achine learning is an important topic in lots of industries right now. It’s a fast moving field with lots of active research and receives huge amounts of media attention. This post isn’t intended to be an introduction to machine learning, or a comprehensive overview of the state of the art. Instead it will show how models built using machine learning can be leveraged from within Excel.

Why is this important? Companies are investing more and more into researching and developing prediction models using machine learning. Allowing access to these models in Excel opens up a whole range of possibilities.

PyXLL, the Python Excel Add-In embeds Python in Excel, allowing us to extend Excel with Python. Using this, we can add user defined functions, macros, menus and more with just Python code. We can take advantage of the entire Python ecosystem, which is perfect for bringing machine learning to Excel.

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