The Financial Modeler » Function Tutorial http://www.thefinancialmodeler.com Leverage the power of Excel Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:23:09 +0000 en hourly 1 OFFSET Function Tutorial http://www.thefinancialmodeler.com/2009/offset-function-tutorial/ http://www.thefinancialmodeler.com/2009/offset-function-tutorial/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:40:04 +0000 Sebastien Labonne http://www.thefinancialmodeler.com/?p=437 Function

OFFSET is a useful function that adds lots of flexibility to your Excel models.

Using it can help you transform what would have been formula modifications into simple inputs changes. A common example is to use it to automatically compute monthly figures into year-to-date results by changing one input instead of changing formulas each month.

Download the [download id="4"] file, to learn how to use this function.

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OFFSET is a useful function that adds lots of flexibility to your Excel models.

Using it can help you transform what would have been formula modifications into simple inputs changes. A common example is to use it to automatically compute monthly figures into year-to-date results by changing one input instead of changing formulas each month.

Download the OFFSET tutorial.xls file, to learn how to use this function.

The file includes:

  • A quick reference table that describes each function parameters
  • An interactive tool to visualize how changing the parameters affects the results (screenshot below)
  • An applied example to compute year-to-date results
The interactive OFFSET tutorial tool in action

The interactive OFFSET tutorial tool in action

Click on the link to download the file: OFFSET tutorial.xls

Feel free to share it!

UPDATE: I have updated the file to correct the conditional formatting rules when negative width or height inputs are used in the OFFSET tutorial tool.
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