The Tornado Analysis tool measures the impact of each model variable one at a time on a target forecast. The tool displays the results in two ways, described in these sections:
This method differs from the correlation-based sensitivity method built into Crystal Ball because this tool tests each assumption, decision variable, or precedent cell independently. While analyzing one variable, the tool freezes the other variables at their base values. This measures the effect of each variable on the forecast cell while removing the effects of the other variables. This method is also known as “one-at-a-time perturbation” or “parametric analysis”.