Excel Advanced Filter – A Complete Guide with Examples

Excel Advanced Filter is one of the most underrated and under-utilized features that I have come across. If you work with Excel, I am sure you have used (or at least heard about the regular excel filter). It quickly filters a data set based on selection, specified text, number or other such criteria. In this …

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What is Intersect Operator in Excel and How to Use it

Intersect Operator in Excel can be used to find the intersecting value(s) of two lists/ranges. This an unusual operator as it is represented by a space character (yes that’s right). If you use a space character in between two ranges, then it becomes the Intersect operator in Excel. Intersect Operator in Excel You can use Intersect …

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Lookup and Return Values in an Entire Row/Column in Excel

VLOOKUP is one of the most used functions in Excel. It looks for a value in a range and returns a corresponding value in a specified column number. Now I came across a problem where I had to lookup entire row and return the values in all the columns from that row (instead of returning a …

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Volatile Formulas Detected in Excel – Keep Your Distance

Last week, I came across an Excel problem in a forum. I immediately sprung into action and created a long formula that started with OFFSET(). Within a few hours, it was shot down by other Excel experts as it contained volatile formulas. I immediately recognized the cardinal sin I had committed. So with this confession, …

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How to Create a Dependent Drop Down List in Excel

An Excel drop down list is a useful feature when you’re creating data entry forms or Excel Dashboards. It shows a list of items as a drop down in a cell, and the user can make a selection from the drop down. This could be useful when you have a list of names, products, or regions …

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Avoid Nested IF Function in Excel…VLOOKUP to Rescue

A lot of times people ask me to help them in rectifying an error in their nested IF function. And sometimes their formula is bigger than this blog post (seriously! not kidding). However, in some of the cases, this long formula can be cut short by using the VLOOKUP function. Avoiding Nested IF Function Consider …

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How to Create a Scroll Bar in Excel – Step by Step Tutorial

A Scroll Bar in Excel is what you need when you have a huge dataset and you don’t want it to hijack your entire screen’s real estate. It’s a great tool to use in an Excel Dashboard where you have to show a lot of data in a limited space. In this step-by-step tutorial, I …

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Lookup and Return Multiple Values in One Cell in Excel (Formula & VBA)

Can we look-up and return multiple values in one cell in Excel (separated by comma or space)? I have been asked this question multiple times by many of my colleagues and readers. Excel has some amazing lookup formulas, such as VLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH (and now XLOOKUP), but none of these offer a way to return multiple …

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