Excel can solve equations through several of its mathematical functions, but the single Excel tool that works on the largest variety of equations is the program's Solver Add-in.

Excel Solver is a powerful tool that can help you solve transportation problems by setting up a spreadsheet model and applying the appropriate constraints and objective function.

M icrosoft Excel is a ridiculously powerful spreadsheet program, and you can do more than just track data in it. It has a ton of macros, a programming language called VBA (that I'd argue is akin ...

After years of meaning to learn how to use Excel Solver, this week I’ve finally made a start: I want to use it to work out the optimal way of distributing workspaces across capacities in a Fabric ...

On Windows, Solver may be added in by going to File (in Excel 2007 it’s the top left Windows button) > Options > Add-ins, and under the Manage drop-down choosing Excel Add-ins and pressing the ...

Excel has three built-in solvers: Solver, Goal Seek, and Data Table. Solver is the most versatile and powerful one, as it can handle linear, nonlinear, integer, and mixed-integer problems. It also ...

In the first part of this blog, Using Solver in Excel, Part 1, we started looking at what we can do with the Solver add-in to the Excel spreadsheet program.We looked at using Solver for the design of ...

The Solver add-in is included by default in Microsoft Excel. You only need to activate it to load it. Learn how to load Solver add-in in Excel if it is not showing.

After you have enabled the Solver add-in, Excel will auto-install the Add-in if it is not already installed, and the Solver command will be added to the Analysis group on the Data tab in the ribbon.