Assume a column of data with blanks appearing in a few random cells. One may want to use this range of cells for creating a Validation drop down in a specified cell. After creating the validation drop down, the blanks from the source data range would obviously show up in the drop down as well. The task is […]
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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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Assume there are two columns with data repeated in all both columns. One may wan to extract the unique text values from a specific column based on conditions specified by end-user. Depending upon the version of MS Excel which you are using, there could be two ways to solve this problem Solution for MS Excel 2010 and higher versions […]
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Given a single column with duplicates appearing, one may want to dynamically extract unique values to another range. Depending upon the version of MS Excel which you are using, there could be two ways to solve this problem Solution for MS Excel 2010 and higher versions If you are using the Power Query add-in, then a […]
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Assume a four column database with department as the second column. Entries in the department column may be repeated. A person may wish to create one worksheet tab for each department. Therefore, as and when a person names a worksheet tab as one of the departments, all rows of that department should appear on this new sheet. You […]
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In range A2:A6, the numbers are 7.5, 2, -12, 11.2 and 8. In cell B8, a user enters 8. One may want to answer the following questions: 1. Return the closest number which is less than or equal to the number in cell B8 2. Return the closest number which is greater than or equal to the […]
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In a list with multiple occurrences, the VLOOKUP() function in Excel will only return the first occurrence of the string being searched. Depending upon the version of MS Excel which you are using, there could be two ways to solve this problem Solution for MS Excel 2010 and higher versions If you are using the […]
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Blanks appearing in source data not to appear in Data validation list
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