How To Build A Formula in Excel

If you work with data, you’ll likely need to use Excel’s formulas. Formulas are equations that perform calculations on values in your worksheet. They can help you automatically calculate values, manipulate data, and make your work more efficient. In this article, we’ll explore how to build formulas in Excel. Excel has hundreds of built-in functions that you can use to create formulas. These functions are organised into categories such as Financial, Logical, and Text. You can also create your own custom functions if you have a specific calculation that you need to perform regularly. ...

March 30, 2023 · 6 min · 1241 words · Ryan Sheehy

5 Alternatives To VLOOKUP Function: How To Get Values To The Left Of VLOOKUP Range

How do you get the value from a column that is to the left of a VLOOKUP range? The VLOOKUP function is a powerful function that enables you to capture the value from a range, provided the value is to the right of the lookup range. For example, suppose you have the following data in your spreadsheet that contains the employee ID in column A, the name of the employee in column B and their hire date in column C. You cannot search by column B to return column A using the VLOOKUP function. ...

February 12, 2022 · 8 min · 1687 words · Ryan Sheehy