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Workday User Guide
Last Updated: 2023-06-23
POISSON

POISSON

Description

Returns the poisson distribution probability for the specified value.

Syntax

POISSON(
x
,
mean
,
cumulative
)
  • x
    : The number of events to calculate the probability for.
  • mean
    : The mean of the distribution.
  • cumulative
    : The type of distribution to use. FALSE = probability mass function; TRUE = cumulative distribution function.

Example

Formula
Result
=POISSON(15,25,TRUE)
0.022293
=POISSON(15,25,FALSE)
0.009891

Notes

  • This function does the same action as POISSON.DIST().
  • Worksheets supports only integer values of
    x
    .