Assume the following data on a worksheet: 1. Cell B3 – Tenure of loan (in years). This will be a whole number, say 15 2. Cell B5 – Escalation (in percentage), say 10% 3. Cell B6 – Escalation period (in months), This will be a whole number, say 24. This means that the escalation will […]
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In cell B6, a user can select one of the following entries from a validation drop down list – Reason1, Reason2 and Reason3. If the user selects either Reason1 or Reason2, a dependent validation drop down lists should appear in cell C6. However, if the user select Reason3 in cell B6, the dependent validation list from cell C6 should […]
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Assume a two column database showing starting date/time and ending data/time (Data/time stamp appear in a single cell). Given a list of public holidays in a year and starting and ending work times, one may want to know the turn around time excluding Sundays and public holidays. You may refer to my solution in this […]
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Assume a worksheet which has scores (1-10) on four future dates on nine questions. Each row represents responses for one question. Likewise there are 20 respondents i.e. 20 worksheets which have the same structure. One may want to summarise data from all 20 worksheets into one worksheet. The question and solution are more clearly explained in the attached […]
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Given an alphanumeric string, one may want to perform the following Extract phone number from the string Assume a list of customer addresses with multiple phones numbers mentioned in the address field itself. These numbers may be mobile numbers and/or mobile numbers. Furthermore, PIN codes may also be mentioned in the address string. One may want […]
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Assume there are three worksheets, one each for 2008, 2009 and 2010. On each sheet there are two columns for Account code and Account description. Thereafter there are 12 columns (one for each month). Values inside the matrix represent amount spent on a specific item in a specific month. On the P&L worksheet, a user will provide the […]
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Assume there are ten worksheet tabs – one for each retail store. Each worksheet tab has sale data of different brands across 12 months – brands are arranged in rows and months are arranged in columns. The structure of all worksheets tabs is the same. Furthermore, each store is managed in any of the two retail […]
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If a certain cell entry is found in column C of the other eleven sheets, then colour the entry in red. Furthermore, a summary sheet should show all red coloured entries. You may refer to my solution in this workbook.
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Create a data validation list from a range which has data appearing in multiple rows. I have shown two cases – one using macros and other using formulas. The question and solution have been explained in this workbook.
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Given a certain beginning date and specified number of days, one may want to determine the ending date (beginning date plus number of days). When determining the ending date, the following two cases should be considered Case 1 Holidays are: 1. Sundays only; and 2. User specified public holidays Case 2 Holidays user specified public holidays […]
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Compute rent payable over the contact period after factoring in escalations
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