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

Excel can solve for unknown variables, either for a single cell with Goal Seek or multiple cells with Solver.

Use the PMT function to calculate the Monthly Payment Now, we will use Goal Seek. On the Data tab, click the What-if Analysis button in the Forecast group and select Goal Seek from its menu.

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

"Chief Excel Officer" Chandoo runs down how to use Excel's Goal Seek feature to create a kind of retirement target advisor. You'll fill out a spreadsheet with the financial status you seek to ...

In the Goal Seek dialog box, specify the cell that contains the formula you want to adjust, the value you want to achieve, and the cell that contains the variable you want to change. Example: ...

In Excel, three primary tools are available for performing What-If Analysis: Scenarios, Goal Seek, and Data Table. To recap the last couple of months, here are brief definitions of Scenarios and Goal ...

Excel Goal Seek function allows you to forecast data outcomes, especially associated with cost.

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