Quickly find the Percent of Goal using simple Excel formulas. This tutorial will step you through how to calculate the percentage completion of any numeric goal..
Calculation:
Actual Results / Goal = Percent of Goal
Setting up Our Data
- Setup our data so that we have the Actual Data in Column B, the Goal in Column C and a blank Column D which will be where we enter the formula
Figure 1 – Setting up the Data
Calculate Percent of Goal
- In cell D3 type this formulas “
=B3/C3” - Copy the formula in D3 down to D8
- We see in the example Excel calculates the percent goal for each office
- Excel defaults the result in decimal format, so be sure to change the cell format to percent
Figure 2 – Calculating the Percent of Goal
*This formula will not work with a negative goal. Instead, use this formula:
= (actual-goal)/ABS(goal)+1
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