In this article, I will show you how to create dropdown lists and dependent dropdown lists in Excel and apply them to multiple rows. Dropdown lists allow users to select from a list of options when entering data into a cell. This can help to ensure that data is entered correctly and consistently. Dependent dropdown … Read more
When working with spreadsheets, we often need to combine data from multiple columns into a single column. For example, we might need to combine the first and last names of a list of contacts to make the full name or Combine columns for “Street Address,” “City,” “State,” and “ZIP Code” to create a complete address. … Read more
Keeping track of your income and expenditures is an important part of your financial planning. It can help you to understand your spending habits, set financial goals, make informed financial decisions, and spot potential problems early on. There are many different ways to store your income and expenses. Some people use a paper budget, while … 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
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
There are several ways to create forms in Google Sheets. The most popular and easiest method is to use Google Forms. However, it is a general-purpose form-building application. Sometimes you may find it very difficult to create a form in your mind with Google Forms. Especially when it comes to mass data entry works, you … Read more
The term “spatial data” is used to describe any data related to or containing information about specific locations on the earth’s surface. Hence, many of the field data you collected can be considered as spatial field data. Spatial field data collection involves collecting three types of features, namely points, lines, and polygons. The spatial data … Read more
Data entry is one of the important steps in the data analysis process. It is important that the data collected is correctly entered into the electronic format. A good data entry form can reduce the number of human errors added during the data entry. A correctly designed data entry form can speed up data entry … Read more
