There are many ways to find and retrieve data from a table or range based on a lookup value. In fact, because Microsoft often comes up with new, modernized alternatives, there are too many ways! So, ...

Excel spreadsheets do so much, from making lists to crunching numbers to acting as sophisticated flat-file databases. We’re creating this guide to make sure you master all the essentials and more.

The FIND function allows you to find a text string within another. It returns the position at which a character or string begins within another text string. The output of the above function will be 5, ...

I have a background that includes spreadsheets, programming, and electronics, so this book piqued my interest. I didn't run into any surprises until I thought a bit more about its contents and my ...

Managing data in Microsoft Excel often requires splitting cells into columns or rows to improve organization and usability. Whether you’re handling simple lists or working with complex datasets, Excel ...

We all have done some basic maths where we used to shorten a number with a lot of decimal digit. If Truncate and Round of sounds familiar, then you got it right. In this post, we will show how you can ...

For the Microsoft Power BI report designer, importing Microsoft Excel data is a common task. Once in Power BI, you analyze and report on that data. Occasionally, you might need to export a Power BI ...

Microsoft has been introducing new AI tools to enhance productivity and data analysis. One such innovation is the integration of Copilot into Microsoft 365, a feature that works alongside users in the ...

The first thing to understand about Tableau is that it is a data visualization program. Data visualization programs empower CPAs and other users to render the results of analyses in sophisticated, ...

Auditors know that journal-entry testing is one of many procedures they can use in addressing client data completeness and, hence, audit risk (see AU-C Section 240, Consideration of Fraud in a ...