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For example, let's analyze the sales of three products. Column B consist of the number of units ofeach product, column C shows the profit per unit for each product, and column D containsformulas that calculate the profit for each product:

To enable Solver, click ‘Tools’ then ‘Addins’. Within the Addin box, check ‘Solver.xlam’ then hit ‘OK’. To use Solver, start Excel 2011 and create or open your workbook. When you're ready to use Solver, click the Solver button on the Data tab (the bundled version of Solver doesn't use the menu Tools Solver.). It appears you have the correct steps for File Options Add-Ins Manage Excel Add-ins Go. Before doing anything drastic, I suggest the following: (A) In the Add-ins available list, uncheck the box for Solver, and click OK. In the top right corner of Excel, click the X to quit Excel.

To maximize total profit, Company has some constraints:

• The combined production capacity is 200 total units per day.
• The company needs 50 units of Product A to fill an existing order.
• The company needs 40 units of Product B to fill an anticipated order.
• Because the market for Product C is relatively limited, the company doesn't want toproduce more than 40 units of this product.

To solve this task, do the following:

1. Set up the worksheet with values and formulas. Make sure that youformat cells logically; for example, if you cannot produce partial units of your products, format thosecells to contain numbers with no decimal values.

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2. On the Data tab, in the Analysis group, clickSolver... (Solver is an add-in if you can't find it, see How to manage Add-Ins):

3. In the Solver Parameters dialog box:

• Specify the target cell in the Set Objective field. In this example, the target cell isD6 - the cell that calculates the total profit for three products.
• Because the objective is to maximize this cell, click the Max option.
• Specify changing cells in the By Changing Variable Cells box. In this example, changing cellsare in the range B3:B5.
• Specify the constraints which can be added one at a time and appear in the box labeled Subject tothe Constraints:

  To add a constraint, click the Add button. Excel displays the AddConstraint dialog box:

  This dialog box has three parts: a Cell Reference, an operator, and a Constraintvalue.

  To set the first constraint (that the total production capacity is 200 units) enterB6 as the Cell Reference, choose equal (=) from the drop-down list ofoperators, and enter 200 as the Constraint value.

  Add other constraints:

4. Change the Solver options, if necessary.

5. Click the Solve button to start the solution process. Excelsoon announces that it has found a solution and open the Solver Results dialog box:

• Replace the original changing cell values with the values that Solver found.
• Restore the original changing cell values.
• Create any or all three reports that describe what Solver did (press Shift to selectmultiple reports from this list). Excel creates each report on a new worksheet, with an appropriatename.

  To see reports, check the Outline Reports checkbox.

• Click the Save Scenario button to save the solution as a scenario, so that the ScenarioManager can use it.

See also this tip in French:Utiliser le Solveur.

In Excel for Windows, if you don't see the Solver command or the Analysis group on the Data tab, you need to load the Solver add-in.

1. Click the File tab, click Options, and then click the Add-ins category.

2. In the Manage box, click Excel Add-ins, and then click Go.

3. In the Add-ins available box, select the Solver Add-in check box. If you don't see this name in the list, click the Browse... button and navigate to the folder containing Solver.xlam. Then click OK.

4. Now on the Data tab, in the Analysis group, you should see the Solver command.

In Excel for Macintosh, if you don't see the Solver command on the Tools menu, you need to load the Solver add-in.

1. Click the Tools menu, then click the Add-ins command.

2. In the Add-ins available box, select the Solver.xlam check box. If you don't see this name in the list, click the Select... button and navigate to the folder containing Solver.xlam. Then click OK.

3. Now on the Tools menu, you should see the Solver command.

In Excel Online for Office 365, Excel Web App for SharePoint, or Excel on iPad, use the Solver add-in. If you don't see the Solver Task Pane in your worksheet, you need to insert the Solver add-in: Follow the steps in Microsoft Office Support on How to get an Office Add-in for Excel.

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1. Open the workbook where you want to use Solver. Click the Insert tab, then click the My Add-ins button.

2. If Solver appears in the Recently Used Add-ins dropdown list, select it there, and skip to step 4.

3. Select See All... from the dropdown menu. In the Office Add-ins dialog, find and select Solver under
My Add-ins or My Organization.
If this is your first time using the Solver add-in, click Store, and look in the Data Analytics category. Click to see the Solver add-in listing in the Office Store.

4. The Solver Task Pane should appear. Click File Save As, and save to your Office 365 or SharePoint document library, or OneDrive or OneDrive for Business folder.

5. Now when you open your workbook, the Solver Task Pane should appear automatically.

NOTE: Although the Solver add-in can be used in Excel 2013 and Excel 2016, because your model is solved 'in the cloud,' this Solver add-in works only with Excel workbooks that are stored online. If you want to solve a workbook model that is stored on your local PC, use the Solver included with desktop Excel, or one of Frontline's enhanced Solvers for desktop Excel.