Error Checking – MBA Excel

Excel Macro to Inventory All of Your Tabs

February 7, 2016 by Matthew Kuo

Auditing an Excel file with a ton of tabs is one of the least enjoyable experiences in Excel. When I worked in consulting, it wasn't uncommon for me to receive a file from a client containing 50 more spreadsheet tabs. And as an analyst, I had the unfortunate task of having to review all of ... Continue Reading >>

Why You Should Be Cautious About Using Excel’s IFERROR Formula

November 29, 2015November 8, 2015 by Matthew Kuo

The IFERROR formula was designed to solve a common aesthetic problem that most of us have encountered when using Excel - when we know that there are errors in our data, but we'd prefer not to see Excel's standard error message notation. Error messages usually consist of all caps lettering that is preceded with the "#" ... Continue Reading >>

The Eight Things You Should Always Check Whenever You Receive an Excel File

October 2, 2015October 2, 2015 by Matthew Kuo

Photo by adamr Taking over another person's Excel file always has the potential to become a difficult task. While some people actually create documentation, consider a new user's point of view, and take the time to call out the mousetraps that you might encounter, most of the time, you'll be getting a straight file dump. Therefore, Continue Reading >>

How to Streamline the Excel Error Checking Process: Excel’s Inspect Workbook Feature

October 2, 2015September 28, 2015 by Matthew Kuo

Checking for errors in your Excel files is always a pain. It's generally a very manual process that takes a lot of time, with a certain level of ambiguity regarding your return on investment - you could spend hours checking for issues in your Excel file, find nothing wrong, and your only tangible benefit is ... Continue Reading >>

Top Mistakes Made When Using INDEX MATCH

December 5, 2015June 28, 2015 by Matthew Kuo

INDEX MATCH Not Working? The following article provides the most likely causes of your problems with using INDEX MATCH. If you're an advanced user of Excel, you've likely already made the switch from VLOOKUP to INDEX MATCH because of the several advantages that INDEX MATCH provides. Within Excel, INDEX MATCH is one of the most Continue Reading >>

How to Remove Duplicate Values in Excel

October 12, 2013 by Matthew Kuo

Five Ways to Find and Remove Duplicate Values in Excel For people who work with large data sets in Excel, or databases for that matter, one of the most common error checking tasks is the removal of duplicates values. Some people refer to this process as de-duping. The main reason this is necessary in data sets ... Continue Reading >>