Today I will be showing you how you can use the forecast tool in Excel 2016.
I have prepared a sample sales data.
It is the daily sales record of a grocery store for this year. The store has been hit by the current economic downturn and sales are not as good as they used to be. The owner is very worried and wants to see what the future will be like if the trend continues.
This is what the forecast tool in Excel 2016 is built for. And here's how to use it.
Select the historic data, go to Data menu and select "Forecast Sheet".
The forecast dialog box comes up. Set the date you want to forecast to end (Forecast End).
If you are familiar with time series, it is a triple exponential smoothing capable time series tool. You can expand the options and set things as you want.
And for the setting above (default setting), here is the result.
Now the store owner can see that things will get worse if he doesn't do something to halt the downward sales trend.
This is a great walkthrough of Excel's Forecast tool and its practical applications. I appreciate how you explained the feature in a simple, easy-to-follow way—it makes predictive analysis much less intimidating for beginners.
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