5 Advanced DATA VALIDATION TRICKS in Excel (with Examples)

Welcome back to our Excel tutorial channel! In today's video, we're diving into 5 advanced data validation techniques in Excel, perfect for ensuring the integrity of your data. Whether you're managing a team, organizing events, or simply keeping your spreadsheets error-free, these tips are essential.

In This Video, You Will Learn:
1. Ensuring Dates are Weekdays: Restrict meeting dates to weekdays only.
2. Preventing Spaces in Text Entries: Avoid spaces in usernames.
3. Validating Email Addresses: Ensure email addresses contain '@' and a dot.
4. Employee Code Validation: Check that employee codes start with specific characters and end with four digits.
5. Preventing Double Entry: Prevents entering same date and same room.

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:09 Date must be Weekday
2:55 Preventing Spaces in Text Entries
3:58 Validating Email Addresses
5:43 Employee Code Validation
9:06 Preventing Double Entry
10:37 Conclusion

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[colinhuntley]

Hi!, to be honest i have only used data validation to make lists! the use of custom as a validatation criteria is certainly new to me, but very, very useful indeed! you have a new subscriber!!!

[moshegottlieb]

I was impressed by the methodology of your presentations let alone its content! One can learn the power of excel and how to right complex formulas (e.g. in the last example on how to prevent double booking of a meeting room). THANKS!!!

[renedanos]

Great video. Like several others here I havee only used data validation for drop down list. Not any more. Thanks

[YvonneSiswick]

What a fantastic video, best and most practical, useful and dynamic use of validation rules I’ve seen on You Tube, thank you.

[rishabhmehta]

Thank you so much for such invaluable and informative content. 🙏

[ChandaniPatel-tu]

Thank You for all the tricks especially the last one!

[ChinmayPatel-yrgv]

This is so useful.. I didn't know that we can use data validation like this also.. Thanks again..

[johanneskeller]

your instruction regarding this special use of data validation is very useful for me .
I have been looking for the possibility of customized data validation by using a formula for some time. No I'm happy to get the solution !
Thank you very much !

[rameshkunda]

Could you please do the Data Analysis on Real Estate Project.

[BPraveenKumarV]

It's a good video kindly share details course of power query from scratch

[sanketv]

can you please mention Formula here in (metting date-Col E), time has also to be mentioned and next meeting cant be booked if it is <1 hr to the day end time

[compdum]

If this data is put into table format the validation updates when data size increases

[MagicOfMushrooms]

I like this video. The AI voice is hard to listen to though.