Have you ever thought of the humble SUM function as a secret weapon for advanced analytics? Most Excel users see it as a basic tool for adding numbers, but what if I told you it could do so much more?

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How to use BYCOL() and BYROW() to evaluate data across columns and rows in Excel Your email has been sent Most Microsoft Excel functions are autonomous—one result value for each function or formula.

Have you ever struggled with Excel formulas, trying to calculate running totals only to be left with errors and frustration? Many of us have faced the challenge of managing datasets where each row’s ...

How to turn complex formulas into easy-to-use custom functions using LAMBDA() in Excel Your email has been sent LAMBDA functions are new to Microsoft Excel. With LAMBDA functions, you can turn a ...

The simplest way to think about SCAN is that it applies a custom calculation to each element in a range/array and returns every intermediate result it produces along the way. If that sounds abstract, ...

Q. Are there any alternatives to traditional PivotTables in Excel? A. The first thing that comes to mind is the function GROUPBY. The primary purpose of GROUPBY is to make data analysis easier by ...