Formula Writing – MBA Excel

How to Use the Anchored COUNTIF Formula in Excel

March 26, 2016 by Matthew Kuo

The Anchored COUNTIF is one of my favorite Excel formula tricks. Using this technique provides a number of unique benefits, which make the formula worthwhile to learn. While not as common as some of the more popular lookup formulas out there, being able to write an Anchored COUNTIF is still a great tool that can ... Continue Reading >>

VLOOKUP Quick Reference Guide From Microsoft

January 9, 2016 by Matthew Kuo

If you're brand new to VLOOKUP or haven't used the formula in a while, the following quick reference guide is a great resource to have handy. It's created by the folks at Microsoft, so you know it's legitimate. Reference Guide Summary The quick reference guide is in PDF format and is three pages long. It goes into ... Continue Reading >>

How to Use VLOOKUP’s Range Lookup Feature

January 3, 2016 by Matthew Kuo

The vast majority of Excel users have never used VLOOKUP's range lookup feature. Most Excel users familiar with the VLOOKUP formula are just conditioned to know that, when they get to the range lookup option portion of the VLOOKUP syntax, they should just put in the word "FALSE" because they want an exact match. This ... Continue Reading >>

How to Write a Nested IF Statement in Excel

January 3, 2016December 31, 2015 by Matthew Kuo

Writing a Nested IF Statement is widely considered a rite of passage for beginning Excel users who are looking to become more advanced. The first time I used this technique was during my new employee training, right before I became a business analyst in management consulting. The overall concept of writing a Nested IF is ... Continue Reading >>

How to Use the MATCH Formula in Excel: Three Practical Examples

December 31, 2015December 5, 2015 by Matthew Kuo

Excel's MATCH formula is an extremely useful yet underutilized function within Excel's toolkit of formulas. The reason people underestimate its value is because the MATCH formula's primary objective is fuzzy and ambiguous. Without the proper context, its usefulness and potential applications are not obvious. The MATCH Continue Reading >>

How to Use the Excel MATCH Formula to Assign Histogram Bins

January 3, 2016November 22, 2015 by Matthew Kuo

One of the most annoying things to have to do in Excel is writing a Nested IF statement. For those of you that haven't done this before, a Nested IF is basically a long formula with multiple IF conditions that you need to account for. The most common usage of this formula is to assign ... Continue Reading >>

How to Write an Excel Criteria Statement That Links to a Specific Cell

November 30, 2013 by Matthew Kuo

I generally give Excel a lot of credit for being an intuitive and easy to learn tool. However, writing criteria statements that link to cells is probably one of the most un-intuitive aspects of formula writing in Excel. This is a very common mistake that occurs and therefore, should always be error-checked whenever you are ... Continue Reading >>