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List of Top 3 Advanced Excel Formulas & Functions
#1 – MATCH Formula in Excel
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This Excel advanced formula returns the row or column number when a specific string or number is in the given range
. In the below example, we are trying to find “Rajesh Ved” in the “Employee Name” column.
The formula would be as given below:
#2 – IF AND Formula in Excel
There are many instances when one needs to create flags based on some constraints. We all are familiar with the basic syntax of IF. We use this advanced excel IF function to create a new field based on some existing field constraints. But what if we need to consider multiple columns while creating a flag? E.g., in the below case, we want to flag all the employees whose salary is greater than 50,000. But “Employee ID” is greater than 3.
#3 – SUMIF Formula in Excel
In some analyses, you might need to filter observations when applying the sum or count function. In such cases, this advanced Excel SUMIF function in excel is at our rescue. It filters all the observations based on certain conditions in this advanced excel formula and sums up them. E.g., What if we want to know the sum of salaries of only those employees with employee IDs greater than 3? By applying the SUMIFS formula:
