Data organization in spreadsheets
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Data organization in spreadsheets
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Data organization in spreadsheets
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1 worksheet, 1 type of data
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Don’t mix (import) data and formulas
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Better: clearly mark them
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Even better: separate them
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Multiple links in one formula are
unnecessarilycomplex
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One link per formula
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Keep it local
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More improvement is possible
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Why is this risky?
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Better idea?
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More robust: couple with VLOOKUP
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We can still do (a bit) better!
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Always add units, especially for
financial numbers
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Suppose we want to add a discount
column
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Don’t go against the flow
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Something else is off here
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No exceptions in formulas
One per row or column
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