So, what can you see with this chart? Primarily, you can see that sales of Retrobags are collapsing while Organic Flannel makes up the slack. Hammocks and Banjo Packs are relatively stable. But what you can’t see is if overall sales are increasing (they are) or decreasing. Have you got a good example of a useful 100% stacked area chart? Leave a comment below if so, I’d like to add more good examples....
The data used to plot the chart looks like this: How to create this chart Dave Bruns Hi - I’m Dave Bruns, and I run Exceljet with my wife, Lisa. Our goal is to help you work faster in Excel. We create short videos, and clear examples of formulas, functions, pivot tables, conditional formatting, and charts.
Let’s take a look. Here we have a basic column chart. The chart itself—the rectangle that holds everything else—is referred to as the “chart area.” When you select a chart, Excel will wrap the chart in a frame that contains eight handles. You can use these handles to resize the chart. At the top of the chart is the chart title, and to the left is the legend. A column chart has two axis: the horizontal axis, which is also referred to as the “category axis,” and the vertical axis....
For this example, we want to find the payment for a $5000 loan with a 4.5% interest rate, and a term of 60 months. To do this, we configure the PMT function as follows: rate - The interest rate per period. We divide the value in C6 by 12 since 4.5% represents annual interest, and we need the periodic interest. nper - the number of periods comes from cell C7; 60 monthly periods for a 5 year loan....
where pv (G4), rate (G5), and term (G6) are named ranges. Present value (pv) is the named range G4 Rate is provided as as annual rate/periods, or rate/C5 Number of periods (nper) is given as periods * term, or C5*term There is no periodic payment, so we use zero (0) By convention, the present value (pv) is input as a negative value, since the $1000 “leaves your wallet” and goes to the bank during the term....
Because B6 contains 60 (representing 360 minutes) the result is 60/1440 = 0.04167, since 60 minutes = 1 hour = 1/24 day. Cell D6 shows the same result formatted as time, which displays 1:00. This means if you have a decimal number for minutes, you can divide by 1440 (24 x 60) to get the correct representation of minutes in Excel. After dividing by 1440, you can apply a time format of your choice, or use the result in a math operation with other dates or times....
where table is an Excel Table holding call times as shown. The data is in an Excel table called table. By creating a proper Excel table, we make the formulas easier to read and write. In addition, any new data that is added to the table will be automatically picked up by the formulas in columns H and I. The summary table on the right is constructed by entering Excel times in the Start and End columns....
where data is the named range B5:B15. The result is 4 since there are four odd numbers in the range B5:B15. SUMPRODUCT with ISODD The SUMPRODUCT function works directly with arrays. One thing you can do quite easily with SUMPRODUCT is perform a logical test on a range, then count the results. In this case, we want to count odd numbers, and the simplest way to do that is with the ISODD function....
where data is an Excel Table in the range B5:D16. As the formula is copied down, it returns a count of non-blank dates by Group as seen in the worksheet. COUNTIFS function The Excel COUNTIFS function returns the count of cells that meet one or more criteria. COUNTIFS accepts ranges and criteria in pairs. For example, to count cells in A1:A10 that are equal to “red”, you would use COUNTIFS like this: To count cells in the range A1:A10 that have a corresponding value in B1:B10 that is greater than 5, you would add another range/criteria pair like this: Note: COUNTIFS is in a group of 8 functions that share a quirky syntax....
which returns 3, since three different people worked on on project Omega. Note: this is an array formula and must be entered with control + shift + enter. The result from MATCH is an array like this: Because MATCH always returns the position of the first match, values that appear more than once in the data return the same position. For example, because “Jim” appears 4 times in the list, he shows up in this array 4 times as the number 1....
To allow only a date in the next 30 days, you can use data validation with a custom formula based on the AND, and TODAY functions. In the example shown, the data validation applied to C5:C7 is: The TODAY function returns today’s date (recalculated an on on-going basis). The AND function takes multiple logical expressions and returns TRUE only when all expressions return TRUE. In this case, we need to test two conditions: The first condition checks that the input is greater than today: The second condition checks that the input is less than today + 30: (Dates are just serial numbers in Excel, so we can simply add 30)....
For negative y-values the function returns a negative angle. An angle is measured from the positive x-axis direction with the positive direction in the counter-clockwise direction and the negative direction in the clockwise direction. Convert Output to Degrees To convert the output of the ATAN2 function from radians to degrees the formula is: Alternatively, the degrees formula can be used to convert the angle to degrees. Difference Between ATAN and ATAN2 For points in the first and fourth quadrant, the ATAN2 function returns identical output to the ATAN function....
Difference Between OR and XOR When a waiter in a breakfast diner asks if you want coffee OR orange juice, they are really asking if you want coffee XOR juice. You can have one or the other, but not both. Dave Bruns Hi - I’m Dave Bruns, and I run Exceljet with my wife, Lisa. Our goal is to help you work faster in Excel. We create short videos, and clear examples of formulas, functions, pivot tables, conditional formatting, and charts....
The word “blank” is somewhat misleading in Excel, because a cell that contains only space will look blank but not be empty. In general, it is best to think of ISBLANK to mean “is empty” since it will return FALSE when a cell looks blank but is not empty. Examples If cell A1 contains nothing at all, the ISBLANK function will return TRUE: If cell A1 contains any value, or any formula, the ISBLANK function will return FALSE:...
Dave Bruns Hi - I’m Dave Bruns, and I run Exceljet with my wife, Lisa. Our goal is to help you work faster in Excel. We create short videos, and clear examples of formulas, functions, pivot tables, conditional formatting, and charts.
Examples The formula in D5 returns a 3 x 3 unit matrix : With 3 given for dimension, the MUNIT function returns a 3 by 3 array like this: The formula in J5 returns a 5 x 5 unit matrix. With 5 given for dimension, the MUNIT function returns a 5 by 5 array like this: Array syntax The MUNIT function returns an array of values. In Excel 365, where dynamic arrays are native, you can use the MUNIT function without any special handling – MUNIT will return an array of values that spill directly into cells in the worksheet....
Once you are editing a cell, you can use the F2 / Ctrl+U again to toggle through available edit modes (edit, enter, point). “Point” and “Enter” work similarly and allow you to point to a cell. “Edit” mode simply moves the cursor in the formula text. Pressing F2 / Ctrl+U repeatedly will cycle through modes…you’ll see the mode displayed in the status bar, in the lower left corner. On the Mac, this doesn’t seem to work in certain areas, notably Define Names, and the New Formatting Rule window when adding a conditional format that uses a formula....
Dave Bruns Hi - I’m Dave Bruns, and I run Exceljet with my wife, Lisa. Our goal is to help you work faster in Excel. We create short videos, and clear examples of formulas, functions, pivot tables, conditional formatting, and charts.
On a Mac, the control key (⌃) can be used instead of the command key (⌘). Dave Bruns Hi - I’m Dave Bruns, and I run Exceljet with my wife, Lisa. Our goal is to help you work faster in Excel. We create short videos, and clear examples of formulas, functions, pivot tables, conditional formatting, and charts.
Dave Bruns Hi - I’m Dave Bruns, and I run Exceljet with my wife, Lisa. Our goal is to help you work faster in Excel. We create short videos, and clear examples of formulas, functions, pivot tables, conditional formatting, and charts.
