Support for dynamic named ranges

One of the features that we have enjoyed in SolverStudio is support for dynamic ranges, i.e. named ranges that are created using formulae. OpenSolver 2.8 and later now supports this, and so you can use formulae to define ‘dynamic’ named ranges that are then used for the left hand side and right hand side of constraints, for the decision cells and for the objective. So for example, instead of having a constraint left hand side of A1:A4, you can defined a named range Constraint1LHS with a formula such as “=offset($A$1, 0, 0, COUNTA($A:$A),1)”. This range is dynamic in that it automatically expands as more values are entered into the A column. You can then set up a constraint in which you enter Constraint1LHS for the left hand side range. This means your model automatically works as the user changes the data on the sheet. For more information on dynamic range, see excel-easy.com or ozgrid.com. We hope you find this useful.

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