A spreadsheet is a computer application for organization, analysis, and storage of data in tabular form. Under this category, you will learn tips and tricks for using various types of spreadsheet applications. Mainly we will be discussing spreadsheets applications such as Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets.
Identifying and removing or identifying duplicates is one of the essential steps in data cleaning. Duplicates can happen in your data set for many reasons like the nature of the data collection method, data entry errors, etc… This post will show you how to find duplicates in Google Sheets and remove them. You may also … Read more
We use data from various sources for our data analysis works. In previous posts, we discussed how to import data from one Google Sheets to another, one sheet (tab) to another sheet(tab), and Import CSV files to Google Sheets. In this post, I will show you several methods to import data from website to Google … Read more
You can drag down the fill handle to autofill formulas. However, it is not efficient to use the fill handle when you are working with a large data set. And also, you need to drag down the fill handle every time you add new data (rows) to your dataset. This post will show you how … Read more
“Garbage in, garbage out” is a common saying in the computer world to describe how important the quality of the data is. If your input nonsense data, you will also get a nonsense output. So, to get more accurate results, you should minimize the errors in your data. Error in data entry is one such … Read more
When working with data, you may come across situations where you need to compare two or more datasets. For example, you may need to compare two different versions of the same data set. In such situations, we can compare the data sets using individual columns or column combinations. This post will show you how to … Read more
This post will show you how to create a Crypto Portfolio Tracker in Google Sheets. With this Google Sheet, you can track your cryptocurrency purchases. And also, you can view a summary of your total assets with the Dollar Cost Average (DCA) for each cryptocurrency. In addition to that, you can get the present value … Read more
We have created a number of Google Apps Script Web Apps that can be used for data collection purposes in our previous blog posts. We included several types of form controls in those web apps, such as text fields, dropdowns, radio buttons, etc… This blog post will show you how to create a web app … Read more
Using the “Form” command, you can easily generate a data entry form in Excel. Data entry forms provide a convenient means to insert, view, update, or delete data. This post will show you how to generate Excel data entry forms and why and when to use them. Note: The examples in this post have been … Read more
We identify each cell in the spreadsheet by a combination of its column letter and row number. A range of cells is defined using the upper Left cell and the lower Right cell. We call this A1 notation. But writing a complex formula using A1 notation is a bit difficult to understand and maintain. You … Read more
This post will show you how to handle duplicate entries or, in other words, repeated data in your data set in Microsoft Excel. There are many ways to handle duplicates in Excel. Sometimes you may have to remove duplicates. Sometimes you may have to work with the dataset while keeping the duplicates as it is. … Read more