Pivot tables in Excel are useful for summarizing data. But you can do more than just simple summations and can also calculate running totals based on multiple fields. In the spreadsheet which I'll use for this example, I have sale by month and by ca ...
Calculating trailing-12 month values, also known as TTM, can be a powerful way to analyze financial or business data over the most recent year. This method focuses on the latest 12-month period, providing a rolling snapshot of performance or trends. ...
If you're pulling in stock prices into your spreadsheet, you can easily plot those values on a chart. And one way to help visualize the data is to add horizontal lines to help you identify where the maximum and minimum values are. I'll go over how t ...
Do you want to track deadlines and have an easy place to manage all your upcoming tasks and bills? In this post, I'm going to share with you my Dynamic Calendar Template. This template will allow you to input dates and create conditional formatting ...
You can import a lot of different data into your Excel spreadsheet. In this post, I'll show you how you can get tables from Wikipedia both manually and with the help of Power Query. For this example, I'm going to use the page for the largest fast fo ...
An Excel spreadsheet has lines and displays like a grid. And rather than buying graph or grid paper, you can print it out yourself and customize it. Below, I'll show you how. How to create your own graph and grid paper in Excel 1. Select all t ...
If you want to create a chart in Google Sheets that displays different kinds of data, you may benefit from using a secondary axis. If you just use a single axis, that may not be ideal as depending on the scale, your data may not display correctly if ...
If you're creating a chart on Google Sheets, there's a really useful feature you can use which makes it easy to compare values, and that's compare mode. In this post, I'll go over how to use compare mode and how it can help you easily compare result ...
Google Sheets is a powerful and versatile tool for managing data, whether you're tracking expenses, analyzing survey results, or organizing information for a project. One of the fundamental skills you need to master is adding rows and columns to you ...
Did you know you can create a pivot table in Google Sheets which automatically updates as you add data to it? Remarkably, it's an easier process than in Excel where you would need a macro or where you might need to right-click on the pivot table and ...
