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    Excel ranges can work like relational tables. You can join them by common fields. Query them with SQL. And use queries in PivotTables. Here's how.

    Use MS Query to Treat Excel as a Relational Data Source

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    Charley's Note: Because MS Query hasn't changed much since Marty Ryerson wrote this article years ago, his instructions are still quite accurate. I have,...
    The LET function is the most powerful function that Microsoft has released for Excel in years. Here's an introduction to its features.

    How to Use Excel’s LET Function

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    In the summer of 2020, Microsoft introduced the LET function for Excel 365—one of the most-significant new worksheet functions that Microsoft has introduced in...

    Find Leading Indicators Using Automated Cross Correlations in Excel, Part 1

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    It all seems so simple... To improve your forecasts of sales or other measures, you simply need to find leading indicators...measures that are highly correlated...
    Here's how to create an Excel array from two others, with the arrays stacked either one on top of the other, or side-by-side, like books on a shelf.

    How to Stack and Shelve Dynamic Arrays

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    While using Excel 365 recently, I needed to create one dynamic array that would consist of two arrays, with one stacked on top of...
    Excel's dynamic range names give your formulas the power to adapt automatically in response to changes in your data or settings. Here's how to set them up.

    How to Create and Use Dynamic Range Names in Excel

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    (Download the example workbooks.) We Excel users often refer to ranges that need to move or expand in future versions of our reports. For example: ...
    The Monte Carlo method allows you to forecast performance using probability distributions for your assumptions. And Data Tables provide a quick and easy way to implement the Monte Carlo method. Here's how to do it.

    How to Create Monte Carlo Models and Forecasts Using Excel Data Tables

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    (Download the workbook.) (This is the second of two articles about normal distributions. The first article is, How to Return Random Numbers from a Normal...
    Excel provides several worksheet functions for working with normal distributions or 'bell-shaped curves.' This introduction to Excel's Normal Distribution functions offers help for the statistically challenged.

    An Introduction to Excel’s Normal Distribution Functions

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    (Download the workbook.) When a visitor asked me how to generate a random number from a Normal distribution she set me to thinking about doing statistics...
    You can ratchet down errors in your Excel reports by using an Error Summary Table that uses conditional formatting to alert you to errors.

    How to Set Up an Automatic Error-Checking System in Excel Reports

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    Decades ago, I worked as a cost accountant for a large company. But because our department received terrible reports, I wrote my own reports...using...
    Term loans can have a variety of repayment periods, interest rates, amortizing methods, and so on. Here's how to calculate amortization schedules for the two most common types of amortizing loans.

    How to Use Excel Formulas to Calculate a Term-Loan Amortization Schedule

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    "How do I calculate cumulative principal and interest for term loans? I have scoured the web for a function that will perform this task,...
    In Excel, you can report named groups of GL account numbers, product codes, and so on—just as you report one such number. Here’s how.

    How to Use Array Formulas to Report Groups of Accounts

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    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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    The LET function is the most powerful function that Microsoft has released for Excel in years. Here's an introduction to its features.

    How to Use Excel’s LET Function

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    In the summer of 2020, Microsoft introduced the LET function for Excel 365—one of the most-significant new worksheet functions that Microsoft has introduced in...
    You can ratchet down errors in your Excel reports by using an Error Summary Table that uses conditional formatting to alert you to errors.

    How to Set Up an Automatic Error-Checking System in Excel Reports

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    Decades ago, I worked as a cost accountant for a large company. But because our department received terrible reports, I wrote my own reports...using...
    Here's how to create an Excel array from two others, with the arrays stacked either one on top of the other, or side-by-side, like books on a shelf.

    How to Stack and Shelve Dynamic Arrays

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    While using Excel 365 recently, I needed to create one dynamic array that would consist of two arrays, with one stacked on top of...
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