What is a good design for the Source data for Pivot Table? Let’s have a look at an example of good source data for a Pivot Table. Here’s what makes it a good source data design: The first row contains headers that describe the data in the columns. Each column represents a unique data category. For example, Column C has product data only and column D and month data only....

Syntax PROPER(Text) Text (required) – This is the text string which you want to capitalize the first letter of each word. Example In this example we capitalize the first letter of each word.

By wrapping substrings in the asterisks, Excel evaluates the formula like this: COUNTIF counts the values where ever they appear in the cell. Since we are giving COUNTIF multiple values to look for, we receive a count for each value in an array like this: {1;0;1;1} . Finally, SUMPRODUCT returns the sum of all items in the array. Any result greater than zero returns TRUE. Dave Bruns Hi - I’m Dave Bruns, and I run Exceljet with my wife, Lisa....

Excel has many dialog boxes that you will use frequently. These includes things like Format Cells, dialog boxes for find and replace, spelling, paste special, and many more. All of these dialogs support common features that let you drive them from the keyboard. To illustrate, we’ll look at the Format Cells dialog, which provides many options in a tabbed interface. First, notice this dialog has an active Tab, and this corresponds to the tab that was active the last time you used it....

The result are the comma separated values in B5 sorted in alphabetical order. Working from the inside out, the first step is to extract the values into an array that can be sorted with the SORT function. This is done with the FILTERXML and the SUBSTITUTE functions in this snippet: This formula is explained in detail here. In brief, we use SUBSTITUTE to convert the text values into a very simple XML format, then use FILTERXML to extract the values into an array....

When this formula is entered, the result is $192. This is the sum of numbers in the range F5:F16 when cells in C5:C15 contain “Red”. Note that the SUMIFS function is not case-sensitive. SUMIFS solution In the example shown, the solution is based on the SUMIFS function. The formula in cell I5 is: In this formula, sum_range is F5:F16, criteria_range1 is C5:C16, and criteria1 is “red”. The result ($192) is the sum of numbers in the range F5:F16 when cells in C5:C15 contain “Red”....

The result is $13,500, the sum of Amounts in the range C5:C16 when the date in B5:B16 is between 15-Sep-22 and 15-Oct-22, inclusive. Note: for SUMIFS to work correctly, the worksheet must use valid Excel dates. All dates in Excel have a numeric value underneath, and this is what allows SUMIFS to apply the logical criteria described below. SUMIFS function The SUMIFS function sums cells in a range that meet one or more conditions, referred to as criteria....

In the example shown, the formula in H5 is: Where codes is the named range J4:J5 and values is the named range K4:K5. Context Sometimes you may want to sum multiple values retrieved by a lookup operation. In this example, we want to sum holiday time taken each week based on a code system, where F = a full day, and H = a half day. If a day is blank, no time was taken....

You can use this function to test multiple conditions at once and then return the result based on it. This is helpful as you don’t have to create those long nested IF formulas that used to get confusing. Note that the IFS function is available only the Excel 2016 Windows version (and not the Mac version). When to Use Excel IFS Function IFS function can test multiple conditions and returns the value as soon as it finds the first condition that is fulfilled....

How It Works We have a table of data containing a list of student names along with the university they attended, the subject they majored in and their grade average. If I asked you to tell me “what was the major of Reed Gray?” based on the above table of student data, you would likely tell me it was Computer Science. You would be correct, but how did you find this answer?...

Working from the inside out, SUBSTITUTE is configured to replace the nth occurence of a space character, where n comes from column C, the text comes from column B, and “#” is hardcoded. The resulting string is returned to the FIND function, configured to look for “#”. Since the “#” is the 12th character in the text, FIND returns 12. We don’t want to include the space character itself in, so we subtract 1: LEFT returns the final result from the formula, “The cat sat”....

where quantity (C4:F4) and discount (C5:F5) are named ranges. In the example shown, the data in C4:F5 contains quantity-based discounts. As the quantity increases, the discount also increases. The table to the right shows the discount returned by XLOOKUP for several random quantities. The formula in F5, copied down, is: The same formula without named ranges is: XLOOKUP’s arguments are configiured like this: The lookup_value comes from cell E5 The lookup_array is the named range quantity (C4:F4) The return_array is the named range discount (C5:F5) The not_found argument is not provided The match_mode is set to -1 (exact match or next smaller) The search_mode is not provided and defaults to 1 (first to last)...

where names (B5:B15) is a named range. Setting search mode to -1 species a “last to first” search. In this mode, XMATCH will match the lookup value against the lookup array, starting with the last value, and moving toward the first: Retrieve date and amount XMATCH returns a position. Typically, XMATCH is used with the INDEX function to return a value at that position. In the example show, we can use INDEX and XMATCH together to retrieve the date and sales for each name as follows: where dates (C5:C15) and sales (D5:D15) are named ranges....

This post is going to show you all the time-saving keyboard shortcuts you can use when working with rows and columns in Excel. Rows and columns are the building blocks for every Microsoft Excel worksheet. They provide a structure for your data and make it easy to enter, sort, and manipulate information. Keyboard shortcuts can save you a lot of time when working with rows and columns in Excel. They help you select, insert, delete, hide, unhide, or resize your rows or columns....

Like all stacked bar charts, the first data series (next to the axis) is easy to compare visually, but subsequent data series are harder to compare, since they aren’t aligned to a common element. Pros Able to show part-to-whole changes over time Multiple categories and data series in compact space Cons Difficult to compare all but first series Stacked bars normalized to 100% so absolute value dimension is lost Become visually complex as categories or series are added...

A well organized spreadsheet can make a big difference for someone looking at it for the first time. This can lead to less time required to comprehend and use the file properly with fewer errors. Naming sheets appropriately is an integral part of a properly organized spreadsheet. In this post, I’ll show you 7 ways you can use to rename the sheets in your workbooks. Video Tutorial Rules for Sheet Names There are limits to what you can name a sheet....

You’ll probably quickly notice Excel will automatically remove the leading zeros from any numbers. This can be really annoying if you want those leading zeros in your data and you don’t know how to make Excel keep them. Fortunately there are quite a few ways to pad your numbers with zeros at the start. In this post, I’ll show you 9 ways to add or keep those leading zeros to your numbers....

For example, A1 would refer to the first row (specified as 1) and the first column (specified as A). Similarly, B3 would be the third row and second column. The power of Excel lies in the fact that you can use these cell references in other cells when creating formulas. Now there are three kinds of cell references that you can use in Excel: Relative Cell References Absolute Cell References Mixed Cell References...

The result in column D is text – the number is embedded in a text string with the correct number of zeros. Read below for details and the steps needed to apply Option 2. There are two basic ways to solve this problem: (1) convert the number to text with leading zeros (2) apply a custom number format to display the number with leading zeros. The best approach depends on your needs....

rate - The interest rate per period. We divide the value in C6 by 12 since 4.5% represents annual interest: nper - the total number of payment periods for the loan, 60, from cell C8. pv - The present value, or total value of all payments now, 5000, from cell C5. start_period - the first period of interest, 1 in this case, since we are calculating principal across the entire loan term....