Tulosolun

Tulosolun is a Finnish term that translates to "result cell" or "outcome cell" in English. It is commonly used in the context of spreadsheets and data analysis. A tulosolun refers to a cell within a spreadsheet that contains a calculated value. This value is typically derived from formulas that reference other cells, performing mathematical operations, logical tests, or other data manipulations.

The primary purpose of a tulosolun is to display the outcome of an analysis or computation. For instance, in a sales spreadsheet, a tulosolun might show the total revenue calculated by multiplying the price per item by the number of items sold, with the formula referencing the respective cells. Similarly, in a financial model, a tulosolun could represent a projected profit, dependent on various input cells representing costs and revenues.

Spreadsheet software automatically updates the value in a tulosolun whenever the referenced input cells are changed. This dynamic updating makes tulosolun crucial for scenario planning, "what-if" analyses, and maintaining data integrity. Users often distinguish tulosolun from input cells, which contain raw data or user-entered values, and from intermediate cells, which might hold parts of a complex calculation but are not the final displayed result. The concept emphasizes the role of cells as containers for not just data, but also the results of data processing.