pf_segment: '(adjustment)', pf_bucket: 'Forecast', pf_note: opLabel, pf_op: 'clone' }));
                 res.json({ rows, rows_affected: rows.length, slices_applied: units.length });
             } finally {
                 if (!committed) try { await client.query('ROLLBACK'); } catch {}