Excel in Business_Lesson9

Lesson 9

Sensitivity Analysis

Excel in Business

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Institute for Innovations & Inventions with Mathematics and I.T.

Shiv Nadar University

SCENARIO MANAGER

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IIIMIT - Excel in Business - Lesson 9

SCENARIO MANAGER


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The Scenario manager enables you to perform

sensitivity analysis by varying as many as 32 input

cells.

You first define the input cells you want to vary.

Name the scenario and give the input value.

Finally select the output cells that you want to track.

Refer to worksheet Loan


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Data Data Tools What if Analysis Scenario Manager

Give the name

Cells to be changed

Step 1 Step 2


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Refer to worksheet Loan (cont..)

Step 3

Step 4

Press

Add if more

scenarios are

there

Refer to worksheet Loan (cont..)


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Formula cell

Step 5

Pivot Tables in Excel


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Pivot tables provides a quick and easy way to

summarize your data and hence unravel some useful

patterns in the data.

Example 1


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We have a spreadsheet showing the month wise

performance of various products in the past few

years at different stores.

Refer to worksheet Pivot 1

Example 1 (cont..)


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Year Month Store Group Product Units Revenue 2007 August south milk low fat 805 $3,187.80 2007 March south ice cream Edies 992 $3,412.48 2007 January east milk skim 712 $1,808.48 2006 March north ice cream Edies 904 $2,260.00 2006 January south ice cream Edies 647 $2,076.87 2005 September west fruit plums 739 $1,707.09 2006 March east milk low fat 974 $2,181.76 2007 June north fruit apples 615 $1,894.20 2007 July west fruit cherries 714 $1,856.40 2006 May south cereal Special K 703 $1,553.63 2005 June west ice cream Edies 528 $2,064.48 2006 October east cereal Raisin Bran 644 $1,809.64 2005 June south fruit grapes 919 $2,196.41

Example 1 (cont..)


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I want to answer some basic questions like

What was the total revenue in 2005?

What was the total revenue in each month of

2006?

Which product sells the most? Etc. Etc.

Example 1 (cont..)


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Our requirements will be met if we can generate a

summary report flexible enough that various facts

can be extracted without any hassle.

Example 1(cont..)


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Select the entire data A1:G932.

Insert Tables Pivot Table

Range

Example 1(cont..)


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All variables

Drop

variables in

the relevant

box

Go to worksheet Pivot 1

Example 2


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A mobile service provider maintains a database of

the amount paid by a customer in each quarter:

Customer ID Amount Paid Quarter 20 8048 4 6 7398 4

10 5280 2 28 3412 3 8 3316 1

17 821 2 4 7024 3

20 1379 1 27 1924 2

Refer to worksheet

Pivot 2

Example 2 (cont..)


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On the basis of the amount paid I want to know the

top 10 clients.

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