Have you ever found yourself staring at rows and rows of budget and actual data, wondering how to make sense of it all? You’re not alone. Budget versus actual analysis is one of those tasks that feels ...

Handle millions of rows by loading queries into Power Pivot, building relationships, and creating measures for fast variance ...

Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions allow users to quickly split up text in ways that used to require combinations of functions like LEFT, RIGHT, MID, and FIND, leading to some confusing ...

Q. Traditional PivotTables have always intimidated me. I see there is a new Excel function called PIVOTBY. What is the difference between it and the traditional PivotTable? With the PIVOTBY function, ...

In this video, we explore the new COPILOT function in Excel, which requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot License. This feature ...

A new COPILOT function in Excel lets you use AI in a formula. The new skill is now available to Microsoft 365 insiders. Reduces some of the complexity involved in creating formulas. Get more in-depth ...

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If you step into any office or school library, you’re almost guaranteed to find a copy of Microsoft Excel installed on their computers. To the uninitiated, Excel appears to be a simple spreadsheet ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...