Define and use names in formulas

Microsoft Excel allows any cell to have a defined name, which makes creating and pointing to that cell a lot easier.
By using names, you can make your formulas much easier to understand and maintain. You can define a name for a cell range
constant, or table. Once you adopt the practice of using names in your workbook, you can easily update, audit, and manage t
names.

Define Name
Use in Formula
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100 Laxman Sivaramakrish SKING 515.123.4567 17-Jun-03 AD_PRES
101 Raghuram Bhat NKOCHHAR 515.123.4568 21-Sep-05 AD_VP
102 Navjot Sidhu LDEHAAN 515.123.4569 13-Jan-01 AD_VP
103 Chetan Sharma AHUNOLD 590.423.4567 3-Jan-06 IT_PROG
104 Manoj Prabhakar BERNST 590.423.4568 21-May-07 IT_PROG
105 Mohammad Azharuddin DAUSTIN 590.423.4569 25-Jun-05 IT_PROG
106 Gopal Sharma VPATABAL 590.423.4560 5-Feb-06 IT_PROG
107 Lalchand Rajput DLORENTZ 590.423.5567 7-Feb-07 IT_PROG
108 Sadanand Viswanath NGREENBE 515.124.4569 17-Aug-02 FI_MGR
109 Kiran More DFAVIET 515.124.4169 16-Aug-02 FI_ACCOUNT
110 Chandrakant Pandit JCHEN 515.124.4269 28-Sep-05 FI_ACCOUNT
111 Raju Kulkarni ISCIARRA 515.124.4369 30-Sep-05 FI_ACCOUNT
112 Bharat Arun JMURMAN 515.124.4469 7-Mar-06 FI_ACCOUNT
113 Raman Lamba LPOPP 515.124.4567 7-Dec-07 FI_ACCOUNT
114 Arshad Ayub DRAPHEAL 515.127.4561 7-Dec-02 PU_MAN
115 Sanjay Manjrekar AKHOO 515.127.4562 18-May-03 PU_CLERK
116 Narendra Hirwani SBAIDA 515.127.4563 24-Dec-05 PU_CLERK
117 Woorkeri Raman STOBIAS 515.127.4564 24-Jul-05 PU_CLERK
118 Ajay Sharma GHIMURO 515.127.4565 15-Nov-06 PU_CLERK
119 Rashid Patel KCOLMENA 515.127.4566 10-Aug-07 PU_CLERK
120 Sanjeev Sharma MWEISS 650.123.1234 18-Jul-04 ST_MAN
121 M VenkataramanAFRIPP 650.123.2234 10-Apr-05 ST_MAN
122 Salil Ankola PKAUFLIN 650.123.3234 1-May-03 ST_MAN
123 Sachin Tendulkar SVOLLMAN 650.123.4234 10-Oct-05 ST_MAN
124 Vivek Razdan KMOURGOS 650.123.5234 16-Nov-07 ST_MAN
125 Venkatapathy Raju JNAYER 650.124.1214 16-Jul-05 ST_CLERK
126 Atul Wassan IMIKKILI 650.124.1224 28-Sep-06 ST_CLERK
127 Gursharan Singh JLANDRY 650.124.1334 14-Jan-07 ST_CLERK
128 Anil Kumble SMARKLE 650.124.1434 8-Mar-08 ST_CLERK
129 Javagal Srinath LBISSOT 650.124.5234 20-Aug-05 ST_CLERK
130 Subroto Banerjee MATKINSO 650.124.6234 30-Oct-05 ST_CLERK
131 Pravin Amre JAMRLOW 650.124.7234 16-Feb-05 ST_CLERK
132 Ajay Jadeja TJOLSON 650.124.8234 10-Apr-07 ST_CLERK
133 Rajesh Chauhan JMALLIN 650.127.1934 14-Jun-04 ST_CLERK
134 Vinod Kambli MROGERS 650.127.1834 26-Aug-06 ST_CLERK
135 Vijay Yadav KGEE 650.127.1734 12-Dec-07 ST_CLERK
136 Nayan Mongia HPHILTAN 650.127.1634 6-Feb-08 ST_CLERK
137 Aashish Kapoor RLADWIG 650.121.1234 14-Jul-03 ST_CLERK
138 Sunil Joshi SSTILES 650.121.2034 26-Oct-05 ST_CLERK
139 Paras Mhambrey JSEO 650.121.2019 12-Feb-06 ST_CLERK
140 Venkatesh Prasad JPATEL 650.121.1834 6-Apr-06 ST_CLERK
141 Vikram Rathour TRAJS 650.121.8009 17-Oct-03 ST_CLERK
142 Sourav Ganguly CDAVIES 650.121.2994 29-Jan-05 ST_CLERK
143 Rahul Dravid RMATOS 650.121.2874 15-Mar-06 ST_CLERK
144 David Johnson PVARGAS 650.121.2004 9-Jul-06 ST_CLERK
145 V Laxman JRUSSEL 011.44.1344.429268 1-Oct-04 SA_MAN
146 Dodda Ganesh KPARTNER 011.44.1344.467268 5-Jan-05 SA_MAN
147 Abey Kuruvilla AERRAZUR 011.44.1344.429278 10-Mar-05 SA_MAN
148 Nilesh Kulkarni GCAMBRAU 011.44.1344.619268 15-Oct-07 SA_MAN
149 Debashish Mohanty EZLOTKEY 011.44.1344.429018 29-Jan-08 SA_MAN
150 Harbhajan Singh PTUCKER 011.44.1344.129268 30-Jan-05 SA_REP
151 Harvinder Singh DBERNSTE 011.44.1344.345268 24-Mar-05 SA_REP
152 Ajit Agarkar PHALL 011.44.1344.478968 20-Aug-05 SA_REP
