Analytics with Excel

Now here we go with the top 5 absolute Excel functions. Which demonstrates the new era of Excel features & functions. One by one disclose the new chapter, and we have to understand that today in the world, fast-growing technology is using AI to lead the whole ecosystem. Our performance can make good effects or bad effects with old passionate Excel. But now these days we've more options to give some better insight. So let's move on to absolute functions. #1. XLOOKUP No surprise, the number 1 function is the most versatile and essential function in Excel (XLOOKUP). I use it to look up needles from haystacks of data. Here is a typical scenario of XLOOKUP for me. "I have a table of products, vendor names, and quoted prices. For a given product (say rocket skates), I want to find out the name of the vendor (Wile E. Coyote)   I type =XLOOKUP("rocket skates", A1:A100, B1:B100, "No such product"). " I love that XLOOKUP can look up horizontally too. Pl...

Most people like to save money by spending time. But not all the time; I believe in saving time at any cost. This is because time is the only thing we can't renew. A minute lost is a minute gone. So let me share with you top time-saving tricks in Excel. Use them wisely.  1. If we need to do it every 'x' days, then automate; I'm not a fan of automating everything . But when I see a repeating task, I take time to automate it. So here we disclose & spot you a piece of work that needs doing every week; just automate it. Here are my favorite tools for automation in 2026. POWER QUERY   That's it. This is the only thing we need to get started. Use it to collect, clean up, and maintain data automatically. If you don't know what Power Query is, then you must check out this blog .  Analysts used some hidden advanced Excel features . 2. Tables and pivots for most work While I enjoy writing formulas as much as the Incredible Hulk likes to smash things, I take a much mor...

Here we disclose some tips for quickly creating the awesome pivot charts in Excel in a while. In the module, we will learn that without extra effort in some cases when we have to create the chart or make the report for the stakeholders, we can use some tips for making the charts. So we are discussing the top 10 tips.   Tip #1: Press ALT+F1 to quickly make a chart (1) Click anywhere inside the data below, from cell B12 to B16. (2) Press ALT+F1 (make sure your F-lock is on). If you're using the laptop, try ALT+FN+F1. (3) Excel creates a simple chart for you. (4) Now change it to another type of chart on the design tab, click "Change Chart Type," and pick another chart that interests you. Tip #2: Select specific columns before creating a chart. (1) Click and drag to select cells B12 to B16 (from salesperson down to Sally). (2) Press and hold CTRL, and drag to select cells D12 to D16 (commission down to $10). Now let go of the CTRL key. (3) Press ALT+F1 (make sure your F-Lock...