Bill Jelen

Renowned Excel experts Bill Jelen (MrExcel) and Tracy Syrstad explain how to build more powerful, reliable, and efficient Excel spreadsheets. Use this guide to automate virtually any routine Excel task: save yourself hours, days, maybe even weeks. Make Excel do things you thought were impossible, discover macro techniques you won’t find anywhere else, and create automated reports that are amazingly powerful. Bill Jelen and Tracy Syrstad help you instantly visualize information to make it actionable; capture data from anywhere and use it anywhere; and automate the best new features in Excel in Microsoft 365. You’ll find simple, step-by-step instructions, real-world case studies, and 50 workbooks packed with examples and complete, easy-to-adapt solutions. By reading this book, you will gain the following skills: Confident VBA programmer: Readers will learn to write and understand VBA code, automating complex Excel tasks.Data manipulation mastery: They'll gain the ability to import/export data, interact with cells programmatically, and manipulate data efficiently.Advanced reporting automation: Readers will learn to generate and update charts and pivot tables through code, creating powerful automated reports.One-click data analysis: They'll develop the skills to build custom buttons that transform raw data into comprehensive reports with a single click, streamlining their workflow. The structure of the book is to provide an explanation of a concept followed by an example of how the concept would be used. Sample code in a chapter often builds up from previous samples in the same chapter. Larger code samples include comments so the user understands the progression of the program.

Learn to use pivot tables and pivot charts in Microsoft Excel to produce powerful, dynamic reports in minutes: take control of your data and your business! Even if you’ve never created a pivot table before, this book will help you leverage their flexibility and analytical power—and includes exploration of new array functions and Copilot capabilities in analysis creation. Drawing on more than 30 years of cutting-edge Excel experience, MVP Bill Jelen (“MrExcel”) shares practical “recipes” for solving real business problems, expert insights for avoiding mistakes, and advanced tips and tricks you’ll find nowhere else. By reading this book, you will: Master easy, powerful ways to create, customize, change, and control pivot tablesUse Copilot and Analyze Data features to create pivot tablesTransform huge datasets into clear summary reportsInstantly highlight your most profitable customers, products, or regionsPivot data with powerful dynamic arrays and Power QueryUse PIVOTBY and GROUPBY functions to create reports without needing to refreshBuild geographical pivot tables with 3D MapsConstruct and share state-of-the-art dynamic dashboardsRevamp analyses on the fly by dragging and dropping fi eldsBuild dynamic self-service reporting systemsShare your pivot tables with colleaguesCreate data mashups using the full Power Pivot capabilities in modern Excel versionsGenerate pivot tables using either VBA on the Desktop or Typescript in Excel Online or on the DesktopEmbrace GetPivotData for better looking reports and learn how to prevent it for quick reportingUnpivot source data so it’s easier to use About This Book For everyone who wants to get more done with Microsoft Excel in less timeFor business and financial professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and others who need to efficiently manage and analyze data

Excel tips to skyrocket white-collar productivity. Originally designed for Bill Jelen's live Power Excel seminars, the target audience already uses Excel 40 hours a week. These tips are the "aha" tips that uncover secret methods in Excel. The book covers general Excel functions, pivot tables, and formulas such as VLOOKUP and the new XLOOKUP. It introduces elements of modern Excel such as the Power Pivot Data Model and cleaning data with Power Query. Updated annually, this edition for 2021 adds information on LET and LAMBDA functions, amazing new data types, dynamic array formulas, and more.

Inspiring Excel tips designed to save 100 hours per year. Originally designed for Bill Jelen's live Power Excel seminars, the target audience already uses Excel 40 hours a week. These tips are the "aha" tips that uncover secret methods in Excel. The book covers general Excel functions, pivot tables, and formulas such as VLOOKUP and the new XLOOKUP. It introduces elements of modern Excel such as the Power Pivot Data Model and cleaning data with Power Query. Updated annually, this edition for 2022 adds information on collaboration features, LET and LAMBDA functions, amazing new data types, dynamic array formulas, and more.

