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Excel Python XLOOKUP 2619

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Microsoft Excel Tutorial: VLOOKUP in Python for Excel

How to do a VLOOKUP or XLOOKUP in Python.

To download the examples in this workbook: https://www.mrexcel.com/youtube/h6__fB7vo4k/

Along the way, you will see:
101: Doing a VLOOKUP
Not specifying the key field!
What if a customer is missing from lookup table? How to IFERROR()
Limiting which fields are returned.
What if headings don’t match?
What if a customer is duplicated?
Lookup on two fields.

Table of Contents
(0:00) Python lookup overview
(0:25) Comment indicator in Python
(1:00) VLOOKUP 101 in Python using pd.merge
(2:36) Leaving off the On field
(2:50) IFERROR when customer missing with .FillNA
(3:23) Limiting lookup table to needed fields
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Excel Display Only Last 4 Of Social Security Number – Episode 2618

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Microsoft Excel Tutorial: Hiding part of Social Security Number

Download this workbook from: https://www.mrexcel.com/youtube/MeCptGsHsYY/

Someone from the Veterans Administration is getting data downloaded that includes the entire social security number (SSN). They only want to display the last four of the SSN. But, sometimes, they need to be able to go back and see the entire SSN.

I have two solutions today, but I bet you have something better.

First, it would be nice if Excel offered a custom number formatting code that said “There is a digit here, but we don’t want to display it”.

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The POWER of shortcuts in Microsoft Fabric

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We feel shortcuts are one of the most power capabilities within OneLake in Microsoft Fabric! Adam walks through what these are and how you can use them.

OneLake shortcuts
https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/onelake/onelake-shortcuts

Create an Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 shortcut
https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/onelake/create-adls-shortcut

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Excel Python Custom Function – 2617

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Microsoft Excel Tutorial: Using a function in Python for Excel calculations.
The problem today: Count how many times a word occurs in a cell in Excel.

To download this workbook: https://www.mrexcel.com/youtube/6Ydb6rIls6M/

The first solution is a series of six formulas in Excel, including SUBSTITUTE, LEN, and more. While it is complicated in Excel, there is a much easier way in Python, using the .Count function. So, Python has a simpler version but how do you call the function from Excel?

After the Python solution, I used the Excel Labs add-in to convert the original six formulas to a LAMBDA.

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Python Pivot Tables In Excel -Episode 2616

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Microsoft Excel Tutorial: Using Python in Excel to create Excel-like pivot tables.

I love pivot tables in Excel. In fact, I’ve written an entire book on Pivot Tables. So when I saw that Python has a function to generate “Excel-like” Pivot Tables in a new data frame, I wanted to try it out.

The Python Pivot Table is missing a few things:
1. Row Fields are called Index
2. Defaults to Average instead of Sum
3. Empty cells show as errors. Use fill_value
4. No Grand Totals by default! Turn on with margins=True
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Power BI has Copilot already? For DAX it does!

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We saw the video for Copilot in Microsoft Fabric. Copilot for Power BI is coming! But is it here already? Patrick shows one Copilot experience that’s already in Power BI Desktop!

Quick measure suggestions
https://learn.microsoft.com/power-bi/transform-model/quick-measure-suggestions

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Gaining Confidence With Python In Excel – 2615

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Microsoft Excel Tutorial: Python in Excel
After using Python in Excel for 2 days, I am gaining confidence. Topics today:
• Python Tips from Day 2
• Slow rollout of Python
• Paying for Anaconda
• Python Libraries to explore
• How to write Python results back to Excel grid
• Real-life K-Means clustering with 18K customers, 30K transactions, 300 products

To download the first workbook: https://www.mrexcel.com/youtube/GMF1E0dmjWs/
The second workbook contains actual customer data and I am not sharing it at this time.

Table of Contents
(0:00) Welcome
(0:45) Keyboard shortcuts for Python
(1:22) Leila tip DF.Customer eliminates square bracket notation
(2:14) Seaborn Library of Charts as shown by Mynda
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Get your measures organized in Power BI

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As you make more measures in your Power BI Dataset, it can get hard to find the one you need. Sure you can use search… But you can also organize your measures to make it easier to find them. Patrick shows you how!

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Get and use Python Libraries within Microsoft Fabric

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Sometimes you need python libraries that aren’t present by default in Microsoft Fabric. Patrick walks you through how to manage your python libraries, so they are available when you need them.

Manage Python libraries in Microsoft Fabric
https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/data-science/python-guide/python-library-management

wget 3.2
https://pypi.org/project/wget/

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Python In Excel – Getting Started – 2614

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Microsoft Excel Tutorial – Using Python in Excel.

Today, August 22, 2023, Microsoft will release a preview of Python in Excel. It is a big day for me… I’ve been trying unsuccessfully to learn Python for ten years. Once Microsoft added it to Excel, I finally have some cool things working.

To download this workbook: https://www.mrexcel.com/youtube/KIhDQDtvZPg/

In this video: a getting started with Python in Excel tutorial.
How to open the Python editor in Excel
Ctrl+Enter versus Enter in the Python Editor in Excel
Returning a Value or a Python Object
Referring to an Excel range in Python
Using Variables in Python in Excel
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Saying goodbye…

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It’s time to say goodbye and move on.

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Excel Stale Value Formatting – Episode 2613

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Microsoft Excel Tutorial: Which values are not yet calculated in Manual Calculation Mode?

In August 2023, Microsoft is adding a new feature to Microsoft 365 Excel. The Format Stale Values will alert you when a cell needs to be recalculated. This is an application-level setting. When you turn it on, it will work for all open workbooks.

To download this workbook: https://www.mrexcel.com/youtube/LPyYLqq72wI/

Table of Contents
(0:00) Excel Stale Value Formatting
(0:23) Excel Manual Calculation Mode
(0:36) Stale Value Markers
(0:56) On-Grid UI choices
(1:09) Customize Stale Value Formatting?
(1:47) Why are new values stale?
(3:14) Stale Value in Automatic Mode
(3:40) Excel interrupt calculation with Esc
(4:25) What’s your Continue reading “Excel Stale Value Formatting – Episode 2613” →