What are the top excel functions management consultants use?

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there are more than 600 functions inbuilt in excel, with or without a add on. most consultants turn towards kudos its much simpler and GUI friendly as they wont have time to write complicated functions. mostly they use vlookup, pivot, if , else, or , and , sum, count, proper, concatenate etc..
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IF and vlookup and concenrate and sum and avg and count and sumifs and countifs
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Index Match Index with Match function ( 2D lookup) Lookup Choose Left Right Mid Find Search Trim Still more functions are there. Combination of excel function will make more powerful functions.
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You can calculate NPV and IRR to determine the feasibility of project : NPV(rate, value1, , …) Determine the net present value using cash flows that occur at regular intervals, such as monthly or annually. Each cash flow, specified as a value, occurs at the end of a period. If there is...
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You can calculate NPV and IRR to determine the feasibility of project : NPV(rate, value1, [value2], …) Determine the net present value using cash flows that occur at regular intervals, such as monthly or annually. Each cash flow, specified as a value, occurs at the end of a period. If there is an additional cash flow at the start of the first period, it should be added to the value returned by the NPV function. See Example 2 in the NPV Help topic. XNPV(rate, values, dates) Determine the net present value using cash flows that occur at irregular intervals. Each cash flow, specified as a value, occurs at a scheduled payment date. IRR(values, [guess]) Determine the internal rate of return using cash flows that occur at regular intervals, such as monthly or annually. Each cash flow, specified as a value, occurs at the end of a period. IRR is calculated through an iterative search procedure that starts with an estimate for IRR — specified as a guess — and then repeatedly varies that value until a correct IRR is reached. Specifying a guess argument is optional; Excel uses 10% as the default value. If there is more than one acceptable answer, the IRR function only returns the first one it finds. If the IRR doesn't find any answer, it returns a #NUM! error value. Use a different value for the guess if you get an error or if the result is not what you expected. Note A different guess might return a different result if there is more than one possible internal rate of return. read less
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Vlookup,Index, match ,trim ,count and sum family plus data validation - you must know these functions else wont be able to produce great results. Pivot and charts are evergreen. You can visit my website www.excelvbalover.com to see 180 plus free videos and you will love excel like never before. let me...
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Vlookup,Index, match ,trim ,count and sum family plus data validation - you must know these functions else wont be able to produce great results. Pivot and charts are evergreen. You can visit my website www.excelvbalover.com to see 180 plus free videos and you will love excel like never before. let me know if you also need training on that. Details are available on my website read less
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Be it a consultant or any corporate employee who deal with financials at majority, here are the functions they do use in day to day life: 1. Sum 2. If 3. VLOOKUP 4. Sumif 5. Subtotal
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