How to aggregate data
Overview One of the most common uses of a pivot table in Excel is to aggregate data, for example calculating total sales for each person in a list: Aggregating data in your process in SolveXia can be...
View ArticleSorting data
Overview The sort instruction allows a user to sort the data within a particular Excel worksheet. For the purposes of this article we are going to use a simple and fictitious Excel file. It has already...
View ArticleHow to automate a ‘mapping’ procedure
Overview Commonly, there are situations where cell values which belong to a particular category must be matched or ‘mapped’ to cell values of a corresponding category. An example of such a situation...
View ArticleValidating an Excel workbook
Overview The validate Excel workbook instruction allows a user to check a whole Excel workbook for errors returned by the formulas in the workbook. For the purposes of this article we are going to use...
View ArticleValidating cells in a worksheet
Overview The validate cells in workbook instruction allows a user to check a cell range against a condition or multiple conditions. For the purposes of this article we are going to use a simple and...
View ArticleUpdating cells with formulas
Overview The update cell formula instruction allows a user to update a range of cells with a particular formula. Only one formula can be configured into the instruction. However, the instruction, when...
View ArticleUnmerging cells
Overview The unmerge cells instruction allows a user to unmerge cells that have previously been merged within an Excel workbook. The instruction can be configured to unmerge cells within a specified...
View ArticleUnhiding columns
Overview The unhide column instruction allows a user to unhide a column within a particular Excel worksheet. For the purposes of this article we are going to use a simple and fictitious Excel file. It...
View ArticleRunning a macro
Overview The run macro instruction allows a user to run a macro within an Excel workbook. For the purposes of this article we are going to use a simple and fictitious Excel file. It has already been...
View ArticleRenaming a worksheet
Overview The rename worksheet instruction allows a user to rename a particular worksheet within an Excel workbook. For the purposes of this article we are going to use a simple and fictitious Excel...
View ArticleComparing lists
Overview The match list instruction allows a user to compare one cell range with another cell range. In a sense, this instruction is quite similar to the compare range instruction. However, the match...
View ArticleInserting rows
Overview The insert row instruction allows a user to insert rows before a particular row within a particular Excel worksheet. For the purposes of this article we are going to use a simple and...
View ArticleInserting columns
Overview The insert column instruction allows a user to insert columns before a particular column within a particular Excel worksheet. For the purposes of this article we are going to use a simple and...
View ArticleImporting from Access into Excel
Overview The import from Access instruction allows a user to import data into an Excel worksheet from an Access database Table. The instruction allows for the field names (‘column headings’) of the...
View ArticleHiding a worksheet
Overview The hide worksheet instruction allows a user to delete a particular worksheet from within a Excel file. For the purposes of this article we are going to use a simple and fictitious Excel file....
View ArticleHiding rows selectively
Overview The hide rows selectively instruction allows a user to hide rows from within a Excel worksheet based on the data contained in a column or in various columns across each of the selected rows....
View ArticleHiding rows
Overview The hide row instruction allows a user to hide a row within a particular Excel worksheet. For the purposes of this article we are going to use a simple and fictitious Excel file. It has...
View ArticleHiding columns selectively
Overview The hide columns selectively instruction allows a user to hide columns from within a Excel worksheet based on the data contained in a row or in various rows across each of the selected...
View ArticleHiding columns
Overview The hide column instruction allows a user to hide a column within a particular Excel worksheet. For the purposes of this article we are going to use a simple and fictitious Excel file. It has...
View ArticleGetting a list of file names from a zip file
Overview The get file list from zip file instruction allows a user to extract a list of the names of all the files contained within a zip file into an Excel worksheet. The instruction can be configured...
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