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Tips and Techniques


Welcome to Crystal Ball. You will find on this page insights into particular features and useful techniques to get the maximum potential out of Crystal Ball.

Learn more about how to apply Crystal Ball by viewing a live or on-demand (recorded) one-hour educational Webcast covering Crystal Ball case studies and best practices, for a variety of subjects, industries and applications. These events are free of charge.

Crystal Ball for Beginners:

This one-hour Web seminar will teach you the basics of using Crystal Ball while drawing on examples from real-life.  Learn how to enhance your spreadsheet models and how to use Monte Carlo simulation for predictive management, forecasting and optimisation.

Presented by Dave Hammal, Senior Risk Consultant at Oracle's Crystal Ball GBU

Recorded November 22, 2007

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Keep an eye on the latest trends in risk analysis and spreadsheet forecasting, read white papers and case studies, and find out about the latest books and publications. Subscribe to our free e-mail newsletter.

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One-Minute Spotlights

A One-Minute Spotlight is a short, online walk-through of a particular software feature or function. Browse to this page on our Web site to view 20 spotlights covering topics such as Crystal Ball features, Tools, OptQuest features and software overviews.

Crystal Ball and Risk Analysis Tips

Crystal Ball tips will teach you the tips, techniques and shortcuts that the experts use to get the most out of Crystal Ball software. Risk analysis tips focus on teaching risk analysis techniques and approaches to help you perform high-quality risk analyses.

Browse to this page on our Web site to view all the Crystal Ball and Risk Analysis tips.

Example Models

This library contains free example models created by Decisioneering, Inc. and contributed by our customers. We offer them as examples of how our software can be applied in different fields and industries, but we do not endorse the use of these models for any purpose other than evaluating the software.

Browse to this page on our Web site to view and download models.

Tutorials and Quick Demos

The Crystal Ball tutorial shows how Crystal Ball enhances Excel, by perform Monte Carlo simulations in your own spreadsheets. You will learn how to define an assumption and a forecast, run simulations, use forecast and sensitivity chart, create reports, and more.

> View the tutorial online (3.6MB interactive movie)
> Download the exectuable to run offline (4.2MB executable file)

The Quick Demos demonstrate the benefits of software for decision making and analyzing risk.

How do I use optimization with Crystal Ball simulation? (12 minute video tour)
(Download 1.9MB file instead)

Risk Resources Center

The Risk Resources Center is a collaborative effort between Decisioneering and our customers to help you learn about the concepts and applications of spreadsheet risk analysis and forecasting.

Browse to this section on our Web site to find a range of resources such as free case studies, an article library and lniks to other resources.

 
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