RRI Function

Feb 13, 2017 | Excel, Financial Functions, Functions

Below is an excerpt from our Excel Time Value of Money course written by Joseph Helstrom,CPA. RRI RRI is a new function that was introduced in Excel 2013. It returns the equivalent interest rate for the growth of an investment.  The inputs required are the number of...

DATEVALUE Function

Oct 5, 2016 | Date functions, Functions

Excel has a number of date functions.  Unfortunately, they don’t all work if Excel treats the date as text.  When working with downloaded data, sometimes the date must be converted from text to a format recognized by Excel. One method is to use the...

LEN Function

Aug 18, 2016 | Functions, Text Functions

LEN Function – Counting Characters in a Cell LEN() is one of those functions that you wonder about. LEN is a text function and depending upon what you are doing it is so useful. It counts the number of characters in a cell.  I use it all the time if I want to...

GETPIVOTDATA Function

May 31, 2016 | Functions, Misc Functions, Pivot Tables

I am in the process of updating my Pivot Table course and decided that I take another look at  the GetPivotData function. GET PIVOT DATA is an Excel function that pulls data from your pivot table. I personally don’t use it  because if you hide a field you referenced...

AGGREGATE Function

May 20, 2016 | Functions, Misc Functions

The AGGREGATE Function The AGGREGATE function is a very powerful function for summarizing an array of data. It combines 19 different ways to summarize data into one function! While it is a powerful function, my favorite reason for using AGGREGATE is its ability to SUM...