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HLOOKUP Function in Excel: Look Up Across the Top Row of a Table

18 Feb 2020 · Excel Functions A–Z · 1 min read

HLOOKUP Function in Excel: Look Up Across the Top Row of a Table

HLOOKUP is VLOOKUP turned sideways: it searches the top row and returns a value from a row below.

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18 February 2020 by Atul Vij Excel Functions A–Z

TRIM Function in Excel: Remove Extra Spaces

18 Feb 2020 · Excel Functions A–Z · 1 min read

TRIM Function in Excel: Remove Extra Spaces

TRIM removes leading and trailing spaces and reduces multiple spaces between words to one. Essential after copying data from websites and ERPs.

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18 February 2020 by Atul Vij Excel Functions A–Z

XLOOKUP Function in Excel: The Modern Lookup That Replaces VLOOKUP

18 Feb 2020 · Excel Functions A–Z · 1 min read

XLOOKUP Function in Excel: The Modern Lookup That Replaces VLOOKUP

XLOOKUP finds a value in one range and returns the matching item from another. It looks in any direction, defaults to exact match, and…

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18 February 2020 by Atul Vij Excel Functions A–Z

Decision Trees in Python: A Model You Can Actually Read

18 Feb 2020 · Machine Learning · 2 min read

Decision Trees in Python: A Model You Can Actually Read

Train a decision tree classifier with scikit-learn, print its rules as plain if/else text, measure accuracy honestly with a test split, and avoid overfitting…

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18 February 2020 by Atul Vij Machine Learning

Which Automation Tool Should You Learn? VBA vs Python vs Power Automate vs SAP Scripting

Which Automation Tool Should You Learn? VBA vs Python vs Power Automate vs SAP Scripting

16 Feb 2020 · Automation · 2 min read

Which Automation Tool Should You Learn? VBA vs Python vs Power Automate vs SAP Scripting

A practical guide to choosing between Excel VBA, Python, Power Automate and SAP GUI scripting for automating office work — based on the task,…

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16 February 2020 by Atul Vij Automation

VBA Project: Generate PDF Invoices From Excel and Email Them Automatically

11 Feb 2020 · Excel VBA · 3 min read

VBA Project: Generate PDF Invoices From Excel and Email Them Automatically

A complete VBA project: fill an invoice template from a data sheet, export each invoice to PDF with a proper file name, and email…

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11 February 2020 by Atul Vij Excel VBA

Outlook Rules and Quick Steps That Actually Clean Your Inbox

Outlook Rules and Quick Steps That Actually Clean Your Inbox

7 Feb 2020 · Outlook · 2 min read

Outlook Rules and Quick Steps That Actually Clean Your Inbox

Set up Outlook rules, Quick Steps, search folders and a few smart habits so your inbox sorts itself — with real examples for reports,…

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7 February 2020 by Atul Vij Outlook

Google Sheets QUERY Function for Excel Users

Google Sheets QUERY Function for Excel Users

29 Nov 2019 · Google Workspace · 2 min read

Google Sheets QUERY Function for Excel Users

Google Sheets’ QUERY function lets you filter, group and sort with SQL-like syntax in one formula. Learn it with examples mapped to Excel features…

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29 November 2019 by Atul Vij Google Workspace, SQL

Linear Regression From Scratch in Python: How a Model Actually Learns

5 Nov 2019 · Machine Learning · 3 min read

Linear Regression From Scratch in Python: How a Model Actually Learns

Code linear regression with gradient descent in plain NumPy, watch the model learn slope and intercept, then check it against NumPy and scikit-learn. The…

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5 November 2019 by Atul Vij Machine Learning

Unpivot Monthly Columns into a Clean Table with Power Query

Unpivot Monthly Columns into a Clean Table with Power Query

27 Oct 2019 · Power Query & Pivots · 2 min read

Unpivot Monthly Columns into a Clean Table with Power Query

Turn a wide report with Jan–Dec columns into a tidy Month/Value table using Power Query’s Unpivot — so pivot tables, charts and SUMIFS finally…

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27 October 2019 by Atul Vij Power Query & Pivots

Outlook Calendar Tricks for Busy Weeks

Outlook Calendar Tricks for Busy Weeks

23 Oct 2019 · Outlook · 2 min read

Outlook Calendar Tricks for Busy Weeks

Practical Outlook calendar features: Scheduling Assistant, shorter meetings by default, a second time zone, focus blocks, propose new time, sharing and quick keyboard shortcuts.

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23 October 2019 by Atul Vij Outlook

SQL Window Functions: Running Totals, Rankings and Month-on-Month in One Query

15 Oct 2019 · SQL · 3 min read

SQL Window Functions: Running Totals, Rankings and Month-on-Month in One Query

A practical guide to SQL window functions: OVER and PARTITION BY, ROW_NUMBER, RANK and DENSE_RANK, running totals, moving averages, LAG/LEAD for month-on-month change, and…

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15 October 2019 by Atul Vij SQL

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