Excel FORECAST.ETS.SEASONALITY Function

What is FORECAST.ETS.SEASONALITY function in Excel?


The FORECAST.ETS.SEASONALITY function is one of the Statistical functions of Excel.

It returns the length of the repetitive pattern Microsoft Excel detects for the specified time series.

We can find this function in Statistical of insert function Tab.

How to use FORECAST.ETS.SEASONALITY function in excel

  1. Click on an empty cell (like F5).
 an empty cell in excel

2. Click on the fx icon (or press shift+F3).

fx icon in excel

3. In the insert function tab you will see all functions.

function list in excel

4. Select STATISTICAL category.

5. Select FORECAST.ETS.SEASONALITY function.

6. Then select ok.

excel  FORECAST.ETS.SEASONALITY function

7. In the function arguments Tab you will see FORECAST.ETS.SEASONALITY function.

8. Values are the array or range of numeric data you’re predicting.

9. Timeline is the independent array or range of numeric data. The dates in the timeline must have a consistent step between them and can’t be zero.

10. Data_completion is an optional value for handling missing values. The default value of 1 replaces missing values by interpolation, and O replaces them with zeros.

11. Aggregation is an optional numeric value for aggregating multiple values with the same time stamp. If blank, Microsoft Excel averages the values.

12. You will see the results in the formula result section.

Examples of FORECAST.ETS.SEASONALITY function in Excel

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