Setting Sensitivity Preferences

  To set sensitivity preferences:

1. Select Preferences, and then Sensitivity.

   By default, the Sensitivity Window tab opens.

2. Optional: To change how the sensitivities are presented, use the View list:

   • Contribution To Variance shows sensitivities as values that range from 0% to 100% and indicate relative importance by showing the percentage of the forecast variance contributed by each assumption.

   • Rank Correlation shows sensitivities as rank correlations that range from –1 to +1 and indicate both magnitude and direction of the correlation of each assumption with the forecast.

   • Sensitivity Data shows a table of contributions to variance (%) and rank correlations for each assumption.

   Also see Sensitivity Chart Views.

3. Optional: Use settings in the Windows group to determine whether the chart opens automatically.

   If Show Automatically is selected, you can select whether to display the chart while the simulation is running or after it stops.

4. Optional: To limit sensitivities by rank or value, click the Criteria tab.

   If you have a model with many assumptions, you can select either or both boxes to limit the number of assumptions shown in the chart to a fixed number or to assumptions above a certain sensitivity value. If you select both, the more restrictive of the two criteria is used.

5. Optional: Click Defaults at any time to restore original default settings for the Sensitivity Preferences dialog.

6. When all settings are complete, click OK.