MS Excel Functions

Techniques in MS Excel
- Concatenate
- Dollar sign
- Find and replace
- Text to columns
- Remove duplicates
- Paste options
- Alt
 Logic Functions
In Excel, Logic is stated as
TRUE OR FALSE

Sample: 15 is less than 20 – TRUE

In Excel: =15<20 – TRUE

Sample: 15 is less than 10 – FALSE

In Excel: =15<10 – FALSE
 Logic Functions
Basic:
=IF(Logical1, value if true, value if false)
=AND(Logical1, Logical2, Logical3…)
=OR(Logical1, Logical2, Logical3…)
Combined:
=IF(AND(Logical1, Logical2,Logical3,…),value if true, value if false)
Nested if:
=IF(Logical1, value if true, IF(Logical2, value if true, value if false)
 Sumif and averageif Functions
Basic:
=SUMIF(Range, Criteria, Sum range)
=SUMIFS(Sum range, Range 1, Criteria 1, Range 2, Criteria 2…)
=AVERAGEIF(Range, Criteria, Average range)
=AVERAGEIFS(Average range, Range 1, Criteria 1, Range 2, Criteria 2)
 Search Functions
Used if a data needed for one table is in another table

First name Last name Gender Last name Gender

Christine Holland Green F
Anna Bert Bert F
Jake Roberts Roberts M
Jam Baker Holland F
Grace Green Baker M
Table 1 Table 2
 Search Functions
Basic:
=VLOOKUP (Lookup Value, Table Array, Column number, match type)
=HLOOKUP (Lookup Value, Table Array, Row number, match type)
 Pivot Table
Used in summarizing datasets
- Rows: what fields to display
as rows
- Columns: what fields to
display as columns/groups
- Filters: filter report by items
not in the report body
- Values: how to summarize
your data
Parts of Pivot Table
 Add pivot table
1. Select the data to be used in the pivot table
2. Click Insert (or alt, N)
3. Click Pivot table (or V)
4. Choose where you want the Pivot table to be placed
5. Click ok
6. Add data in the Pivot table fields as needed