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Weighted Average in Excel [Formulas]

Published on Mar 14, 2024 in Learn Excel
Weighted Average in Excel [Formulas]

Learn how to calculate weighted averages in excel using formulas. In this article we will learn what a weighted average is and how to Excel’s SUMPRODUCT formula to calculate weighted average / weighted mean.

What is weighted average?

Wikipedia defines weighted average as, “The weighted mean is similar to an arithmetic mean …, where instead of each of the data points contributing equally to the final average, some data points contribute more than others.”

Calculating weighted averages in excel is not straight forward as there is no built-in formula. But we can use SUMPRODUCT formula to easily calculate them. Read on to find out how.

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How to get non-adjacent columns with FILTER function in Excel

Published on Mar 12, 2024 in Excel Howtos
How to get non-adjacent columns with FILTER function in Excel

Excel 365’s FILTER() function is great for getting a cut of data that meets your criteria. But what if you need to filter and then show non-adjacent columns? Something like below. In this article, let me show you a few options to get discrete columns after filtering with the FILTER function.

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Loan Amortization Schedule in Excel – FREE Template

Published on Feb 20, 2024 in Financial Modeling, Learn Excel
Loan Amortization Schedule in Excel – FREE Template

Do you want to calculate loan amortization schedule in Excel? We can use PMT & SEQUENCE functions to quickly and efficiently generate the full loan amortization table for any number of years.

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Beautiful Staff Roster Excel Template [FREE Download]

Published on Feb 6, 2024 in Learn Excel, Templates
Beautiful Staff Roster Excel Template [FREE Download]

Do you want to manage your staff’s allocations, shift schedules and view the results in a 4 week grid fashion (like below)? Then you are going to love my FREE Staff Roster Excel Template. What can you do with this template? Template Compatibility This template is designed to work with modern Excel only. You need […]

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35 shortcuts & tricks to make you an #AWESOME Data Analyst

35 shortcuts & tricks to make you an #AWESOME Data Analyst

Analyst’s life is busy. We have to gather data, clean it up, analyze it, dig the stories buried in it, present them, convince our bosses about the truth, gather more evidence, run tests, simulations or scenarios, share more insights, grab a cup of coffee and start all over again with a different problem.

So today let me share with you 35 shortcuts, productivity hacks and tricks to help you be even more awesome.

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FREE Calendar & Planner Excel Template for 2024

Published on Jan 7, 2024 in Learn Excel, Templates
FREE Calendar & Planner Excel Template for 2024

Here is a fabulous New Year gift to you. A free Calendar & Activity planner made entirely in Excel. A fully customizable and flexible calendar for all your planning needs.

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CP05: Interview with MrExcel – Bill Jelen (on his incredible work ethic)

Published on Dec 7, 2023 in Chandoo.org Podcast Sessions
CP05: Interview with MrExcel – Bill Jelen (on his incredible work ethic)

Bill Jelen is one of my most favorite people on earth. That is why I wanted to have him as my first guest when I restarted the podcast. Even though I recorded this few weeks ago, only now I got around to publishing it. Please enjoy the conversation with Bill.

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Calculating Critical Path using Excel Formulas [Project Management]

Published on Oct 3, 2023 in Learn Excel, Project Management
Calculating Critical Path using Excel Formulas [Project Management]

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.

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How to make a pivot table when you have data in multiple sheets [Tutorial]

Published on Sep 26, 2023 in Learn Excel, Pivot Tables & Charts, Power Query
How to make a pivot table when you have data in multiple sheets [Tutorial]

Recently I had to create a Pivot report from monthly data. But there is a twist. The data is spread across multiple sheets, one for each month. Let me explain how I built the pivot for that scenario.

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Top 5 Excel Skills you need to be a Successful Data Analyst in 2023 (podcast)

Published on Jul 13, 2023 in Chandoo.org Podcast Sessions
Top 5 Excel Skills you need to be a Successful Data Analyst in 2023 (podcast)

Ladies & gentlemen… I have an exciting announcement. I am relaunching my podcast!!!

It only took me 7 years, but Chandoo.org podcast is now BACK! I am planning to make regular episodes on Excel, Power BI, SQL & Data Analytics.

In the 1st episode of Season 2 of Chandoo.org podcast I talk about, Top 5 Excel Skills you need to be a Successful Data Analyst in 2023.

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Speed up your Excel Formulas [10 Practical Tips]

Published on Apr 14, 2023 in Excel Howtos, Learn Excel
Speed up your 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.

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Create a beautiful, elegant & interactive to-do list with Excel (FREE Template + Tutorial)

Published on Mar 28, 2023 in Learn Excel, Templates
Create a beautiful, elegant & interactive to-do list with Excel (FREE Template + Tutorial)

Create a beautiful & fully interactive todo list with Excel using this tutorial (or download the free todo list template). Impress everyone.

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Send Email from Excel with Office Scripts & Power Automate

Published on Mar 21, 2023 in Automation, Learn Excel, Office Scripts, Power Automate
Send Email from Excel with Office Scripts & Power Automate

Do you have an Excel report or graphs that need to be emailed to various people every month? We can use Excel automation features to do this task quite easily. The inspiration – A client request for Excel Email Solution The idea for this came from a recent project I did for a client. They […]

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Top AI features in Excel – a round up

Published on Mar 2, 2023 in artificial intelligence, Learn Excel
Top AI features in Excel – a round up

Don’t feel like doing the Excel work yourself? You can ask the AI features of Excel ? to automatically do stuff for you. Save time and look like a hero at work ????????.

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Learn Advanced Excel – 3 Month Roadmap with Resources

Published on Jan 30, 2023 in Learn Excel
Learn Advanced Excel – 3 Month Roadmap with Resources

Advanced Excel Skills are highly sought after. Use this FREE Excel roadmap to learn and grow you Excel skills in 3 months.

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