While Excel is renowned for its versatility in calculations and data visualization, it can also do the job just fine as a database. Small businesses, non-profits, and even departments within ...

Excel’s database functions are often overlooked, yet they have the potential to transform complex data management tasks.

How to Create a Searchable Database in Excel. Although you're probably accustomed to relying on Microsoft Excel to help you budget, forecast, plan and report the numbers that underlie your ...

Using What-If Analysis, you can visualize the effects of different variables, making it easier to assess risks and opportunities. In Excel, three primary tools are available for performing What-If ...

How to Use SQL Statements in MS Excel. With most Excel spreadsheets, you enter data manually into cells and then use formulas or other functions to analyze it or perform calculations.

If you've have lots of data and lots of analysis to do, but little time or skill, you need Excel's Power Pivot feature. Here's how to get started with it.

At what point in the spectrum of use cases should Excel-as-database be replaced by a full-on Access install? Microsoft drew a somewhat arbitrary line between the two and, in doing so, created a ...

Q. Are there any alternatives to traditional PivotTables in Excel? A. The first thing that comes to mind is the function GROUPBY. The primary purpose of GROUPBY is to make data analysis easier by ...