Category: Excel
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A Flexible Macro For Automating Report Export and Distribution
In today’s digital age, a significant amount of our time at work is spent processing and communicating data. For many of us, this often involves updating reports with new information and sending regular updates via email. The process can be time-consuming and repetitive, especially if we’re manually copying tables into emails or exporting and attaching…
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Project 2 – Codename: ‘Whirlwind’: Twirling Through Excel to Conjure an Automated Data Storm
Recommended Song for this breezy project: Buckle up, data enthusiasts! Today, we’re going on a whirlwind adventure. We’re stepping away from the safe haven of our data centers and stepping right into… the heart of a tornado! Oh, no need to look so terrified – we’re not really going to put you in the path…
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Project 1 – Codename ‘Deep Below’: A User-Friendly Voyage through Excel, Power Query, and Power BI
Ahoy there, fellow data sailors! Recommended song for this project: “Sleeping in the cold below?” Not us, not today. We’re about to set sail on an adventure as exciting as any sea shanty, with a treasure more valuable than gold doubloons: data. Yes, my brave companions, today we embark on a journey that spans the…
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VBA for Excel: Unleashing the Power of Automation
Hello, and welcome back! Today, we’re venturing into the magical realm of Excel automation with a look at Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), the programming language that turns Excel from a simple spreadsheet application into an automation powerhouse. Quick note here – I typically use VBA in this setting, as it just fits better with…
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Excel Beyond Excel: The Power of Power Query
Today’s businesses thrive on data. Data is being produced at an unprecedented rate and comes in almost too many different formats, from different sources, and with varying levels of quality. As a result, extracting useful information from this sea of data can sometimes feel like looking for a needle in a haystack. This is where…
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Pivot Tables: Your Personal Data Cruncher
Data. In our modern world, it’s everywhere. With the increase of digitized information, we have access to more data points than ever before. And Excel is one of the most popular tools for dealing with this data. But as any data analyst can tell you, large datasets can be a double-edged sword. Yes, they hold…
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A Step Deeper into Excel: Mastering Lookups and Logical Functions
Hola, data enthusiasts! Ready to venture deeper into the world of Excel lookup and logic functions, and take a look at why they’re some of the most commonly used tools in the business? We’re taking a journey today through the landscape of Logical and Lookup functions. While logical functions allow us to have some control…
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Spelling It Out: Mastering Text Functions in Excel
Have you ever received a messy spreadsheet with names in ALL CAPS, or addresses all jumbled together in one cell, or perhaps product codes with extra spaces? That’s where Excel’s text functions come in. They’re the unsung heroes of data cleaning, helping you whip that wayward text into shape and save tons of manual (and…
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Making Data Pop with Conditional Formatting: For when there’s…. not… a chart for that.
Ever stared at a spreadsheet full of numbers, struggling to make sense of it all? Don’t sweat it; we’ve all been there, and sometimes the summarization provided by a chart just doesn’t work. Enter Excel’s conditional formatting, a feature that can turn that number jungle into a beautiful, comprehensible garden. We’ll be focusing on Excel…
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Power Query: Tell me you’re decent with Excel without telling me you’re decent with Excel.
Hello again, data enthusiasts! It’s time to get our hands dirty with some serious data crunching as we delve deeper into the powerful world of Power Query. In our last article, we touched on the basic features of Power Query. Now, let’s kick things up a notch and explore some commonly used options that can…
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