Bill Jelen, MrExcel and Oz du Soleil of Excel on Fire, two of the leading Excel channels on YouTube, joined forces to write a unique book to help you get the most from Excel and combat bad data.Guerrilla Data Analysis Using Microsoft Excel: Excel Skirmishes and Conquering Crap Data Third Ed. goes beyond Excel tips & tricks and includes real world warnings and case studies.When asked about the motivation for this book, Oz replied: “this is for the person who’s been thrown into the fire with Excel and data. They may not have a background for this work but they still have to perform because the world doesn’t wait for you to graduate from beginner to intermediate and then to advanced. No. You have to perform and deliver.”In other words, GDA3 is a survival guide whether you’re new to Excel or a longtime professional who needs a reference guide. The book is light and quick, giving you bite-sized lessons, but going deep on critical topics like pivot tables and Power Query.

Renowned Excel experts Bill Jelen (MrExcel) and Tracy Syrstad help you automate Excel tasks to get more done, faster than ever. Use this guide to automate virtually any routine Excel task: save yourself hours, days, maybe even weeks. Make Excel do things you thought were impossible, discover macro techniques you won't find anywhere else, and create automated reports that are amazingly powerful. Bill Jelen and Tracy Syrstad help you instantly visualize information to make it actionable; capture data from anywhere, and use it anywhere; and automate the best new features in Microsoft Excel. You'll find simple, step-by-step instructions, real-world case studies, and 50 workbooks packed with examples and complete, easy-to-adapt solutions. By reading this book, you will: Quickly master Excel macro developmentWork more efficiently with ranges, cells, and formulasGenerate automated reports and quickly adapt them for new requirementsLearn to automate PivotTables to summarize, analyze, explore, and present dataLeverage more of Excel VBA's power with classes, collections, and Advanced FilterMake the most of User-Defined Functions (UDFs), including new LAMBDA functionsBuild sophisticated UserForm custom dialogs to collect data from other Excel usersIntegrate data from the Internet, Access and SQL Server databases, and other sourcesAutomatically generate charts, visualizations, sparklines, and Word documentsExtend Excel's power by controlling other Office programs and Windows itselfCreate Office Add-ins to expand worksheet functionality or streamline retrieval of external informationGet started creating brand-new TypeScript applications for Excel Online About This Book • For everyone who wants to get more done with Microsoft Excel in less time • For business and financial professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and others who need to efficiently manage and analyze data

Use Microsoft 365 Excel and Excel 2021 pivot tables and pivot charts to produce powerful, dynamic reports in minutes: take control of your data and your business! Even if you've never created a pivot table before, this book will help you leverage all their flexibility and analytical power— including important recent improvements in Microsoft 365 Excel. Drawing on more than 30 years of cutting-edge Excel experience, MVP Bill Jelen (“MrExcel”) shares practical “recipes” for solving real business problems, expert insights for avoiding mistakes, and advanced tips and tricks you'll find nowhere else. By reading this book, you will: Master easy, powerful ways to create, customize, change, and control pivot tablesTransform huge datasets into clear summary reportsInstantly highlight your most profitable customers, products, or regionsUse the data model and Power Query to quickly analyze disparate data sourcesCreate powerful crosstab reports with new dynamic arrays and Power QueryBuild geographical pivot tables with 3D MapsConstruct and share state-of-the-art dynamic dashboardsRevamp analyses on the fly by dragging and dropping fi eldsBuild dynamic self-service reporting systemsShare your pivot tables with colleaguesCreate data mashups using the full Power Pivot capabilities in modern Excel versionsGenerate pivot tables using either VBA on the Desktop or Typescript in Excel OnlineSave time and avoid formatting problems by adapting reports with GetPivotDataUnpivot source data so it's easier to work withUse new Analyze Data artificial intelligence to create pivot tables

Conquer Microsoft Excel—from the inside out! Dive Into Microsoft Excel for Office 2021 and Microsoft 365 and really put your spreadsheet expertise to work. This supremely well-organized reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, tips, and workarounds—all you need to make the most of Excel's most powerful tools for analyzing data and making better decisions. Renowned Excel expert Bill Jelen offers a complete tour of Excel and its latest innovations, from advanced analysis and visualizations to dashboards. Discover how experts tackle today's key tasks—and challenge yourself to new levels of mastery. Save time with galleries, keyboard accelerators, and other shortcuts.Enter formulas more efficiently, and fully control operators and dates.Use new data types to return photos, arrays, or weather history— and even create your own.Master Excel's most widely-used functions.Integrate external data from the web and other sources.Use the new XLOOKUP function to retrieve data more efficiently, with fewer errors.Store powerful specialized logic in LAMBDA functions—and avoid their limitations.Easily transform complex datasets with Power Query.Quickly summarize millions of records with pivot tables.Perform ad hoc analyses and create advanced data mashups.Use Analyze Data's artificial intelligence to get answers and auto-generate pivot tables.Solve complex problems with What-If, Scenario Manager, Goal Seek, and Solver.Automate repetitive tasks by editing recorded VBA code.Demystify data with conditional formatting and other visualization techniques.Make the most of Excel's newest maps and charts.Add visual power with icons, 3D models, and animated 3D maps.

