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When you create a forecast, Excel creates a new worksheet that contains both a table of the historical and predicted values and a chart that expresses this data. A forecast can help you predict things like future sales, inventory requirements, or consumer trends.
This article describes the formula syntax and usage of the FORECAST.LINEAR and FORECAST functions in Microsoft Excel. Note: In Excel 2016, the FORECAST function was replaced with FORECAST.LINEAR as part of the new Forecasting functions.
Create a forecast in Excel. Forecasting functions can be used to predict future values based on historical data. These functions use advanced machine learning algorithms, such as Exponential Triple Smoothing (ETS).
Calculates or predicts a future value based on existing (historical) values by using the AAA version of the Exponential Smoothing (ETS) algorithm. The predicted value is a continuation of the historical values in the specified target date, which should be a continuation of the timeline.
Calculate an average. Learn how to use the percentage formula in Excel to find the percentage of a total and the percentage of change between two numbers. Try it now!
Whether you need to forecast expenses for the next year or project the expected results for a series in a scientific experiment, you can use Microsoft Office Excel to automatically generate future values that are based on existing data or to automatically generate extrapolated values that are based on linear trend or growth trend calculations.
Calculate a running total in Excel. You can use a running total to watch the values of items in cells add up as you enter new items and values over time. To calculate a running total, use the following procedure. Set up a worksheet like the following example.
You can extend a series of values that fit either a simple linear trend or an exponential growth trend by using the fill handle. Use the following procedures to learn how to display and predict trends and create a projection.
We refer to the formula for profit (calculated in cell C11) in the upper-left cell of our data table (A15) by entering =C11. We are now ready to trick Excel into simulating 1000 iterations of demand for each production quantity.
What-If Analysis is the process of changing the values in cells to see how those changes will affect the outcome of formulas on the worksheet. Three kinds of What-If Analysis tools come with Excel: Scenarios, Goal Seek, and Data Tables. Scenarios and Data tables take sets of input values and determine possible results.