For the most part, you're probably accustomed to using Microsoft Excel for tasks such as preparing reports, forecasts, and budgets. However, Excel is much more powerful than that. It can be used to ...

The Pivot Table is a tool that Excel uses to create custom reports from your spreadsheet databases. Once you select the portion of your spreadsheet that contains the target data, then define it as a ...

Generating practice datasets for Excel can be a time-consuming task, often requiring manual data entry or scouring the internet for suitable public domain datasets. However, with the advent of ...

Building around relationships instead of formulas made my Excel dashboard faster to create, easier to update, and more ...

Excel possesses formidable database powers. Creating a relational database starts with a Master table that links it to subordinates, called (awkwardly) Slave, Child, or Detail tables. Before we dive ...

Microsoft 365 users can now use Microsoft Lists to track data. If you work in Teams or SharePoint, you’re probably familiar with the concept of lists. This feature made its way to Microsoft 365 in ...

Spread the loveIf you’ve ever spent too much time correcting data entry errors or wrestling with inconsistent information in your spreadsheets, you’re not alone. The struggle is real, and it’s ...

This Power BI tutorial explains how to use Power Query to clean, reshape, and prepare Excel data before building ...

We all know that in uncertain times, a forecast underlies a company’s success or failure. Forecasts keep prices low by optimizing business operations—including cash flow, production, staff, and ...