Common & Essential Formulas

This section provides quick access to the most commonly used Excel formulas in Visitran for data transformations. These formulas cover the majority of typical data transformation use cases.

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All formulas listed here are also available in their respective categories below for more comprehensive browsing. This section is designed to help you quickly find the most frequently used formulas without searching through multiple categories.

Below you'll find essential formulas for:

• Text manipulation - Combining, extracting, and formatting text
• Conditional logic - Implementing business rules and data routing
• Mathematical operations - Basic calculations and rounding
• Statistical aggregations - Summarizing and analyzing data
• Date/Time operations - Working with temporal data
• Data validation - Checking data quality and completeness
• Data cleaning - Standardizing and formatting data

Quick Reference by Use Case

Working with Text

• CONCAT - Combine multiple text values
• LEFT/RIGHT/MID - Extract portions of text
• LEN - Get text length
• TRIM - Remove extra spaces
• UPPER/LOWER - Change text case
• SUBSTITUTE - Replace text within strings

Implementing Business Logic

• IF - Basic conditional logic
• AND/OR/NOT - Combine logical conditions
• COALESCE - Handle null values

Performing Calculations

• SUM - Add values together
• AVERAGE - Calculate mean values
• MIN/MAX - Find extreme values
• ROUND - Round to specified precision
• ABS - Get absolute value

Working with Dates

• TODAY - Current date
• NOW - Current date and time
• YEAR/MONTH - Extract date components

Validating Data

• ISBLANK - Check for empty cells
• ISNUMBER - Verify numeric data