Join Dennis Taylor for an in-depth discussion in this video Identifying the day of the week with WEEKDAY, part of Excel 2011 for the Mac: Advanced Formulas and Functions.
- Sometimes it's important to know the day of the week,…for example in sales and transactions.…We might be wanting to review all of our sales…to see which day of the week…we have the most sales on.…Which day of the week do we have the most orders?…Do we do more shipping on Fridays…than we do on Thursdays?…Those are questions we want to have answered.…Excel has a function called Weekday,…and at first it's likely to be a little bit disappointing.…We've got some sales dates in column A…on this worksheet called Weekday.…We want to know what day of the week…July 14, 2014, was.…
= Weekday, left parenthesis, A2, return.…The answer is 2.…Well, 2 is what?…What does that mean?…It's Monday.…1 is Sunday, 2 is Monday, 3 is Tuesday, et cetera.…Nothing wrong with that answer,…but certainly it would be more valuable…if we actually saw Monday there.…We can do this relatively quickly…by simply pressing cmd + 1,…or right click and go to Format Cells.…In either case, it activates the…Format Cells dialog box.…
A simple adjustment.…I wish this were more obvious, but it's easy, nevertheless.…
Author
Dennis Taylor
Released
12/10/2014- Using absolute, relative, and mixed references
- Using the Formula Builder
- Converting formulas to values
- Creating 3D formulas to gather data from multiple sheets
- Creating and expanding the use of nested IF statements
- Looking up information with VLOOKUP, MATCH, and INDEX
- Using the power functions: COUNTIF, SUMIF, and AVERAGEIF
- Analyzing data with the statistical functions
- Calculating payment
- Performing basic math
- Determining dates and times
- Editing text with functions
- Analyzing data with arrays
Skill Level Advanced
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome52s
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1. Formula and Function Tools
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2. Formula and Function Tips and Shortcuts
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3. IF and Related Functions
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4. Lookup and Reference Functions
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Nesting VLOOKUP functions3m 56s
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Locating data with MATCH5m 1s
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5. Statistical Functions
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6. Power Functions
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7. Selected Financial Functions
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8. Selected Math Functions
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9. Date and Time Functions
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10. Text Functions
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11. Array Formulas and Functions
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12. Reference Functions
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13. Information Functions
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Conclusion
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Goodbye26s
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