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This Week's /r/Excel Recap for the week of February 14 - February 20, 2026

Saturday, February 14 - Friday, February 20, 2026

Top 5 Posts

score comments title & link
9 12 comments [Waiting on OP] Turning a paragraph into excel data
7 19 comments [solved] Tools limited. How to automate multiple SQL server queries -> Excel workflow at work?
5 12 comments [Waiting on OP] BYROW with dynamic range, not working as expected?
5 12 comments [unsolved] Workbook from Microsoft Form encountering very long load times from excessive complex formulas
3 9 comments [unsolved] Conditional formulas when column groups are hidden?

 

Unsolved Posts

score comments title & link
2 0 comments [unsolved] Does advanced filtering work with sheetview?

 

Top 5 Comments

score comment
225 /u/loveLisega said formulas should definitely be protected by more than a color code. lock all cells that don't need user input and lock the sheet !
202 /u/MayukhBhattacharya said My top recommendation before anything else, learn proper data structure first. Most beginners rush into formulas or Pivot Tables. But if the data is messy, everything feels harder than it should. Prop...
149 /u/soap_coals said Couldn't you use Sumifs()
123 /u/soap_coals said The only change for me has been to add additional steps to check for it and turn it off. It's also made me distrust documents produced by people who are new to the business.
109 /u/Parker4815-2 said Saves time. Chuck files in a folder. Hit refresh. Done. The problem is it takes time to setup and might go wrong a few times as steps are missed out (human error). That's when it gets hard to...

 

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