Who went to both USA & UK? [Excel Challenge]

Find employees visiting both countries

How about a fun Excel challenge? I have data in below format in the table named trips I want to know which employees visited both USA & UK? How would you solve this problem? Post your solutions in the comments. Need sample data & my solution? Click here to download the file. Want more challenges […]

Calculating Critical Path using Excel Formulas [Project Management]

Critical Path with Excel

Do you know that we can easily calculate the critical path for a project using Excel formulas?

For a long time, it has been tricky to calculate the Critical Path using Excel formulas. But thanks to the arrival of new Dynamic Array functionality in Excel, we can now calculate critical path. In this article let me describe the approach with an example.

Put on your hardhats, this one is going to blow your minds.

Top 10 Accounting KPIs and How to Calculate them in Excel?

top-10-accounting-kpis and how to calculate them with Excel

We can calculate any Finance & Accounting KPI values using Excel easily. In this article, I  am sharing the top 10 accounting KPI calculations. These are… Topics ? Net Profit Margin Net Profit Margin = Net Profit / Sales Positive profit margin indicates business is profitable while negative indicates the business is in loss. ? […]

Speed up your Excel Formulas [10 Practical Tips]

Speed up Excel Formulas - 10 Practical Tips

Excel formulas acting slow? Today lets talk about optimizing & speeding up Excel formulas. Use these tips & ideas to super-charge your sluggish workbook. Use the best practices & formula guidelines described in this post to optimize your complex worksheet models & make them faster.

1. Use tables to hold the data
2. Use named ranges & named formulas
3. Use Dynamic Array formulas
4. Sort your data
5. Use manual calculation mode

… and more. Read on to learn these top 10 tips & ideas to improve performance of your excel formulas.