The Input Data panel of the Data Analysis tool indicates the location of the data that to analyze. You can also set input-related options. The Data Analysis data selector selects possible data for fitting. This information is displayed in the Location Of Data Series text box and the illustration. You can select different data if necessary. The controls in this panel include:
Location Of Data Series — Indicates the cells that contain data to analyze. If the data has headers or labels at the beginning of the rows or columns of data, include them in the selection and select the appropriate Headers setting(s). The data must be in adjacent rows or columns.
Orientation — Sets whether the data is in rows or columns: Data In Rows indicates that data is in horizontal rows; Data In Columns indicates that data is in vertical columns.
Headers — Indicates whether the data has headers and/or labels and whether they are located in the first row or the first column (varies with orientation). Selected items are used in the output: Top Row Has Headers/Labels includes text in the top (first) row in the selection; Left Column Has Labels/Headers includes text in the left (first) column in the selection.
Back — Displays the Welcome panel.
Next — Opens the Options panel.
Run — Runs the Data Analysis tool, automatically generating forecasts for each selected data series.
Click Next to open the Options panel and set Data Analysis options.