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Excel's UNIQUE function can't skip columns—unless you use this trick

Nest CHOOSECOLS inside UNIQUE to extract non-adjacent columns, and use INDIRECT for interactive header dropdowns.
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Using Excel’s GROUPBY function as a PivotTable alternative

Q. Are there any alternatives to traditional PivotTables in Excel? A. The first thing that comes to mind is the function GROUPBY. The primary purpose of GROUPBY is to make data analysis easier by ...
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How to use the SCAN function in Microsoft Excel to calculate running totals

The SCAN function lives in a single cell and spills the results down the column, ensuring my totals are always structurally and mathematically correct. The SCAN function has three arguments: ...
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How to use Microsoft Excel’s VSTACK() function to combine multiple data sets

How to use Microsoft Excel’s VSTACK() function to combine multiple data sets Your email has been sent Have you ever received data that you had to consolidate manually? It’s tedious work and prone to ...