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 ...

This month’s column shows how to use Excel’s Goal Seek for data analysis.

It's easy to get overwhelmed with data in Excel and pile up inconsistencies and errors. These steps will help you fix those problems.

Prepare your data Before you can create a beautiful and effective dashboard, you need to ensure your data is clean, organized, and structured for analysis.

This 3-day hands-on workshop will show you how to use Microsoft® Excel for making sense of data. You will enhance your data analysis skills and learn how to interpret Excel output.

Find out how to perform financial analysis through Microsoft Excel, a widely used business management software among finance professionals and investors.

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.

Anastasia Salter looks at classroom applications of DataBasic, a free tool for simple analysis of text and spreadsheets.