Thursday, April 9, 2015

Using a One or Two Input Data Table

You can use Excel data tables to test how your formula results will vary when the data that the formula operates on changes. You do this by specifying a series of hypothetical values that Excel will use to evaluate the formulas with. 


This allows you to then view the results of the evaluations and compare the results for the different data inputs. Data tables save you the trouble of entering a series of input values into a worksheet and recording each recalculation of the worksheet for each new input that you enter. When you use a data table, Excel will substitute a range of values into the worksheet formulas for you, and tabulate the results so they can be viewed easily.

In Excel, you can create a single input data table or a two input data table. A single input table will substitute a range of values as a single variable in as many formulas as you like. With a two input data table, you can specify ranges for two input variables, but these input variables can only be applied to one formula.

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