This final lesson on shaping data in Excel is brought to you by the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) website. Reviewing the YouTube videos created for this data-shaping exercise, the 4 videos span 45 total … Continue reading →
A traditional way of shaping data in Excel is by using the VLOOKUP() function. After identifying the item to look up and the array in which to search for it, a range is identified where the new information can be … Continue reading →
One of the most powerful Excel function tools is the INDEX/MATCH() combination. It can be set to find specific character strings and deliver the cell contents at the intersection of the row and column string matches. This is the third … Continue reading →
When cleaning data files in Excel, one never moves away from manually pushing data around. Manually entering data by hand, sorting, and/or dragging and dropping in a new location; they all take time. But for small amounts of data, a … Continue reading →
The last few months have provided opportunity to flex my spreadsheet skillset. Excel code and technique seemed to erupt through the keyboard. In the last few months, diverse datasets have included: 2024 household food expenditures 2024 household power consumption and … Continue reading →
After all is said and done, this residential solar array in the non-winter months offset 67 percent of home power production. This chart is monthly solar production and household consumption in kilowatt hours (kWh). While it required both the solar … Continue reading →
The joy of finding a new dataset to explore enflamed my modeling focus more than was justified. IT WAS GREAT TO BE LOOKING FOR STORIES IN A BRAND NEW DATASET! Challenge #1: Monthly data from the power utility was too … Continue reading →
A year contains half a million minutes. The residential solar panel data arrived in five-minute increments, or about 20 percent of the annual minute universe. Adding in the utility generated data, the two data sources delivered about 130,000 data points. … Continue reading →
Excel sheets happen, but only if one knows the hidden menus upon which to click. One of the most useful Excel tricks is copying spreadsheets. Copying and moving a sheet doesn’t show up a lot in the spreadsheet tricks that … Continue reading →
Modeling tools are used for more than forecasting. To complete the analysis of household energy consumption, forensic data modeling was required. Data from two different datasets were needed, and was in slightly different formats that prohibited a smooth alignment. The … Continue reading →
