In the calculator tape interface, you can enter data in
one row at a time and specify information in these columns: Name,
Description, Type, and Value.
Procedure
- In investment analysis mode, click the Calculator tab.
- Create a row by clicking the + button. In the Name column, the new variables and constants are
added as V1, V2, and so on, by default.
- Click the name of each variable and constant and rename
them. Do not specify a name that is already in use.
- In the Description column, provide
descriptions for the variables and constants.
- In the Type column, select the type for each row. The variables can be of the following types: Formula, Triangular,
or Normal. The named constants are of the Fixed type. Depending on
which type you select, you can enter different types of data in the
Value column:
- Fixed: Enter a single value in the Value column.
- Normal: Enter a mean and standard deviation in each
of the Value columns.
- Triangular: Enter the low, likely, and high data in
the Value column.
- Formula: Enter an expression of previously defined
variable names as an algebraic equation.