Causal for Google Sheets

Simulate 100s of scenarios without leaving your spreadsheet

6 followers

Simulate 100s of scenarios without leaving your spreadsheet

6 followers

Your model's assumptions aren't certain. Causal Scenarios lets you understand your model's full range of possible outcomes, without leaving Google Sheets.

Launch tags:Analytics•Spreadsheets

Launch Team

Render Sandboxes: a computer for every agentRun untrusted code safely. Idle sandboxes cost nothing

Promoted

Primer Library

Quite cool. Makes a lot of sense for the portfolio modeling example, but curious if there are other unexpected ways folks are using it?

Report

6yr ago

Causal

Maker

@delk lots of standard use-cases like financial models, marketing forecasts, etc. But the most unexpected so far has been a model for the cost of IVF treatment — lots of uncertainty at each stage (number of eggs extracted, number of successful fertilisations, and so on), so this approach is particularly useful!

Report

6yr ago

that is incredibly interesting - and highlights what is probably a huge set of less-considered, highly probabilistic scenarios that are being dealt with every day

Report

6yr ago

Causal

Maker

Hi folks, @lukaskoebis and I built this :) We think it's really important to account for uncertainty when making decisions based on numbers, and we built this add-on to make this easy to do in Google Sheets. You've probably used a spreadsheet model to make decisions at work ("how many people can we hire this year?") or at home ("how much do I need to save before I retire?"). This is great — they're a useful tool to help us think through things. These models will be based on various assumptions which will have some uncertainty. Instead of using fixed assumptions that are precisely wrong ("the interest rate will be 2.5%"), Causal lets you use ranges that are approximately right ("the interest rate will be 1 – 4%"), so that you can understand the full range of possible outcomes in your models. "You should never cross a river that's 4-feet deep on average" :) Would love to hear what you think!

Report

6yr ago

Letterdrop Site Search

This is sick! Smart that it's in Sheets so people don't have to adopt a new tool. Also "You should never cross a river that's 4-feet deep on average" 😂

Report

6yr ago

Causal

Maker

@parthi_logan thanks! Yup — we wanted this to be a really accessible way to get started working with uncertainty/probabilities. If you want to take it to the next level, then something like https://causal.app can come in handy ;)

Report

6yr ago

Just tried it out, this is super useful and simple to use, love it! By the way I was thinking your voice sounded very familiar, and when I saw your name I realized I've been listening to your podcast for quite awhile 😂

Report

6yr ago

Causal

Maker

@liching_hoe haha awesome, thanks for listening to the pod :)

Report

6yr ago