Microsoft® Excel® 2010 Formulas & Functions Inside Out

Chapter 13. Database Functions

• Arguments in Database Functions

• Working with Databases and Records

• Using Controls

• Overview of the Database Functions

• Functions in This Chapter

• DAVERAGE()

• DCOUNT()

• DCOUNTA()

• DGET()

• DMAX()

• DMIN()

• DPRODUCT()

• DSTDEV()

• DSTDEVP()

• DSUM()

• DVAR()

• DVARP()

• GETPIVOTDATA()

This chapter describes the database functions. The Microsoft Excel database functions can be used to evaluate information held in a set of data stored in a spreadsheet.

A database in Excel consists of a list of information with labels (field names) and data rows (data records), as shown In Figure 13-1. The field names describe the information in the fields below them, such as sales or company names. The information in a column is the field content.

Figure 13-1. The database range ...