by Crispo Mwangi | Aug 4, 2017 | Advanced Excel, TEMPLATES, Tutorials
On Linkedin, a user commented on how he has been struggling to recreate the 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...
by Crispo Mwangi | Jun 29, 2017 | Beginner, TEMPLATES, Tutorials
When is the last time you used the 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...
by Crispo Mwangi | Jun 16, 2017 | Advanced Excel, Tutorials
IF function is one of the most used functions in Excel. In my opinion, it is the foundation of all programming and Excel formulae mastery. However, it is also one of the most misused functions, especially Nested IF. Especially now with Excel 2007 and beyond, you can...
by Crispo Mwangi | Feb 3, 2017 | Advanced Excel, Excel Beginner, Tutorials
In the previous article, we looked at 6 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...
by Crispo Mwangi | Jan 27, 2017 | Advanced Excel, Tutorials
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 an item in a sorted list. How to handle the...
by Crispo Mwangi | Jan 14, 2017 | Advanced Excel, TEMPLATES, Tutorials
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 a basic level, it can be used to highlight duplicates, values within certain thresholds, Top or Bottom N items,...
by Crispo Mwangi | Dec 4, 2016 | Beginner, Tutorials
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...
by Crispo Mwangi | Nov 9, 2016 | Beginner, Tutorials
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;...
by Crispo Mwangi | Nov 5, 2016 | Beginner, Tutorials
Since their introduction in Excel 2007, DataBase functions have remained Overlooked & Underutilised. This is an Introduction in a Series of articles whose aim is to demystify these Database functions. Database functions include; DSUM, DAVERAGE, DCOUNT, DCOUNTA,...
by Crispo Mwangi | Oct 8, 2016 | Advanced Excel, TEMPLATES
Having done a series on Verticle lookup, it is only fair to touch on the Horizontal lookup. HLOOKUP function is the most popular function for this kind of lookup but it has a number of limitations and thus one may need to know a few other ways you can carry out a...
