Using Data Tables

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A data table, or sensitivity table, summarizes the impact of one or two variables on formulas that use those variables. You can click the What-If Analysis button in the Data Tools group on the Data tab and then click Data Table to create two kinds of data tables: tables based on a single input variable that test the variable’s impact on more than one formula, and tables based on two input variables that test their impact on a single formula.

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Some of the most powerful tools Excel offers for performing what-If analysis are not covered in this chapter because they are awesome enough to have a chapter of their own. Take a look at ...

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