Excel possesses formidable database powers. Creating a relational database starts with a Master table that links it to subordinates, called (awkwardly) Slave, Child, or Detail tables. Before we dive ...

While Excel is an ideal software for creating and managing databases, it may not be easy to navigate when dealing with ...

Excel used to be the poor schmuck’s database, with spreadsheets that just sort of sat there. You could create something more sophisticated with LOOKUP functions, but they were a huge hassle to set up.

I consider myself an Excel poweruser. I program in it daily (20ish hours a week) and manage a few thousand lines of code for my personal use (stocks and finance). Outside of Excel, I know very little ...

While Excel is renowned for its versatility in calculations and data visualization, it can also do the job just fine as a ...