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If you operate a business in New Zealand (NZ) like me, chances are you too need to calculate GST on purchases & sales. Today, let me share the excel formulas needed to calculate GST as per NZ laws. I have also attached a free GST calculator template to help you if you are in a […]

Recently, a client shared data with me that is clearly a pivot table and wanted me to make another pivot from it using Excel. This is a common and annoying problem we all face when working with Excel. Today, let me share my approaches for creating a pivot from another pivot report using Excel. Option […]

Learn how to use Excel XLOOKUP function with two sheets in this step-by-step tutorial. Why you may want to use XLOOKUP with two sheets? If you have data in two places (sheets or Excel workbooks) like depicted above, you may want to use XLOOKUP to combine data from both places to get the full picture. […]

Think of XLOOKUP as an improved version of VLOOKUP. In this article, learn all about the XLOOKUP function, it’s syntax, parameters with real-world xlookup examples.

Have a bunch of CSV files in a folder and want to merge or combine them to one big file? Follow these simple instructions to combine multiple CSV files in to one spreadssheet using Microsoft Excel (2016 or above). What you need? Method 1: Merge CSV Files using Power Query (Recommended) This is by far […]

Do you want to enable developer ribbon and use VBA in Excel? Follow these simple steps: Step 1: Right click any ribbon name Step 2: Select “Customize Ribbon” Step 3: This opens the Excel Options. From here, Check the “Developer” option in the right side panel Step 4: Click ok. Your developer ribbon is now […]

You want to check two conditions with Excel IF function? You’ve come to the right place. IF is one of Excel’s most popular and versatile functions. But things get exciting when you start combining it with multiple conditions — especially using AND, OR, nested IFs, and even blending it with SUMIFS. In this article, let […]

Ever wanted to get a set of dates, but don’t want to manually type? Here are three ways to insert dates in Excel automatically. Option1: Enter a start date and Drag down This is the easiest option if you just want a handful of dates. Just type in your starting date in a cell. Click […]

SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is a great way to add a bit of flavor and pizzazz to your boring Power BI reports. I have been using them for a while and really love how easy and fun they are to work with. So today, let me share the technique and provide sample measure code that […]

1. Introduction Insurance is a perfect industry for data analysis. There is plenty of data – right from lead generation to to underwriting to policy issuance to administration to claims processing. With a careful and well thought data strategy insurance companies can become profitable. Power BI makes data analysis in insurance space a breeze. Whether […]

JSON (JaveScript Object Notation) is a popular and easy format to store, share and distribute data. It is often used by websites, APIs and streaming (real-time) systems. But it is also cumbersome and hard to use for performing typical data tasks like summarizing, pivoting, filtering or visualizing. That is why you may want to convert […]

DAX offers powerful way to analyze “new” vs. “returning” customers. In this article learn easy and simple DAX measure patterns to count number of new customers and number of returning customers from your data. What is a Returning Customer? A returning customer is someone who comes back to our business and does another transaction. For […]

Let’s say you have two lists of values in Excel and want to find out all the common values (ie duplicates) and extract them. In this article, let me explain the formulas for this. Formula for counting number of duplicate values in two columns: Here is the formula to count number of common values between […]

Ever have a report that is too big to fit in one screen but when you scroll you loose the context? Something like this.. Use FREEZE PANES option in Excel to “Freeze” top rows / columns We can use the excellent “Freeze panes” option in Excel to make the top few rows (and columns) sticky. […]

Do you want to lookup in any column and return the result? Something like this: In this article, learn how to write necessary Excel formulas to get the result. Data Setup for looking up in any column You need to set up your data in below structure. One column with the data you want to […]