Using What-If Analysis, you can visualize the effects of different variables, making it easier to assess risks and opportunities. In Excel, three primary tools are available for performing What-If ...

Learn how to use Excel’s What-If Analysis tools, including Goal Seek and Scenario Manager, to explore different scenarios and outcomes based on variable data inputs.

Select the entire data table range and go to the Data tab, select What-If Analysis > Data Table. Specify the row and column input cells corresponding to the horizontal and vertical variables. Example: ...

Here's how to create a pivot table in Excel to slice and dice your data, letting you perform in-depth analyses and spot important trends.

Use Data Table for what-if analysis. Old-school Excel came with a forecasting ability that looked at historical data and made forecasts with a high-low numeric range, but it was fairly linear ...

Slicers provide an intuitive, user-friendly interface for filtering data in a spreadsheet. Here’s how to create slicers, format them, and use them to filter data in Excel.

What if you could unlock the full potential of Excel's dynamic arrays within your tables, making your data management more efficient and powerful?

An curved arrow pointing right. Don't waste time testing different values individually in Excel. Use a data table to show the results for many different possible scenarios at once. Produced by ...

Stop guessing! Susan Harkins shows you how to use Excel's Goal Seek what-if analysis tool to achieve your goals.

Figure A We’ll use this simple mortgage calculator to demonstrate Excel’s Scenario Manager. Refer to Table A to build this sheet if you like, or download the example file.