14. Using Excel’s Business-Modeling Tools

IN THIS CHAPTER

Using What-If Analysis

Working with Goal Seek

Working with Scenarios

At times it’s not enough to simply enter data in a worksheet, build a few formulas, and add a little formatting to make things presentable. In the business world, you’re often called on to divine some inner meaning from the jumble of numbers and formula results that litter your workbooks. In other words, you need to analyze your data to see what nuggets of understanding you can unearth. In Excel, analyzing business data means using the program’s business-modeling tools. This chapter looks at a few of those tools and some analytic techniques that have a many uses. You’ll learn how to use Excel’s numerous methods for what-if ...

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