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10 Excel Tricks you did not yet know

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Olaf Hubel
Former Employee
Dec 14, 2016

 

Flash Fill

Flash Fill your data

Ever needed to clean up some data that you copied and pasted into Excel? Flash Fill will help you quickly parse, extract or cleanup your data.  For example, if you need to split first and last name or pull out the email address.

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Quick AnalysisAnalyze data with Quick Analysis

Not sure what the best way is to use your data? Simply select the data and click on the Quick Analysis icon to analyze your data instantly. It will give you some nice examples of what you can do with your data.

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ForecastForecast based on a historical time series

Forecasting functions can be used to predict future values based on historical data. These functions use advanced machine learning algorithms, such as Exponential Triple Smoothing.

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Group DataDate aware Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts

Grouping data in a PivotTable can help you show a subset of data to analyze. For example, you may want to group an unwieldy list of dates or times into quarters and months.

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New ChartsNew charts for organizational and financial analysis

Lots of new charts have been added to Excel, like TreeMap, WaterFall, Maps, Sunburts, Funnel …

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TEXTJOINNew formulas in Excel

Now you can use new formulas like TEXTJOIN, IFS, SWITCH, MAXIFS and MINIFS

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Get DataGather all your web data with ease

Connect to a web data source using Power Query

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Data ModelBuild relationships across your data

One of the most powerful features in Excel, built-in data mash-up and analysis features. Create a data model using Power Pivot.

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Web ServiceLive web data using Web Services Function

Use data from a web service on the Internet or Intranet in your formulas.

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TellMeYou're an expert with Tell Me

Find everything you like to do within Excel directly from the new Tell Me feature.

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Updated Dec 14, 2016
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