I need help with projections

worthm

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Hello, I am totaling a value for each month of the year as and I need something to give me a projected year end value based on the numbers I enter for each month. Why doesn't hitting enter take me to a new line? Seems dumb. Anyway, for example, for January I have 42, February is 31 and March (so far) is at 26. Since we're about halfway through March that means we're about 2.5 months into the year. I need a formula which calculates how far into the year we are and then projects a year end total based on the numbers so far and how far we are into the year. Thanks for any help
 

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what happens when you hit enter - you can setup for enter to move to next cell to the right or down

would in your example , the following work

sum the values in the months entered - so sum(range for Jan-dec)
then divide by the number of days we have had so far ?
and then multiply by 365

=TODAY()-DATEVALUE("1/1/2014")
that would for today() which = 18th March 2014 = 76

now we can divide the sum so far by 76
=SUM(Range of forcast)/TODAY()-DATEVALUE("1/1/2014")
which would be (42+31+26 ) = 99

99/76 = 1.303 (rounded to 3 decimals)

now multiply by 365

1.303 * 365
=
475.6
 
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what happens when you hit enter - you can setup for enter to move to next cell to the right or down

would in your example , the following work

sum the values in the months entered - so sum(range for Jan-dec)
then divide by the number of days we have had so far ?
and then multiply by 365

=TODAY()-DATEVALUE("1/1/2014")
that would for today() which = 18th March 2014 = 76

now we can divide the sum so far by 76
=SUM(Range of forcast)/TODAY()-DATEVALUE("1/1/2014")
which would be (42+31+26 ) = 99

99/76 = 1.303 (rounded to 3 decimals)

now multiply by 365

1.303 * 365
=
475.6
Isnt there an equation I can enter in the last cell in the row of months that can do all of this? And when I hit enter here, nothing happens. I don't know how to go down to the next line
 
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Are you entering 1 number for each month and updating that one number or are you entering a new number every day?
 
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Are you entering 1 number for each month and updating that one number or are you entering a new number every day?
I am entering a number for each month but the number keeps changing as new data comes in. We're tracking the number of customer complaints and trying to forecast a total for the year based on YTD totals
 
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So is it safe to assume at the end of the year you will have 12 numbers?

If your information was in Row 2 you would use

=SUM(B2:M2)/(TODAY()-DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),1,1))*365
 
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Isnt there an equation I can enter in the last cell in the row of months that can do all of this? And when I hit enter here, nothing happens. I don't know how to go down to the next line
yes, you can do that , and it appears Today, 09:00 PM
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Redwolfx
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Today, 09:00 PM
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