Fields The pivot table uses all two of the three fields in the source data: Date, and Sales. Because Date is grouped by Years and Months, it appears twice in the list, once as “Date” (month grouping), once as “Years”: The Date field has been been grouped by Months and Years: The resulting “Years” field has been added as a Column field. The Original “Date” field is configured as a Row field, which breaks down sales by month....
In the example shown, the formula in G7 is: To pull a random value out of a list or table, we’ll need a random row number. For that, we’ll use the RANDBETWEEN function, which generates a random integer between two given values - an upper value and lower value. For the lower value, we use the number 1, and for the upper value we use the ROWS function to get count the total rows in the table or list: RANDBETWEEN will return a random number between 1 and the count of rows in the data, and this result is fed into the INDEX function for the rows argument....
Syntax RIGHT(Text, Number) Text (required) – This is the text string you want to return the right most characters from.Number (optional) – This is the number of characters you want returned. If no value is entered, only the last character will be returned. Example In this example we get the right few characters of a text string. Notice that negative numbers result in a #VALUE! error and non whole numbers are rounded down to the whole integer....
First, to create a new workbook in Excel, you can use Control + N on Windows and Command + N on a Mac. To access the Excel help system, use F1 on Windows, Command + / on a Mac. To open an existing workbook, you can use the File Open shortcut: Control + O in Windows, Command + O on the Mac. At any point while you’re working on a file in Excel, you can save using the shortcut Control + S on Windows, Command + S on the Mac....
And the formula in D5 is: As these formulas are copied down, they return the results seen in columns C and D. Note: If you are using an older version of Excel that does not offer the TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions, the solution is a bit more complicated, and the standard approach is to use formulas that combine the LEFT, RIGHT, LEN, and FIND functions. See below for details....
The result is the sum of the Roman numbers in B5:B15. The Arabic numbers in C5:C15 are shown for reference only. Note: the ARABIC function was introduced in Excel 2013. The solution is to use the ARABIC function to convert the Roman numbers to regular numbers, then sum the result. The ARABIC function takes a valid Roman number and returns its Arabic equivalent. For example: Notice the Roman numbers are provided as text strings....
The result is $9.54, the subtotal of the visible values in column F. Sum with SUBTOTAL In the worksheet shown above, the goal is to sum the values in column F that are visible. The formula in F4 is: The first argument, function_num, specifies sum as the operation to be performed. SUBTOTAL automatically ignores the 3 rows hidden by the filter and returns $9.54, the subtotal of the visible values in column F....
To convert these fractional values to decimal hours, just multiply by 24. For example .5 * 24 = 12 hours, .24 * 24 = 6 hours, etc. Hours between times To calculate hours between times, you can simply subtract the start time from the end time when both times are in the same day. For example, with start time of 9:00 AM and an end time of 3:00 PM, you can simply use this formula:...
The key is to understand that time in Excel is just a number. 1 day = 24 hours, and 1 hour = 0.0412 (1/24). That means 12 hours = 0.5, 6 hours = 0.25, and so on. Because time is just a number, you can add time to days and display the result using a custom number format, or with your own formula, as explained below. In the example shown, the formula in cell F5 is: On the right side of the formula, the TIME function is used to assemble a valid time from its component parts (hours, minutes, seconds)....
which outputs the 5 unique values seen in D5:D9. The <> symbol is a logical operator that means “does not equal”. For more examples of operators in formula criteria see this page. FILTER returns an array of values, excluding empty strings: This array is returned directly to the UNIQUE function as the array argument. UNIQUE then removes duplicates, and returns the final array: UNIQUE and FILTER are dynamic functions. If data in B5:B16 changes, the output will update immediately....
Syntax UPPER(Text) Text (required) – This is the text string you want to turn into all uppercase letters. Example In this example we convert some text into uppercase.
where key is the named range B5:C9. This formula returns standard output when the score >= 60, and “x” for scores less than 60. This formula is based on a simple grading example explained in detail here. For a given score, VLOOKUP uses a existing table, the named range key (B5:C9), to calculate a grade. Note match mode is set to approximate. To override output, VLOOKUP is nested in an IF statement: The literal translation of this formula is: If VLOOKUP returns “F”, return “x”....
Maybe you want to create a back-up worksheet, or you want to create a new worksheet but don’t want to redo the formatting. The long (and inefficient) way is: Right-click on the worksheet tab for which you want to create a copy. Select the Move or Copy option. Check the “Create a Copy” check box. Click OK. This will create a copy of the worksheet. While this is a perfectly fine way to copy a worksheet in Excel, it’s not the most efficient way of doing this....
Since this is quite common, I thought of writing a tutorial just to tackle the #REF! error. In this Excel tutorial, I will cover what is the #REF! error, what causes it, and how to fix it. What is #REF! Error in Excel? A reference error is something you get when your formula doesn’t know what cell/range to refer to or when the reference is not valid. The most common reason you may end up with the reference error is when you have a formula that refers to a cell/row/column and you delete that cell/row/column....
If your text data is long, you can increase the cell width to fit the data length. A better option might be to wrap the text to increase the row height so the data fits in the cell instead! In this post you’ll learn 3 ways to wrap your text data to fit it inside the cell. What is Text Wrap? This means that if text is too long to fit inside its cell, it will automatically adjust to appear on multiple lines within the cell....
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As the formula is copied down the column, rows where there is a value are numbered and empty rows are skipped. The IF function first checks if cell C5 has a value with the ISBLANK function: If C5 is empty, ISBLANK returns TRUE and the IF function returns an empty string ("") as the result. If C5 is not empty, ISBLANK returns FALSE and the IF function returns COUNTA function with an expanding reference like this: As the formula is copied down, the range expands, and COUNTA returns the “current” count of all non-blank cells in the range as defined in each row....
where data (C5:E16) and group (B5:B16) are named ranges. The result is the average of values in group “A” for all three months of data. As the formula is copied down, it calculates an average for each group in column G. The FILTER function is a new function in Excel. See below for alternatives that will work in older versions of Excel. Note: I was inspired to create this example after watching a good video by Excel expert Chandoo....
rate - The interest rate per period. We divide the value in C6 by 12 since 4.5% represents annual interest: per - the period we want to work with. Supplied as 1 since we are interested in the the principal amount of the first payment. pv - The present value, or total value of all payments now. In the case of a loan, this is input as a negative value by adding a negative sign in front of C5 to supply -5000....
As the formula is copied down, the results in column E correspond to the percentages in column D. Note percentages must be formatted with the percentage number format, as explained below. The first step is to format the cells in the range D5:D12 with the percentage number format. You can use the keyboard shortcut Control + Shift + %. Once the cells are correctly formatted, you can enter the numbers without the % operator....
