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Excel’s VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP function, which stands for vertical and horizontal lookup, is used to search for wanted information stored in sheet which could be in same or different XLS file.

If you have sheet “order” with enlisted items and sheet “prices” with items price list you can search for the prices of ordered items to calculate total amount of order.

If you have sheet “overdue” with enlisted over debt partners for sending warning letter and you have sheet “partner master data” with full partners addresses, you can search for selected addresses using these LOOKUP function. Continue reading ‘MS Excel: VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP Function’ »

Very useful function in Excel is this one. It tests a value in a specific cell to see if that value meets a certain condition. If condition is true, first result will happen, if false, a second result will happen.

It looks complex (especially combined with VLOOKUP – my favorite one) so many people avoid using it. It was complicated to me in beginning but after some time I’m stopped to notice it complexity. Now, its use is so mechanical, I’m not even think much of it when I’m using it. Continue reading ‘MS Excel: IF Function’ »

Sometimes master data in your ERP or similar software could be full with obsolete definitions not used anymore. It could look like they should be erased from databases to make data more reliable. There are to many reasons not to do it. Regardless it is item master data, partner master data or any other master data type… Once opened master definitions should exist for all eternity. Clearing those unused definitions could cause more troubles than benefits. Continue reading ‘Master Data Purge’ »

At its simplest level, ERP is a set of best practices for performing the various duties in the departments of your company, including in finance, manufacturing and the warehouse. To get the most from the software, you have to get people inside your company to adopt the work methods outlined in the software. If the people in the different departments that will use ERP don’t agree that the work methods embedded in the software are better than the ones they currently use, they will resist using the software or will want IT to change the software to match the ways they currently do things. This is where ERP projects break down.

Continue reading ‘Why do ERP implementations often fail?’ »

Be alerted to an issue in Excel 2007 (and Excel Services 2007) which involving calculation of numbers around 65,535. The first example was =77.1*850, but it became clear from testing as well as additional reports that this was just one instance where Excel 2007 would return a value of 100,000 instead of 65,535. The majority of these additional reports were focused on multiplication (ex. =5.1*12850; =10.2*6425; =20.4*3212.5 ), but testing showed that this really didn’t have anything do to with multiplication - it manifested itself with many but not all calculations in Excel that should have resulted in 65,535 (=65535*1 and =16383.75*4 worked for instance). Further testing showed a similar phenomenon with 65,536 as well. This issue only exists in Excel 2007, not previous versions.

Continue reading ‘Excel 2007 Error!’ »

You can open Excel and within Excel you can open XLS files, but not with double click on XLS file in windows explore. This is not a solution for the issue above, it’s bypass with some side effects. You have to disable DDE for selected file type and to pass XLS filename to Excel as parameter. Side effect is with each doubleclick on XLS file you will start new instance of Excel but using existing one. This will affect windows ability to group similar buttons on taskbar. Continue reading ‘Slow opening Excel files through explorer’ »

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Information technologies today put us (IT persons) in more advantage position compared to other peoples. Doing this job for several years I often come into position when I questioning myself - Am I still on a good way or I’m endangered to mislead myself? Continue reading ‘IT Ethics’ »

Almost a year ago, when I’ve talked to manager&owner of one domestic business software company, I’ve been asking him why talking codes are not well supported in their products. His answer was no one is using them anymore, they are obsolete. After one more year of experience in ERP area my conclusion is that you can found talking codes very attractive solutions. If they are implemented on a good way they will save thousands working hours to related analyst position within your company. Continue reading ‘Talking Codes’ »

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