Sometimes persons would use scenarios to try out various values, especially if you know the result you want from the formula but are not sure what input the formula needs to get that result. For ...

If you ask me, Excel's what-if analysis tools are under-used. I often respond to readers with "Have you tried a data table?" Invariably, they don't know how to implement the feature--sometimes, they ...

Q. In your November Tech Q&A article on Excel’s Scenario Manager, you mentioned two other “what-if” tools: Goal Seek and Data Table. Can you show how those work like you did with Scenario Manager?

Excel's Goal Seek feature helps with reverse calculations in financial planning, like CVP analysis. Goal Seek can assist in ...

If you use Excel 40 hours a week (and those are the weeks you are on vacation), welcome to the MrExcel channel. Home to 2,400 ...

While you can use Microsoft Excel to build any sort of model that you want, it's important to remember that the program comes bundled with a ton of awesome features that will do the work for you. One ...

Last month, we used Goal Seek to determine the most reasonable mortgage payment within a specific budget. This month, we continue with the mortgage example using Scenario Manager. We’ll generate a ...

Stop guessing! Susan Harkins shows you how to use Excel's Goal Seek what-if analysis tool to achieve your goals. If you ask me, Excel’s what-if analysis tools are under-used. I often respond to ...