How to write complex Excel formulas (hint: it’s a lot like LEGO)
Writing advanced formulas is a lot like LEGO. Use what you already have and combine them in creative ways. Let me demo with 5 examples.
Job Title Matching Problem [Excel Homework]
Howdy folks. Almost the end of August here. Let’s wrap it up with a nice little challenge, inspired from my recent consulting gig. Say you are looking at few job titles that look similar and want to match them to correct title.
Free Excel Risk Map Template
Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing. Warren Buffet If you ever ask a project manager what they are up to, they will tell you “I have no idea“. So risks are quite common in project management. That is why I made this awesome free Excel risk map template to keep track and […]
VLOOKUP multiple matches – trick
We all know that VLOOKUP can find first match and return the results. But what if you want all the matches? Use this simple trick instead.
Lenient lookup [Advanced Formula Trick]
We all know VLOOKUP (or INDEX+MATCH) as an indispensable tool in our Excel toolbox. But what if you want the lookups to be a little gentler, nicer and relaxed?
Let’s say you want to lookup the amount $330.50 against a list of payments. There is no exact match, but if we look 50 cents in either direction, then we can find a match. Here is a demo of what I mean.
Unfortunately, you can’t convince VLOOKUP to act nice.
Hey VLOOKUP, I know you are awesome and all, but can you cut me some slack here?
VLOOKUP is tough, reliable and has a cold heart. Or is it?
In this post, let’s learn how to do lenient lookups.
Rescue oddly shaped data – Battle between Formulas, VBA and Power Query
Let’s say you have data like this in a spreadsheet. Don’t roll your eyes, I am 102% sure, right at this moment, someone is (ab)using Excel to create similar messy data.
How do you reshape it to one column?
You could use formulas, VBA or Power Query. Let’s examine all these methods to see what is best. All these methods assume your data is in a range aptly named myrange.
Awesome chart to visualize Salary Increases for 3,500+ people [Tutorial]
Game for some charting awesomeness?
Off late, I have been doing a lot of data analysis and visualization on performance ratings, salary hike, gender pay equality etc. Today let me share you an awesome way to visualize massive amounts of data.
Scenario: Your organization of 3,686 people recently went thru annual performance ratings & review process. At the end of it, everyone was offered some salary increase (from $0 to $24,000 per year). You have 7 business groups. How do you tell the story of all these salary hikes in one chart?
How about the one above?
Ready to know how to create this in Excel? Read on.