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    These posts discuss functions that return sums, counts, standard deviations, maximum values, and other summary information.

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    I used the FILTER function to give me IFS-like power for PERCENTILE.INC. But then I realized the same pattern brings IFS-like power to many functions—including MEDIAN, STDEV.S, GEOMEAN, and perhaps even the FORECAST functions!

    Using the Hidden Power of Excel’s FILTER Function

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    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...
    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...
    SUMPRODUCT is one of Excel's most-powerful function for summarizing data. It offers much of the power of array formulas, but without the complications.

    How to Use SUMPRODUCT in Excel to Summarize Worksheet Data

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    After I posted  The Most Powerful Ways to Summarize Excel Data for Reporting and Analysis, a reader asked why I hadn't discussed the SUMPRODUCT function. I told him...
    Excel's SUMIFS and SUMPRODUCT functions both can return the sum of a column of data under specified conditions. But which calculates more quickly?

    Excel’s SUMIFS or SUMPRODUCT…Which is faster?

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    Today, I learned about an Excel reporting need that looks something like this: There’ll be about 150,000 rows of data maintained in an Excel database. ...
    In one SUMPRODUCT formula, you can summarize any number of specific accounts in a list. This makes it easy to summarize financial data from an accounting trial balance.

    How to Create Summarized Financial Statements with SUMIFS Criteria Lists

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    In How to Use SUMIFS with Criteria Lists, Summarizing Sales, I explained how to use the SUMPRODUCT function with SUMIFS to return the sum of...
    The SUMIFS function returns a sum for nearly any number of single criteria. But with SUMPFODUCT you can return the sum for many criteria listed in a Criteria List.

    How to Use SUMIFS with Criteria Lists, Summarizing Sales

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    With one exception, SUMIFS is a very powerful function. And it's very fast. To understand the one exception, suppose you have a table of sales...
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