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    Virtually everything business users do with Excel involves worksheet formulas and functions. And this category concentrates on that topic.

    This category also includes what Microsoft calls “Names”—which many of us call “Range Names.” More accurately, however, “Names” are named formulas.

    Check tags for information about specific functions.

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    Using Excel's LET, SORTBY, and SEQUENCE functions, and dynamic arrays, you easily can list any number of top and bottom results from a Table.

    How to Report Top and Bottom Results Using Dynamic Arrays in Excel

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    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 aggregate named groups of GL accounts.

    How to Report GL Account Groups in Excel

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    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...
    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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    Growing too fast can be dangerous to your company's health. Use the Sustainable Growth Rate ratio to track your company's financial ability to grow.

    How Fast Is Too Fast?

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    How to Smooth Data by Using the TREND Function

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    Consumer Sentiment Suggests a 2022 Recession

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