Managing & calculating data in Sheets 2022

Google Sheets 2022    |    Intermediate
  • 11 videos | 45m 31s
  • Includes Assessment
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Discover how to use Google Sheets for common tasks like calculating the interest on a loan and comparing loans. This course will also teach you how to build formulas to find and manage duplicate values in your spreadsheets. Google Sheets includes built-in formulas to extract and analyze data. Learn how to work with some of these formulas on both data and text values, and use the LOOKUP and VLOOKUP formulas. You will explore how to find data in a database, as well as perform calculations using your database. Lastly, you will be able to find a value in a double-entry table and perform a search across two tables.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

  • Discover the key concepts covered in the managing & calculating data in sheets 2022 course
    Calculate the interest of a loan
    Compare loans
    Use sumproduct and countif to find duplicate values
    Use counta, sumproduct and countif functions to count duplicates
    Locate duplicate entries with formulas
  • Use formulas to avoid duplicate values
    Use database functions in a spreadsheet
    Perform calculations in a database
    Find a value in a double-entry table
    Search for a value across two tables

IN THIS COURSE

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    This video outlines the key content covered in Managing & calculating data in Sheets 2022 course, including comparing loans, avoiding duplicate values, and performing a search across two tables. FREE ACCESS
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    Use Google Sheets formulas to calculate how much it will cost to pay back a loan. For example, use the PMT function to calculate the total payment per period. To get more details on the interest you will pay in a specific period, use the IPMT function. Lastly, you can also use the PPMT function to know how much you will reimburse in a specific period. FREE ACCESS
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    3.  Comparing loans in Sheets 2022
    5m 30s
    It is not difficult to calculate loan payment information in Google Sheets. By using formulas to calculate these values, you can change constants without having to worry about updating cells that reference them. You can then use autofill to quickly apply the formulas to more than one cell. Google Sheets allows you to take things one step further and compare two loan types and choose the one that is right for you. FREE ACCESS
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    4.  Finding duplicate values in your spreadsheet in Sheets 2022
    3m 26s
    Combining the SUMPRODUCT and COUNTIF functions in Google Sheets can identify identical values in your spreadsheet. These two functions are used to count unique values within a table and duplicate values if two data ranges from different tables are compared. This can be very useful if you need to tidy up your data tables and remove duplicates. FREE ACCESS
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    5.  Counting the total number of duplicates in Sheets 2022
    4m 31s
    The COUNTA function will return the number of non-empty cells in a data range. If you combine this calculation with the SUMPRODUCT and COUNTIF functions in Google Sheets, you can obtain the number of different values in a range. This data can then be used to work out the number of duplicates that your data table contains. FREE ACCESS
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    6.  Managing duplicate entries in Sheets 2022
    3m 7s
    If you have a lot of data in your spreadsheet, and you are worried about duplicate entries, you can use Google Sheets formulas to locate them for you. You can use the UNIQUE function and the Remove duplicates tool to clean your data. FREE ACCESS
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    7.  Avoiding duplicate values in Sheets 2022
    3m 18s
    If you want to be sure that users only enter unique values in your data table, you can tell Google Sheets to block duplicates and display an error message. To do this, you will need to know how to use the data validation tools. FREE ACCESS
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    8.  Finding data in a database in Sheets 2022
    5m 34s
    If you have a complex table containing a large number of different data types, you can use the Google Sheets database formulas to extract the information you need. You will find functions such as DGET, DMIN, and DMAX very helpful when it comes to analyzing your data. FREE ACCESS
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    9.  Performing calculations using your database in Sheets 2022
    4m 59s
    Tables created in Google Sheets can be used as simplified databases. You can use functions such as DSUM, DAVERAGE, DSTDEV, and DSTDEVP to analyze the data found in your spreadsheet. FREE ACCESS
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    10.  Finding a value in a double-entry table in Sheets 2022
    5m 31s
    You can use the LOOKUP function to find a value in a double-entry table that you have created in Google Sheets. You can, for example, use it to find a customer's address based on their last name. You can also use the INDEX formula to return a particular value in a table if you know its row and column coordinates, and use the MATCH function to find a position of an item. FREE ACCESS
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    11.  Performing a search across two tables in Sheets 2022
    3m 39s
    In Google Sheets, you can use a calculation combining the IF and VLOOKUP functions to search for a value in two separate data tables. This is very useful if you want to consult multiple data sources and use them to automatically complete a summary table. FREE ACCESS

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