{"id":632,"date":"2021-12-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/figartconsulting.com\/wordpress\/?p=632"},"modified":"2021-11-30T08:38:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T13:38:24","slug":"tables-and-structured-referencing-is-beautiful-in-intermediate-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/figartconsulting.com\/wordpress\/2021\/12\/07\/tables-and-structured-referencing-is-beautiful-in-intermediate-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"Tables and Structured Referencing is Beautiful in Intermediate Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I was working on some data once, calculating by a lot of criteria whether or not one of 8,000 computers was supposed to get an operating system upgrade, or if we just needed to buy a new computer.&nbsp; I had a formula to evaluate it based on some 10 or 12 criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I hit this one computer and in looking at it, <em>knew <\/em>that the evaluation in my formula turned up the wrong result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh dear.&nbsp; (Only I didn\u2019t say \u201cOh, dear.\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was looking at thousands of computers.&nbsp; What if I got some others wrong?&nbsp; (Hint:&nbsp; Yes, the result was wrong in about 150 cases).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I rewrote the formula, tested it against some known results, and yes!\u00a0 Turned out correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, I had to copy that formula down an 8,000-row column, didn\u2019t I?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No, I blasted well didn\u2019t.&nbsp; That\u2019s where the beauty of tables in Excel comes in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to learn that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Excel Intermediate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Excel Intermediate is a six-week course starting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, January 4, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7:00-8:00 pm EST<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-purple-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/figartconsulting.com\/wordpress\/courses-offered\/excel-intermediate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/figartconsulting.com\/wordpress\/courses-offered\/excel-intermediate\/ noopener\">Sign Me Up!!!!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was working on some data once, calculating by a lot of criteria whether or not one of 8,000 computers was supposed to get an operating system upgrade, or if we just needed to buy a new computer.&nbsp; I had a formula to evaluate it based on some 10 or 12 criteria. 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