The Data Table is an old and somewhat neglected Excel option that allows you to see the results of applying different scenarios within a table. For a given formula and criteria, it returns alternative values of that formula. Criteria can be drawn from rows or columns, and there is the possibility of a report containing two groups of criteria. This is perhaps a better tool than a scenario if we perform simpler analyzes …
Structured tables (Data tables) or, as we call them, named ranges represent a group of cells that have been given a name and a filter to make it easier to view and work with the data they contain. If these tables start from the first cell in the worksheet, you can set the cell header to appear instead of the worksheet header. To be more precise, instead name of the columns they contain.
In your day-to-day work, many of you copy data from a company’s business information system or some spreadsheet where they are exported to create the necessary reports. The problem arises when the data changes. How to trace where the change occurred? What is the difference between a source and a derived table? In the text that follows, you will see how to use the INDEX and MATCH functions, as well as the conditional formatting technique, to highlight the differences between the tables.
Structured tables (Tables) make it much easier for us to work with data. When we convert a range of data into a table and then give it a suitable name, we can easily access each column by specifying its name or a combination of table and column names. By entering a formula in the first cell, it is automatically updated in remaining cells within the column. And what if we don’t want that? What should we do if we need to use the current row value?