1. Define and solve a problem. A list of reports appears in the Reports box of the Solver Results dialog box. If the solving process stopped prematurely when you pressed ESC or selected Stop when a Solving limit was reached, no reports are available.
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2. Click to select one or more reports. Select the Outline Reports check box if you would like Solver to use Excel’s outlining feature in the reports. Outlining groups the variables and constraints in the reports into “blocks,” just as you entered them in the Solver Parameters dialog; you can expand or collapse the groups to see only the information you want.
3. Select any other options you want in the Solver Results dialog box, and click OK. The reports you selected appear as new worksheets, inserted into your Excel workbook just to the left of the worksheet containing the Solver model.
Sensitivity reports can be generated after using the Excel Solver add-in. Solver, like Goal Seek, is very useful in various fields of study and application. Solver is a What-if-Analysis tool that solves for an optimal value in the target cell by changing the values in the variable cells.
Reports available when Solver finds a solution
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May 12, 2020 Re: Excel Solver - Sensitivity Analysis. I understand sensitivity report is not available if you have an integer constraint. A sensitivity analysis can be performed only for models with continuous variables. Try and check Ignore Integer Constraints checkbox under Solver Options and see if it works. Implement the following LP problem in a spreadsheet. Use Solver to solve the problem and create a Sensitivity Report. MAX: 4X1 + 2X2 Subject to: 2X1 + 4X2 or = 0 Use the. Question: Using Excel Solver, generate the sensitivity report for the following problem: max 3A + 2B st A + B ≤ 10 3A + B ≤ 24 A + 2B ≤ 16 A, B ≥ 0 What is the optimal solution and optimal value of the objective function? What does the sensitivity report say about the coe cient of A, optimal solution and optimal value of objective function? Re: Excel Solver - Sensitivity Analysis. I understand sensitivity report is not available if you have an integer constraint. A sensitivity analysis can be performed only for models with continuous variables. Try and check Ignore Integer Constraints checkbox under Solver Options and see if it works.
· In almost all cases where Solver finds an optimal solution, Solver converges to the current solution, or Solver cannot improve the current solution, the Answer Report is available. When the Evolutionary Solving method is used, its Population Report is also available. If Solver finds a (locally or globally) optimal solution, and there are no integer constraints, two additional reports are available: the Sensitivity Report and the Limits Report.
Reports available when Solver encounters a problem
· If you receive the message “The linearity conditions required by this LP Solver are not satisfied,” and the problem has no integer constraints, the Linearity Report is available. This report can help you find cell formulas in your model that make the problem nonlinear (possibly by mistake). If your model is intentionally nonlinear, you should select the GRG Nonlinear Solving method are re-solve the problem.
· If you receive the message “Solver could not find a feasible solution,” and the problem has no integer constraints, two variants of a diagnostic report, the Feasibility Report and Feasibility-Bounds Report, are available. One of these reports (there’s never a reason to select both of them) can help you find certain constraints that are impossible to satisfy – possibly because you mistakenly used >= instead of <=, for example. If the constraints are correct, and the business situation you are modeling has no feasible solution, these reports can help you understand why.
Sensitivity reports can be generated after using the Excel Solver add-in. Solver, like Goal Seek, is very useful in various fields of study and application. Solver is a What-if-Analysis tool that solves for an optimal value in the target cell by changing the values in the variable cells.
Figure 1. Final result: Sensitivity Report
Where is Excel Solver?
Goal Seek can be accessed through the Data tab > Solver button
Figure 2. Solver command button in Data tab
Prepare our data
Suppose we want to prepare a mixture in a laboratory, using water and two chemical reagents A and B. The concentration of the mixture is given by the formula
=(C4*D4+C5*D5)/C7
which can be interpreted as the sum of volume of the pure chemicals divided by the volume of the whole mixture.
Figure 3. Sample data for Sensitivity Report
Our goal is to obtain a mixture concentration of 10% by determining the required volume of the reagents, with the concentration of each reagent remaining constant. We have the following constraints:
- The volume of the whole mixture must still be equal to 110 liters
- The available stock for reagent B is only 5 liters
How to generate a sensitivity report?
We must first use the Excel Solver Analysis and after we have performed the calculation, we can then generate the sensitivity report. We follow these step-by-step procedure:
- Click Data tab > Solver button
The Solver Parameters dialog box will appear.
Figure 4. Solver Parameters dialog box
- Enter the following information needed by Solver as shown below:
- Set objective: D7
- To: Value of 10%
- By changing variable cells: C3:C5
- Subject to the constraints:C5<=5
C7 = 110
Figure 5. Entering the values
- Click Solve
- The Solver Results dialog box will appear. Tick Keep Solver Solution and under Reports, select Sensitivity. Click OK.
Figure 6. Sensitivity Report option in Solver Results
The time it takes for Solver to complete the calculations might vary depending on the complexity of the problem.
The optimal solution will then reflect in cells C3 to C5 in our worksheet (Sheet 1 below). The Sensitivity Report will be generated in another worksheet named Sensitivity Report 1.
Figure 7. Excel Solver optimization results
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This is how a Sensitivity Report is presented:
Figure 8. Output: Sensitivity Report
How to interpret a sensitivity report?
Excel Solver Nt Generating Sensitivity Reporter
The sensitivity report shows the names, corresponding cells and final values of the variable cells and constraints. The value of the Lagrange multiplier is a measure of the sensitivity of the constrained objective to changes in the constrained variables. Excel Solver offers other sensitivity reports and we can further explore this analysis tool to solve more complicated optimization problems and generate more detailed reports.
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