Renowned Excel experts Bill Jelen (MrExcel) and Michael Alexander help you crunch data from any source with Excel 2019 pivot tables. Use Excel 2019 pivot tables and pivot charts to produce powerful, dynamic reports in minutes instead of hours, to take control of your data and your business. Even if you’ve never created a pivot table before, this book will help you leverage all their remarkable flexibility and analytical power–including valuable improvements in Excel 2019 and Excel in Office 365. Drawing on more than 45 combined years of Excel experience, Bill Jelen and Michael Alexander offer practical “recipes” for solving real business problems, help you avoid common mistakes, and present tips and tricks you’ll find nowhere else. By reading this book, you will: • Master easy, powerful ways to create, customize, change, and control pivot tables • Control all future pivot tables using new pivot table defaults • Transform huge data sets into clear summary reports • Instantly highlight your most profitable customers, products, or regions • Use Power Query to quickly import, clean, shape, and analyze disparate data sources • Build geographical pivot tables with 3D Map • Construct and share state-of-the-art dynamic dashboards • Revamp analyses on the fly by dragging and dropping fields • Build dynamic self-service reporting systems • Share your pivot tables with colleagues • Create data mashups using the full Power Pivot capabilities of Excel 2019 and Excel in Office 365 • Automate pivot tables with macros and VBA • Save time by adapting reports with GetPivotData • Discover today’s most useful pivot table tips and shortcuts

Renowned Excel experts Bill Jelen (MrExcel) and Tracy Syrstad explain how to build more powerful, reliable, and efficient Excel spreadsheets. Use this guide to automate virtually any routine Excel task: save yourself hours, days, maybe even weeks. Make Excel do things you thought were impossible, discover macro techniques you won’t find anywhere else, and create automated reports that are amazingly powerful. Bill Jelen and Tracy Syrstad help you instantly visualize information to make it actionable; capture data from anywhere, and use it anywhere; and automate the best new features in Excel 2019 and Excel in Office 365. You’ll find simple, step-by-step instructions, real-world case studies, and 50 workbooks packed with examples and complete, easy-to-adapt solutions. By reading this book, you will: Quickly master Excel macro developmentWork more efficiently with ranges, cells, and formulasGenerate automated reports and quickly adapt them for new requirementsLearn to automate pivot tables to summarize, analyze, explore, and present dataUse custom dialog boxes to collect data from others using ExcelImprove the reliability and resiliency of your macrosIntegrate data from the internet, Access databases, and other sourcesAutomatically generate charts, visualizations, sparklines, and Word documentsCreate powerful solutions with classes, collections, and custom functionsSolve sophisticated business analysis problems more rapidly About This Book For everyone who wants to get more done with Microsoft Excel in less timeFor business and financial professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and others who need to efficiently manage and analyze data

You’re beyond the basics—so dive in and really put your spreadsheet skills to work! This supremely organized reference is packed with hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and workarounds. It’s all muscle and no fluff. Learn how the experts tackle Excel—and challenge yourself to new levels of mastery. Includes companion eBook and sample files. Topics include: Customizing the Excel workspaceBest practices for designing and managing worksheetsCreating formulas and functionsPerforming statistical, what-if, and other data analysisCore to advanced charting techniquesUsing graphics and sparklinesManaging databases and tablesAutomating Excel with macros and custom functionsCollaborating in Excel online, in the cloud, and moreExtending Excel

