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These 3 Excel functions make me feel like a spreadsheet wizard

It creates a reusable function that takes three inputs: actual sales, sales quota, and a weighting factor. It returns a ...
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The PIVOTBY Function vs PivotTables: Which Should You Use in Excel?

While the PIVOTBY function can only reference source data in Excel, if you create a PivotTable in Excel 2016 or later or Excel for Microsoft 365, you can choose to pull in data from an external source ...
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How to use the new Excel SCAN Function

Microsoft has recently added a new feature to excel in the form of the extremely useful Scan Function. This guide aims to provide a quick overview of how you can get the most from this new function ...

No escape from AI now - Microsoft is shoving Copilot into every Excel cell

Copilot in Excel cells is rolling out to Microsoft 365 Copilot beta users in the Insider Program and Beta Channel to start ...

Is Excel Formula Actually Programming? Microsoft’s Global Success and Domestic Follow-up

But have you ever thought that these casually dragged formulas are actually "writing code"? The driving force behind turning ...
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Using Excel’s GROUPBY function as a PivotTable alternative

Q. Are there any alternatives to traditional PivotTables in Excel? A. The first thing that comes to mind is the function GROUPBY. The primary purpose of GROUPBY is to make data analysis easier by ...