153 Robin Singh COLSEN 011.44.1344.498718 30-Mar-06 SA_REP
154 Robin Jr. NCAMBRAU 011.44.1344.987668 9-Dec-06 SA_REP
155 Sadagoppan Ramesh OTUVAULT 011.44.1344.486508 23-Nov-07 SA_REP
156 Ashish Nehra JKING 011.44.1345.429268 30-Jan-04 SA_REP
157 Devang Gandhi PSULLY 011.44.1345.929268 4-Mar-04 SA_REP
158 MSK Prasad AMCEWEN 011.44.1345.829268 1-Aug-04 SA_REP
159 Vijay Bharadwaj LSMITH 011.44.1345.729268 10-Mar-05 SA_REP
160 Hrishikesh Kanitkar LDORAN 011.44.1345.629268 15-Dec-05 SA_REP
161 Wasim Jaffer SSEWALL 011.44.1345.529268 3-Nov-06 SA_REP
162 Murali Kartik CVISHNEY 011.44.1346.129268 11-Nov-05 SA_REP
163 Nikhil Chopra DGREENE 011.44.1346.229268 19-Mar-07 SA_REP
164 Mohammad Kaif MMARVINS 011.44.1346.329268 24-Jan-08 SA_REP
165 Shiv Das DLEE 011.44.1346.529268 23-Feb-08 SA_REP
166 Saba Karim SANDE 011.44.1346.629268 24-Mar-08 SA_REP
167 Zaheer Khan ABANDA 011.44.1346.729268 21-Apr-08 SA_REP
168 Vijay Dahiya LOZER 011.44.1343.929268 11-Mar-05 SA_REP
169 Sarandeep Singh HBLOOM 011.44.1343.829268 23-Mar-06 SA_REP
170 Rahul Sanghvi TFOX 011.44.1343.729268 24-Jan-06 SA_REP
171 Sairaj Bahutule WSMITH 011.44.1343.629268 23-Feb-07 SA_REP
172 Sameer Dighe EBATES 011.44.1343.529268 24-Mar-07 SA_REP
173 Hemang Badani SKUMAR 011.44.1343.329268 21-Apr-08 SA_REP
174 Deep Dasgupta EABEL 011.44.1644.429267 11-May-04 SA_REP
175 Virender Sehwag AHUTTON 011.44.1644.429266 19-Mar-05 SA_REP
176 Sanjay Bangar JTAYLOR 011.44.1644.429265 24-Mar-06 SA_REP
177 Iqbal Siddiqui JLIVINGS 011.44.1644.429264 23-Apr-06 SA_REP
178 Tinu Yohannan KGRANT 011.44.1644.429263 24-May-07 SA_REP
179 Ajay Ratra CJOHNSON 011.44.1644.429262 4-Jan-08 SA_REP
180 Parthiv Patel WTAYLOR 650.507.9876 24-Jan-06 SH_CLERK
181 Lakshmipathy Balaji JFLEAUR 650.507.9877 23-Feb-06 SH_CLERK
182 Aakash Chopra MSULLIVA 650.507.9878 21-Jun-07 SH_CLERK
183 Yuvraj Singh GGEONI 650.507.9879 3-Feb-08 SH_CLERK
184 Irfan Pathan NSARCHAN 650.509.1876 27-Jan-04 SH_CLERK
185 Gautam Gambhir ABULL 650.509.2876 20-Feb-05 SH_CLERK
186 Dinesh Karthik JDELLING 650.509.3876 24-Jun-06 SH_CLERK
187 MS Dhoni ACABRIO 650.509.4876 7-Feb-07 SH_CLERK
188 R Singh KCHUNG 650.505.1876 14-Jun-05 SH_CLERK
189 S Sreesanth JDILLY 650.505.2876 13-Aug-05 SH_CLERK
190 Piyush Chawla TGATES 650.505.3876 11-Jul-06 SH_CLERK
191 Munaf Patel RPERKINS 650.505.4876 19-Dec-07 SH_CLERK
192 V Singh SBELL 650.501.1876 4-Feb-04 SH_CLERK
193 Ramesh Powar BEVERETT 650.501.2876 3-Mar-05 SH_CLERK
194 Ishant Sharma SMCCAIN 650.501.3876 1-Jul-06 SH_CLERK
195 Amit Mishra VJONES 650.501.4876 17-Mar-07 SH_CLERK
196 Murali Vijay AWALSH 650.507.9811 24-Apr-06 SH_CLERK
197 Pragyan Ojha KFEENEY 650.507.9822 23-May-06 SH_CLERK
198 Subramaniam Badrinath DOCONNEL 650.507.9833 21-Jun-07 SH_CLERK
199 Wriddhiman Saha DGRANT 650.507.9844 13-Jan-08 SH_CLERK
200 Abhimanyu Mithun JWHALEN 515.123.4444 17-Sep-03 AD_ASST
201 Suresh Raina MHARTSTE 515.123.5555 17-Feb-04 MK_MAN
202 Cheteshwar Pujara PFAY 603.123.6666 17-Aug-05 MK_REP
203 Jaydev Unadkat SMAVRIS 515.123.7777 7-Jun-02 HR_REP
204 Abhinav Mukund HBAER 515.123.8888 7-Jun-02 PR_REP
205 Virat Kohli SHIGGINS 515.123.8080 7-Jun-02 AC_MGR
206 Praveen Kumar WGIETZ 515.123.8181 7-Jun-02 AC_ACCOUNT
total
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4800 720 5520 103 60
4800 720 5520 103 60
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3300 495 3795 122 50
2900 435 3335 122 50
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2200 330 2530 122 50
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3200 480 3680 123 50
2700 405 3105 123 50
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Total COMMISSION_PCT
Grand Salary