MASTER CORE EXCEL 2016 TOOLS FOR BUILDING POWERFUL, RELIABLE SPREADSHEETS! Use this guide to automate virtually any routine task: save yourself hours, days, maybe even weeks! Make Excel do things you thought were impossible, discover macro techniques you won’t find anywhere else, and create automated reports that are amazingly powerful. Bill Jelen and Tracy Syrstad help you instantly visualize information, so you can act on it… capture data from anywhere, and use it anywhere… automate Excel 2016’s best new features. You’ll find simple, step-by-step instructions, real-world case studies, and 50 workbooks packed with bonus examples, macros, and solutions–straight from MrExcel! Get started fast with Excel macro development Work efficiently with ranges, cells, and formulas Build super-fast applications with arrays Automate Excel’s new pivot table enhancements Collect user data with custom dialogs Make your macros more reliable and resilient Pull data from the Internet with web queries Use advanced classes, collections, and custom functions Build sophisticated business analysis solutions Read and write to Access or SQL Server databases Control other Office programs, and Windows itself Write code that also works on older Excel versions Start writing Office Store-style Excel Apps About MrExcel Library Every book in the MrExcel Library pinpoints a specific set of crucial Excel tasks and presents focused skills and examples for performing them rapidly and effectively. Selected by Bill Jelen, Microsoft Excel MVP and mastermind behind the leading Excel solutions website MrExcel.com, these books will Dramatically increase your productivity–saving you 50 hours a year or more Present proven, creative strategies for solving real-world problems Show you how to get great results, no matter how much data you have Help you avoid critical mistakes that even experienced users make This book is part of Que’s Content Update Program. As Microsoft updates features of Excel, sections of this book will be updated or new sections will be added to match the updates to the software. See inside for details.

Excel 2016 In Depth Full Color: Figures and code appear as they do in Excel 2016 Beyond the Basics…Beneath the Surface...In Depth Do more in less time! Experienced with Excel? Don’t let Excel 2016 make you feel like a beginner again! This new full-color edition of the bestselling book has been completely overhauled. Gone is unnecessary and rarely used content; emphasis is on the most-used and new aspects of Excel 2016. The result is a focused book where every topic is relevant and worth learning. Excel 2016 In Depth is the fastest, smartest way to master Excel 2016’s full power and updated interface. You’ll discover how to leverage Excel’s new tools for charting, business analysis, data visualization, forecasting, and more. • Quickly clean your data with Excel 2016’s powerful Get & Transform tools • Discover Excel 2016’s newest charts: waterfall, histogram, Pareto, sunburst, TreeMap, and Box and Whisker • Use Forecast Sheets to forecast the future, including seasonal adjustments • Pivot data on maps with 3D Maps, and animate your maps over time • Create formulas, charts, subtotals, and pivot tables faster than ever • Create amazing PowerPivot data mashups that integrate information from anywhere • Automate repetitive functions using Excel macros • Solve real-world business intelligence analysis problems • Use PowerPivot Data Model to create pivot tables from multiple data sets without VLOOKUP • Share workbooks on the Web and social networks • Leverage Excel to create highly interactive web pages and online surveys • Quickly apply attractive, consistent formats This book is part of Que’s Content Update Program. As Microsoft updates features of Excel, sections of this book will be updated or new sections will be added to match the updates to the software. See inside for details.

This book includes step-by-step examples and case studies that teach users the many power tricks for analyzing data in Excel. These tips have been honed by Oz du Soleil, a former financial analyst charged with taking mainframe data and turning it into useful information quickly, and “Mr. Excel” himself, Bill Jelen. Topics include data quality, validation, perfectly sorting with one click, matching lists of data, data consolidation, data subtotals, pivot tables, pivot charts, tables, and much more. This new edition has been updated for Excel 2013.

This enthusiastic introduction provides support for Excel beginners and focuses on using the program immediately for maximum efficiency. With 1,104 screenshots and explicit information on everything from rows, columns, and cells to subtotaling, sorting, and pivot tables, this guide aims to alleviate the frustrations that come with using the program for the first time. This manual offers strategies for avoiding problems and streamlining efficiency and assists readers from start to finish, turning Excel 2010 novices into experts.

Drawn from actual excel conundrums posted on the author's website, www.mrexcel.com, this high-level resource is designed for people who want to stretch Excel to its limits. Tips for solving 100 incredibly difficult problems are covered in depth and include extracting the first letter of each word in a paragraph, validating URL's, generating random numbers without repeating, and hiding rows if cells are empty. The answers to these and other questions have produced results that have even surprised the Excel development team.

Providing the tools and techniques necessary for finding errors and fraud in audits, this guide for auditors looking to better validate their Microsoft Excel spreadsheets provides techniques for performing a risk assessment and gathering spreadsheet and other data from company systems. Performing audit data analysis using data and analytical management functions and pinpointing the common errors in spreadsheets with focused Excel tests is discussed, as are the best practices for error and fraud prevention when developing spreadsheets. This reference is fully updated to reflect Excel 12.