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Excel Cheat Sheet for MIS & Data Analysts

Lookup & reference

=XLOOKUP(A2, B:B, C:C, "Not found")Find A2 in column B, return value from C
=VLOOKUP(A2, B:D, 3, FALSE)Exact match, return 3rd column of B:D
=INDEX(C:C, MATCH(A2, B:B, 0))Lookup in any direction
=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(...), 0)Show 0 instead of #N/A

Conditional maths

=SUMIFS(E:E, B:B, "North", C:C, ">100")Sum with several conditions
=COUNTIFS(B:B, "North", D:D, "Yes")Count rows meeting all conditions
=AVERAGEIFS(E:E, C:C, "Laptop")Average with a condition
=SUMPRODUCT((B2:B99="North")*E2:E99)Array-style conditional sum

Logic

=IF(B2>=40, "Pass", "Fail")Two outcomes
=IFS(B2>=90,"A", B2>=75,"B", TRUE,"C")Many outcomes without nesting
=AND(B2>0, C2="Yes")All conditions true
=OR(B2="Delhi", B2="Noida")Any condition true

Text

=TRIM(A2)Remove extra spaces
=PROPER(A2)Capitalise Each Word
=TEXTJOIN(", ", TRUE, A2:C2)Join cells with a separator
=LEFT(A2, 4) / RIGHT / MIDExtract characters
=TEXT(A2, "dd-mmm-yyyy")Format a date as text

Dates

=TODAY() / =NOW()Current date / date-time
=EOMONTH(A2, 0)Last day of the month
=NETWORKDAYS(A2, B2)Working days between dates
=DATEDIF(A2, B2, "m")Months between two dates

Dynamic arrays (Excel 365)

=UNIQUE(B2:B500)Distinct list
=FILTER(A2:E500, C2:C500="North")Rows that meet a condition
=SORT(A2:E500, 5, -1)Sort by 5th column, descending
=SEQUENCE(12)Numbers 1 to 12

Shortcuts MIS executives use daily

Ctrl + TConvert range to Table
Alt + N + VInsert Pivot Table
Ctrl + Shift + LFilter on/off
Ctrl + ;Today's date
F4Toggle $ absolute reference
Ctrl + ArrowJump to edge of data
Ctrl + Shift + ArrowSelect to edge of data
Alt + =AutoSum
Ctrl + EFlash Fill
Alt + F11Open VBA editor
Ctrl + 1Format cells
Alt + H + O + IAuto-fit column width
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