One of the coolest features of Excel 2016 is forecasting. Today, let’s understand how it works with a sample data set.
Introduction to forecasting in Excel 2016 – video
Watch below video to understand forecasting in Excel 2016.
You can also watch this video on our YouTube Channel.
Download Example Workbook – Forecasting in Excel 2016
Click here to download the example workbook for this lesson. Remember, this only works in Excel 2016 or above.
Learn more about Forecasting & Trend analysis in Excel
Check out below tutorials & podcasts to learn more about forecasting & trend analysis using Excel.
- Trend analysis using Excel – an overview podcast
- Trend analysis using Excel – part 1, part 2 and part 3
- Show forecast values in Excel charts in another color
Have you tried Forecasting feature in Excel 2016?
I have played with the feature a few times and I like the simplicity. I think it would be great if Excel can deal with multiple series of data too, but I guess that is asking for too much in v1.0 of this feature.
What about you? Have you tried the forecasting feature of Excel 2016? What are your thoughts? Please share in the comments section.
PS: In the video you can see glimpses of our new life in Wellington, NZ 🙂
13 Responses to “Data Validation using an Unsorted column with Duplicate Entries as a Source List”
Pivot Table will involve manual intervention; hence I prefer to use the 'countif remove duplicate trick' along with 'text sorting formula trick; then using the offset with len to name the final range for validation.
if using the pivot table, set the sort to Ascending, so the list in the validation cell comes back alphabetically.
Hui: Brillant neat idea.
Vipul: I am intrigued by what you are saying. Please is it possible to show us how it can be done, because as u said Hui's method requires user intervention.
Thks to PHD and all
K
Table names dont work directly inside Data validation.
You will have to define a name and point it to the table name and then use the name inside validation
Eg MyClient : Refers to :=Table1[Client]
And then in the list validation say = MyClient
Kieranz,
Pls download the sample here http://cid-e98339d969073094.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/data-validation-unsorted-list-example.xls
Off course there are many other ways of doing the same and integrating the formulae in multiple columns into one.
Pls refer to column FGHI in that file. Cell G4 is where my validation is.
Vipul:
Many thks, will study it latter.
Rgds
K
[...] to chandoo for the idea of getting unique list using Pivot tables. What we do is that create a pivot table [...]
@Vipul:
Thanks, that was awesome! 🙂
@Playercharlie Happy to hear that 🙂
Great contribution, Hui. Solved a problem of many years!
Thanks to you, A LOT
Hi Hui,
Greeting
hope you are doing well.
I'm interested to send you a private vba excel file which i need to show detail of pivot in new workbook instead of showing in same workbook as new sheet.
Please contact me on muhammed.ye@gmail.com
Best Regards