Microsoft Excel now offers the ability to handle dynamic arrays – functions that return a range of results that update as the source data changes.
In the second half of 2020, Microsoft released a significant upgrade to the most used spreadsheet program in the world. Microsoft Excel now offers the ability to handle dynamic arrays – functions that return a range of results that update as the source data changes. In this course, we discuss the power of dynamic arrays and introduce the new functions.
The functions I am going to cover are: • RANDARRAY- creating a table of random numbers or random dates • UNIQUE – identifying the distinct items in a list • SEQUENCE – listing numbers with a set interval • SORT and SORTBY – new ways of dynamically sorting data • FILTER – building the ability to filter data into formulae • XLOOKUP – replacing VLOOKUP with greater flexibility • IFS and SWITCH making it easier to construct IF statements • The new CONCAT, and TEXTJOIN text functions
If you have an earlier version of Microsoft Excel then these functions will not be available to you and this course might not be for you. But if you do have a subscription to Office365 – either personally or through your work – I think you will find this course extremely useful.
Business author and consultant, specialising in performance measurement and improvement
I am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK and work as an author of business courses and a process improvement consultant. I have over 30 years' experience and live near Stirling in Scotland, with my wife, daughter and Cocker Spaniel. I aim to make my courses accessible and understandable. My courses focus on business topics including KPIs, performance measurement, approaches to business improvement, Agile and Lean. I hope you enjoy my courses.
