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How to Smooth Data by Using the TREND Function
Years ago, I read that Prof. William S. Cleveland had suggested that data could be smoothed by calculating a centered trendline through adjacent data—a...
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Simple Transformations Can Reveal Hidden Patterns in Your Data
Excel users have at least two significant advantages over business professionals who rely on other analytical and reporting tools.
First advantage: We Excel users can...
Inflation Tracker Excel Dashboard with Consumer Prices
U.S. President John F. Kennedy once said of a growing economy, "A rising tide lifts all boats."
However, a rising inflationary tide does not lift...
How to Report Top and Bottom Results Using Dynamic Arrays in Excel
In How to Use Excel’s LET Function, I showed several examples of a powerful function that Microsoft added to Excel 365 in the summer...
How to Report GL Account Groups in Excel
Believe it or not, this income statement is quite sophisticated. It's not nearly as simple-minded as it looks.
In fact, this income statement illustrates a...
How to Use Array Formulas to Report Groups of Accounts
Often, in accounting, marketing, and other departments, we'd like to report and analyze groups of items rather than one item at a time.
In Part...
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Here’s How Inflation Could Affect the Value of Your Home
November 5, 2021
Inflation is rising in the U.S. And that made me wonder how a higher rate of inflation could affect the price of...
Business & Economics
Excel Bar Charts with Economic Indicators
The Excel figure below shows three indicators of the US economy. Two show economic improvements and one doesn't.
The Excel Perspective
Using column charts rather than...
Formulas & Functions
Two Business Uses for Excel’s New Chart Feature
For decades, I've been whining about the need for Excel to have some way for our formulas to specify a gap in line and...
Excel Methods
Using the Hidden Power of Excel’s FILTER Function
When you take the time to explore a new worksheet function, it's amazing what you can discover!
And I won't tell you about the really...
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How to Delete Blank or Unneeded Rows, Method 1
When you bring data from another source into an Excel worksheet, the data often includes rows that you’ll want to delete. Often, you’ll want...
Why INDEX-MATCH Is Far Better Than VLOOKUP or HLOOKUP in Excel
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Excel’s VLOOKUP function is more popular than the INDEX-MATCH function combination, probably because when Excel users need to look up data then a "lookup" function...
An Introduction to Excel’s Normal Distribution Functions
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When a visitor asked me how to generate a random number from a Normal distribution she set me to thinking about doing statistics...