In the worksheet shown, column B contains 12 dates. The goal is to calculate the previous working day before each date, taking into account weekends (Saturday and Sunday) and the holidays listed in column F. The formula should automatically skip weekends and any dates considered non-...Read more
In this example, the goal is to create a list of pay dates that follow a biweekly schedule. A biweekly pay schedule means employees are paid every two weeks on a given day of the week. Each pay period is 14 days, and there are usually 26 pay dates per year, though occasionally 27 depending...Read more
In this example, the goal is to create a list of pay dates that follow a semimonthly schedule. A semimonthly pay schedule means employees are paid twice a month, usually on fixed dates such as the 1st and 15th or the 15th and the last day of the month. This results in 24 pay periods over...Read more
The goal is to list the working days between a start date and an end date. In the simplest form, this means we want to list dates that are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, but exclude dates that are Saturday or Sunday. In addition, we need an option to exclude a list of...Read more
The goal is to combine data from different worksheets with a formula. Note that we are not restructuring the data in any way, we are simply combining data in different worksheets that already have the same structure. At a high level, the formula we are using combines data from multiple sheets...Read more
In this example, the goal is to remove empty rows from a range with a formula. One approach is to use the BYROW function to identify all non-empty rows in the range and pass this result into the FILTER function as the include argument. This is the approach used in the worksheet shown,...Read more
The goal is to use a formula to check if all cells in a row are blank or empty and return TRUE or FALSE. One way to solve this problem is with the SUMPRODUCT function, as seen in the worksheet above. Another approach is to use the newer BYROW function. Both methods are described below....Read more
The goal is to generate a dynamic list of sequential working days with a formula. The start date should be a variable input, and weekends and holidays should be automatically excluded from the output. In the current version of Excel, the easiest way to solve this problem is to use the...Read more
In this example, we have dates in B5:B16 and sales in C5:C16. Both ranges are named ranges. The goal is to create a dynamic range between two specific dates: the start date in cell F5 and the end date in cell F6. We then...Read more
In this example, the goal is to look up Width and Length based on inputs for Code (K6) and Size (K7). While finding the correct row based on the Code value is straightforward, the problem of how to best retrieve both columns of data (Width and Length) is more challenging. One good way to...Read more
