Excel's data validation feature is more versatile than you might think. Learn how to use literal values, input values, list values, and even formulas to restrict input date values using data ...

Q: I have an Excel spreadsheet that I update weekly with our employees’ Actual Sales and Sales Goals. I manually insert a red circle to indicate those who did not reach their sales goal by more than a ...

FILTER works well with other Excel functions like SORT and UNIQUE to create powerful data management combinations. You can nest FILTER inside SUM or AVERAGE formulas to calculate values from filtered ...

When multiple data variables are accommodated in a project, the time and spatial grids of those variables must be identical. As such, you must control the data other people enter. That’s when you need ...

Microsoft Excel makes it possible for users to easily get around incorrect data entries. In most cases, the user takes advantage of the data validation feature. However, there are times when this ...

Excel’s data validation feature offers an efficient way to perform a variety of tasks. This collection of techniques demonstrates several handy ways to put data validation to work. From the ebook: ...