Teaching analytics with modern Excel
Remember to Refresh!By using whole columns as your PivotTable reference, you will never mistakenly leave out new data from your report. But you do still need to refresh your data.Let’s say that you …
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PivotTable Data PreparationWe will start with a set of sales and profit by region, store, and quarter. Follow these rules to turn the data set into a PivotTable.YAt an office, spreadsheets are …
Great piece in the WSJ about the future of education, an industry that has remained stubbornly resistant to technology.I've written a bit about this -- what I call "Yellow Checker Syndrome" (posts …
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You probably didn’t expect etymology in this book, but it here goes. When I probably should have been learning Excel in high school, I took a Greek class instead.I haven’t used my Greek a lot, but one …
There is nothing wrong with the average vlookup. But do you really want to be average? The coveted analyst needs exceptional Excel skills. How can we make Vlookup even more accurate and …
This is a common problem that interns and coworkers often approach me with."Can you take a look at my vlookup? I'm doing everything right but getting errors."The culprit: incorrectly formatted …
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