Excel Goal Seek Tutorial: Solve What-If Questions Fast

▶️Excel's Goal Seek is a What-If Analysis tool that finds the input value needed to produce a specific result — turning manual trial-and-error into a single calculation. This tutorial walks through the feature step by step, then applies it to three real business scenarios. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to use Goal Seek in Microsoft Excel to work backwards from a target outcome to the input that produces it. We'll cover the What-If Analysis menu, the formula and changing-cell requirements, and three real business scenarios — sales pricing, loan calculations, and restaurant menu margins — so you can replace manual trial-and-error with a single click. 🎯 What you'll learn Find Goal Seek inside Excel's Data → What-If Analysis menu Set up the Set cell, To value, and By changing cell fields correctly Back into a target revenue by adjusting unit sales — or price Solve loan interest rate and loan amount problems from a fixed monthly payment Set a restaurant menu price that hits a target profit margin Recognize when Goal Seek will fail — the formula and changing-cell requirements 🛠️ Tools and libraries used Microsoft Excel (Data → What-If Analysis → Goal Seek) Scenario Manager — briefly introduced as a related tool for multi-variable scenarios 👤 About the instructor Eamonn Cottrell is spreadsheet specialist and creator of Got Sheet. Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eamonncottrell/ 🔗 Resources ▶️How to use Goal Seek in Excel: A Guide with Real Examples: https://www.datacamp.com/tutorial/goal-seek-excel ▶️Sensitivity Analysis in Excel: https://www.datacamp.com/tutorial/sensitivity-analysis-in-excel ▶️PMT() Excel: Calculate Loan Payments and Savings Contributions https://www.datacamp.com/tutorial/pmt-function-in-excel ▶️How to Create an Amortization Schedule in Excel: The Steps Explained https://www.datacamp.com/tutorial/amortization-schedule-excel 📚 Continue learning on DataCamp Data Analysis in Excel — https://www.datacamp.com/courses/data-analy