The ability to lookup number values in excel is a must have for all data analysts. Some Excel users just know the basic VLOOKUP function but there are 7 more functions to lookup values. The more lookup function you know the better you become in retrieving numbers like sales for a certain month, a balance for a […]
When is the last time you comprehensively looked at HLOOKUP function and its alternative? To look up data horizontally, many excel users tend to use HLOOKUP but it has its limitations. So what are the alternatives? In this article, we shall look at? Horizontal lookup using HLOOKUP, VBA & INDEX & MATCH How to return multiple items in a Horizontal Lookup How […]
On Linkedin, a user commented on how he has been struggling to recreate Federal Reserve dot Plot. After being puzzled for almost 2 years, he came to realize how REPT function in excel can be of great help. After searching the web, I have found there is no comprehensive article on how to recreate this […]
When is the last time you used REPT function in Excel? REPT is one of excel’s little-known, overlooked and underutilized function, yet very useful. Generally, REPT returns a specific text string a specified number of times. =REPT(“Text”, Number of times) Here are 7 ways you can start using REPT function. ADD LEADING ZEROS CREATE INLINE […]
IF function is one of the most used functions in Excel. In my opinion, it is the foundation of all programming and Excel’s formulae mastery. However, it is also one of the most misused functions, especially Nested IF. Especially now with Excel 2007 and beyond, you can nest up to 64 IF functions to form complex, […]
In the previous article, we looked at 7 ways to find the last or Nth occurrence in a Sorted list in excel. Unsorted list poses a challenge since you need to find the occurrence using multiple criteria. To show the different methods I have created a list of Customers and their Purchase Orders (P.O). You can download […]
Finding the Nth or the Last value in a sorted or unsorted list can pose a challenge if you do not understand which functions to use. This article will show you different ways to carry out this sort of find and retrieve in a sorted list. How to handle unsorted list will be tackled in […]
Learning how to use conditional formatting in excel can save you a lot of time when you need to visually highlight important information in a worksheet. At basic level, it can be used to highlight duplicates, values within certain threshold, Top or Bottom N items etc. However, to get the full potential of conditional formatting, you […]
We have been exploring on database functions for the last two articles ( EXCEL DATABASE FUNCTION and EXCEL DSUM FUNCTION.) This article will examine DAVERAGE & DCOUNT and how they compare with their equivalent AVERAGEIFS & COUNTIFS. Will the Database functions prevail in terms of speed over their IFS equivalent? DAVERAGE vs AVERAGEIFS For example using below data compute the […]
If you are new to Database Functions, read this Introduction to Database Functions first before you continue. In this article we shall look into the uses of DSUM function which is one of the EFFICIENT Excel sum functions with criteria. Below are some of its uses; 2 way lookup Summarizing Results based on criteria 2 Way […]
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