In this post we’re going to find out how to import data from multiple files in a folder using Power Query. To do this we will need certain conditions to be true. We’ll need Power Query installed. Read this post to find out how to install it.The data structure in each file must be the same.Same number of columns with the same column headings.Data is on the same sheet name in each file....
When to use Excel COUNTBLANK Function COUNTBALNK function can be used when you have to count all the empty cells in a range. What it Returns It returns a number that represents the number of cells that are empty. Syntax =COUNTBLANK(range) Input Arguments range – it is the range in which you want to count the blank cells. Additional Notes Cells with formulas that return “” (empty text) are considered blank and are counted....
When to use Excel RAND Function RAND function can be used when you want to generate evenly distributed random numbers between 0 and 1. What it Returns It returns a number between 0 and 1. Syntax =RAND() Input Arguments RAND function does not take any input arguments. It is used with empty parenthesis. Additional Notes RAND is a volatile function and should be used with caution. It recalculates whenever the excel workbook is open or whenever a calculation is triggered in the worksheet....
Let’s take a look. In column B of our table we have a set of numbers that are displayed as we like, with both leading and trailing zeros. As we’ve seen in an earlier lesson, if we try to enter these numbers in cells that are using the General format, the leading and trailing zeros will be stripped as the values are entered. One solution to this problem is to first format cells in Text format....
Below is an example where I have some address in column A and these address overflow to the adjacent cells as well. And in case you have some text in the adjacent cell, the otherwise overflowing text would disappear and you will only see the text that can fit the cell column width. In both cases, it doesn’t look good and you may want to wrap the text so that the text remains within a cell and not spill over to others....
Where start (E5) and end (E8) are named ranges. As the formula is copied down, the formula returns “x” if the date in column B is between the start and end dates. Excel dates Excel dates are just large serial numbers and can be used in any numeric calculation or comparison. This means we can simply compare a date to another date with a logical operator like greater than or equal (>=) or less than or equal (<=)....
Excel dates are serial numbers, so you can manipulate them with simple math operations. The TODAY function always returns the current date. Inside the AND function, the first logical test checks to see if the date in B5 is greater than or equal to today’s date minus 7 days: The second logical test checks if the date is less than today: when both results are TRUE, the AND function will return TRUE....
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where dates is the named range B5:B16 This formula is a basic example of using the COUNTIFS function with just one condition. The named range dates is supplied as the first argument, and the date in column E is supplied as the second argument for the condition: With the date 13-Jun-2020 in cell E5, the COUNTIFS function returns 1, so the formula then simplifies to: which returns TRUE. By checking if the result from COUNTIFS is greater than zero, we also handle cases where the count is greater than 1 (i....
Excel is an amazing tool when it comes to slicing and dicing text data. There are so many useful formulas as well as functionalities you can use to work with text data in Excel. One of the very common questions I get about manipulating text data is – “How to separate first and last names (or first, middle, and last names) in Excel?“. There are a couple of easy ways to split names in Excel....
What comes to your mind when you see text with a strikethrough in Excel (something as shown below)? In most cases, it means that the task or activity has been completed and has been checked off. Those who work with Microsoft Word use this extensively, and there is strikethrough icon right there in the ribbon. However, there is no icon in Excel ribbon to do this. In this tutorial, I will share various ways to access the strikethrough option and apply it to text in Excel....
Where data is an Excel Table in the range B5:D16. Note: With an Excel Table, the formula will automatically update if data is added or removed from the table. SUMIFS function The SUMIFS function can sum values in ranges based on multiple criteria. The basic function signature for SUMIFS looks like this: In this case, we need to configure SUMIFS to sum values in the Amount column based on two criteria: Conditions are supplied to SUMIFS as range/criteria pairs, so each condition will be composed of two arguments....
The result is 19, which is the sum of the quantities in the range C5:C16 when the corresponding item names in B5:B16 end with “small”. Note the SUMIFS function is not case-sensitive. Wildcards Certain Excel functions like SUMIFS and SUMIF support the wildcard characters “?” (any one character) and “*” (zero or more characters), which can be used in criteria. These wildcards allow you to create criteria such as “begins with”, “ends with”, “contains 3 characters”, etc....
As the formula is copied down, you can see that Excel evaluates text values in D9:D11 as greater than the number 100. The second formula above returns TRUE when you probably expect it to return FALSE. You can see this behavior in the worksheet shown in cells D9:D11. We are comparing each value in column B to 100, and the values in these cells return TRUE because they contain text....
Imagine you track sales each day. Your data contains a row for each date with a total sales amount, but maybe you want to know the total sales for the month at each day. This is a running total, it’s the sum of all sales up to and including the current days sales. In this post we’ll cover multiple ways to calculate a running total for your daily data. We’ll explore how to use worksheet formulas, pivot tables, power pivot with DAX and power query....
This post is going to show you all the ways you can get the URL from a hyperlink in Microsoft Excel! A hyperlink is a link that allows users to navigate to a web page or document. Hyperlink cells typically contain a URL, which is the address of the linked page or document, and anchor text, which is the text that appears on the screen and is clicked by the user....
This formula returns a check mark character (✓) if all dates are in chronological order and an empty string ("") if not. The logic itself is quite simple, but perhaps not intuitive. Rather than check that all dates are greater than the previous date, we check if any previous date is greater than the next date. If we find even one, the dates are not in order. If we find none (zero), they are....
This triad enables you to get into the contents in a cell. and analyze each character separately. For example, suppose you have Excel123 in a cell, and you want to identify if it contains a numeric value or not (which it does!!). Excel inbuilt formulas can not help you here as excel consider this as text (Try and use Type() function to see for yourself). What you need here is a way to check each character separately and then identify if it contains a number....
This formula uses the weight to find the correct “cost per kg” then calculates the final cost. In approximate match mode, the values in the first column of VLOOKUP must be sorted. VLOOKUP will return a value at the first row that is less than or equal to the lookup value. With weight as the lookup value, VLOOKUP finds and returns the right cost per kg. This cost is then multiplied by the weight to calculate the final cost....
Here are a few examples of the results that YEARFRAC calculates: In the example shown, the formula in D6 is: Rounding results Once you have the decimal value, you can round the number if you like. For example, you could round to the nearest whole number with the ROUND function: Whole years only You might also want to keep only the integer portion of the result with no fractional value, so that you are only counting whole years....
