• leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    Pivot tables.

    Excel is one of my favourite games, but I’ve never been able to completely grok those things.

    They seem like a waste of time when it’s much easier to use formulas to construct indirect ranges and work on those.

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      4 months ago

      Excel is like grind, grind, grind. You can level up a little and then it’s even more work. One column after another, then, row, row, row.

      I like the sql better.

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        4 months ago

        SQL is nice, but it gets a bit tricky once you get into recursive queries, especially when you’re trying to beat your fastest time record…

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      Pivot tables are quick. If used properly you can summarize data much quicker than any excel formula. When I use them it pretty much always takes under 30 seconds to get what I want. Imo, there are 2 things every user of excel should learn to use. Vlookup (edit: or xlookup, see below) and pivot tables. Once you learn to use both, you will use them all the time.

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      4 months ago

      Anyone else constantly looking up tactics with AI? This game is so difficult, you have to memorize a lot of combos and the strategy to use them really takes time to click. I’m getting into this one again after a long hiatus