Syntax OR(Expression1, Expression2, Expression3, … ) Expression1 (required) – This is an expression that can evaluate to either TRUE or FALSE.Expression2, Expression3 etc… (optional) – These are additional expressions you want to test. Example In this example we test two expressions. As seen, the result is only false when both expressions evaluated are false.
The goal in this example is to have 100,000 at the end of 10 years, with an interest rate of 5%. Payments are made annually, at the end of each year. The formula in cell C9 is: where: rate - from cell C6, 5%. nper - from cell C7, 25. pv - from cell C4, 0. fv - from cell C5, 100000. type - 0, payment at end of period (regular annuity)....
Fields In the pivot table shown, there are four fields in use: Date, Location, Sales, and Filter. Location is a Column field, Date is a Row field, Sales is a Value field, and Filter (the helper column) is a Filter field, as seen below: Formula The formula used in E5, copied down, is: This formula returns TRUE when a record date is greater than or equal to today’s date - 7, and also less than today’s date....
If you work with large datasets, there can be a need to create a search functionality that allows you to quickly highlight cells/rows for the searched term. While there is no direct way to do this in Excel, you can create search functionality using Conditional Formatting. For example, suppose you have a dataset as shown below (in the image). It has columns for Product Name, Sales Rep, and Country. Now you can use conditional formatting to search for a keyword (by entering it in cell C2) and highlight all the cells that have that keyword....
The SEQUENCE function can be used to generate numeric sequences of all kinds. Since Excel times are just numbers, SEQUENCE works well for generating times. In the first worksheet, let’s generate 9 times, one hour apart, starting at 9:00 AM. For start I’ll use 9:00 AM. For times, I use 9. And for step I use 1 hour. In cell E5, I’ll set up the SEQUENCE function to use these values....
Inside a table, structured references work a lot like structured references outside a table, except the table name is not used when it’s implied. To illustrate, let’s look at some examples. The formula to calculate the Total in this table is just Quantity times Price. Notice when I point and click to enter the formula, Excel automatically builds the structured reference. The syntax here means to multiply the value in the current row of the Quantity column by the value in the current row of the Price column....
The result is 6, the sum of the numbers in column C when the text in column B contains both “red” and “blue” in any order. Note that SUMIFS is not case-sensitive. SUMIFS function The SUMIFS function sums cells in a range that meet one or more conditions, referred to as criteria. The syntax for the SUMIFS function depends on the number of conditions needed. Each separate condition will require a range and a criteria....
The result is 61,600, the sum of Amount in column C5:C16 when the Status in D5:D16 is not blank. SUMIFS Function The SUMIFS function sums cells in a range that meet one or more conditions, referred to as criteria. To apply criteria, the SUMIFS function supports logical operators (>,<,<>,=) and wildcards (*,?) for partial matching. In this case, we need to test for only one condition, which is that the cells in D5:D16 are not blank....
With Excel’s new rich data type feature, this is no longer the case. We now have multiple data fields inside one cell! When you think of data types you might be thinking about text, numbers, dates or Boolean values, but these new data types are quite different. They are really connections to an online data source that provides more information about the data. At present there are two data types available in Excel; Stocks and Geography....
If you want to work more efficiently, then learning keyboard shortcuts is the way to go. Keyboard shortcuts can save you a lot of time and make your workday easier. You’ll be able to learn all the keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Excel with this complete guide. You’ll be able to navigate through your files faster and get more done in less time. Check out our full guide today and start using keyboard shortcuts in Microsoft Excel!...
In this tutorial, I will cover all there is to know about the VBA Editor and some useful options that you should know when coding in Excel VBA. What is Visual Basic Editor in Excel? Visual Basic Editor is a separate application that is a part of Excel and opens whenever you open an Excel workbook. By default, it’s hidden and to access it, you need to activate it. VB Editor is the place where you keep the VB code....
Pros Simple to create in Excel 2016+ At-a-glance visual display of positive and negative changes Cons Less common chart type not as familiar to many people Built-in waterfall chart type has limited options Author Dave Bruns Hi - I’m Dave Bruns, and I run Exceljet with my wife, Lisa. Our goal is to help you work faster in Excel. We create short videos, and clear examples of formulas, functions, pivot tables, conditional formatting, and charts....
So, what is an Excel Table? An Excel table is a rectangular range of data that has been defined and named in a particular way. To illustrate, here I have two rectangular ranges of data. Both ranges contain exactly the same data but neither one has been defined as a table. Next, I’ll convert the range on the right to a proper Table. By the way, when I say “proper table”, I mean Excel Table....
Pivot Tables are fairly easy to use, and most Excel users get the hang of it after using it a couple of times. So if you’re a fan of Pivot Tables and use them quite often, it would be helpful to learn some common Pivot Table keyboard shortcuts that you can use to speed up your work. In this article, I will give you some common Pivot Table shortcuts that you can learn to become even more efficient....
Here are 8 great keyboard shortcuts to speed up your navigation through Excel workbooks.
Knowing the number of unique items in a column when performing data analysis in Excel can provide you with an invaluable overview of your data. This statistic can help you quickly identify mistakes or inconsistencies since sometimes values that only appear once might be an outlier. This post will show you how to get the count of unique values in Excel. Get your copy of the example file used in this post and follow along!...
To get the rate (which is the period rate) we use the annual rate / periods, or C6/C8. To get the number of periods (nper) we use term * periods, or C7 * C8. There is no periodic payment, so we use zero. By convention, the present value (pv) is input as a negative value, since the $1000 “leaves your wallet” and goes to the bank during the term. The solution goes like this this:...
But then, I decided to write one myself (the fact that I was somewhat of a statistics nerd in college also played a minor role). Now, before I tell you how to calculate moving average in Excel, let me quickly give you an overview of what moving average mean and what types of moving averages are there. In case you want to jump to the part where I show how to calculate moving average in Excel, click here....
where keywords is the named range E5:E14, and categories is the named range F5:F14. Note: this is an array formula and must be entered with control + shift + enter. Inside the MATCH function, we use the SEARCH function to search cells in column B for every listed keyword in the named range keywords (E5:E14): Because we are looking for multiple items (in the named range keywords), we’ll get back multiple results like this: The #VALUE!...
In the example shown, the formula in C5 is: This results in a text string like “A1” which is passed into the INDIRECT function. Next, the INDIRECT function transforms the text into a proper Excel reference and hands the result off to the COLUMN function. Finally, the COLUMN function evaluates the reference and returns the column number for the reference. Dave Bruns Hi - I’m Dave Bruns, and I run Exceljet with my wife, Lisa....
