Show Growth of percentrages

Churchy LaFemme

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It's possible that I am simply blanking on this assignment. <o:p></o:p>
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I have a two data lists - one shows the percentage of pre-tax benefits to commuting for 2011 Q1 and the other shows percentage to commuting for 2011 Q2. I need to show, for individuals, the growth (or change if they are spending less). <o:p></o:p>
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The various growth formulas I have are not working when the value for either quarter is zero. <o:p></o:p>
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Any thoughts? This seems pretty straightforward. I’m not making any projections – simply measuring the growth (or change) between two numbers. The numbers are expressed in percentages and the results should be also. <o:p></o:p>
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Help!<o:p></o:p>
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<TABLE style="MARGIN: auto auto auto -1.15pt; WIDTH: 242pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=323><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 98pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=131 noWrap>
Employee<o:p></o:p>
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</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 48pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=64 noWrap>Q2<o:p></o:p>
</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 48pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=64 noWrap>Growth<o:p></o:p>
</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1"><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 98pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=131 noWrap>Snidely Whiplash<o:p></o:p>
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4%<o:p></o:p>
</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 48pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=64 noWrap>
8%<o:p></o:p>
</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 48pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=64 noWrap> <o:p></o:p>
</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2"><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 98pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=131 noWrap>Nell<o:p></o:p>
</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 48pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=64 noWrap>
7%<o:p></o:p>
</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 48pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=64 noWrap>
0%<o:p></o:p>
</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 48pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=64 noWrap> <o:p></o:p>
</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3"><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 98pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=131 noWrap>The Colonel<o:p></o:p>
</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 48pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=64 noWrap>
0%<o:p></o:p>
</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 48pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=64 noWrap>
15%<o:p></o:p>
</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 48pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=64 noWrap> <o:p></o:p>
</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4"><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 98pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=131 noWrap>Dudley<o:p></o:p>
</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 48pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=64 noWrap>
78%<o:p></o:p>
</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 48pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=64 noWrap>
26%<o:p></o:p>
</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 48pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=64 noWrap> <o:p></o:p>
</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 98pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=131 noWrap>Horse<o:p></o:p>
</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 48pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=64 noWrap>
15%<o:p></o:p>
</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 48pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=64 noWrap>
75%<o:p></o:p>
</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 48pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 15pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=bottom width=64 noWrap> <o:p></o:p>
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<o:p>I've futzed around with this (in between fire drills) quite a bit and am just really brain dead at this point. </o:p>
 

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How to calculate loan payments in Excel?
Use the PMT function: =PMT(5%/12,60,-25000) is for a $25,000 loan, 5% annual interest, 60 month loan.
If you're expressing growth relative to the Q1, you would have -100% growth if Q2 is 0%.
There's no meaningful way to describe % growth if Q1 is 0%, so you might use "NA".
Excel Workbook
ABCD
1EmployeeQ1Q2Growth
2Snidely Whiplash4%8%100%
3Nell7%0%-100%
4The Colonel0%15%NA
5Dudley78%26%-67%
6Horse15%75%400%
Sheet
 
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This is very helpful, but I'm not sure that I'm there , yet. These are some of my results -is this what you'd expect?

<TABLE style="WIDTH: 255pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=339><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 109pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 5302" width=145><COL style="WIDTH: 50pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 2413" width=66><COL style="WIDTH: 48pt" span=2 width=64><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 15.75pt" height=21><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #3867a6 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; WIDTH: 109pt; HEIGHT: 15.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #3867a6 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid" class=xl66 height=21 width=145>Employee

</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; WIDTH: 50pt; BORDER-TOP: #3867a6 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid" class=xl67 width=66>Q1</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; WIDTH: 48pt; BORDER-TOP: #3867a6 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid" class=xl67 width=64>Q2</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; WIDTH: 48pt; BORDER-TOP: #3867a6 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #3867a6 1pt solid" class=xl68 width=64>Growth</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 15.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1" height=21><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #3867a6 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; HEIGHT: 15.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid" class=xl69 height=21>Snidely Whiplash</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid" class=xl65>0%</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid" class=xl65>16%</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: #3867a6 1pt solid" class=xl72>NA</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 15.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2" height=21><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #3867a6 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; HEIGHT: 15.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid" class=xl70 height=21>Nell</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid" class=xl65>5%</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid" class=xl65>100%</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid" class=xl65>1914%</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 15.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3" height=21><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #3867a6 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; HEIGHT: 15.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid" class=xl69 height=21>The Colonel</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid" class=xl65>31%</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid" class=xl65>0%</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid" class=xl65>-100%</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 15.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4" height=21><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #3867a6 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #3867a6 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; HEIGHT: 15.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid" class=xl71 height=21>Dudley</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid" class=xl65>47%</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid" class=xl65>56%</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid" class=xl65>20%

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By math, shouldn't Snidely Whiplash have growth?
 
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By math, shouldn't Snidely Whiplash have growth?

We know that there was growth, but there isn't any way to express the growth as a percentage of the previous amount. That's why I'd suggest NA, which is different than 0% (no growth).

Perhaps a more useful measure would be the amount of change instead of percentage growth.
Excel Workbook
ABCD
1EmployeeQ1Q2+/- Change
2Snidely Whiplash0%16%16%
3Nell5%100%95%
4The Colonel31%0%-31%
5Dudley47%56%9%
Sheet
 
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Both of your formulas are helpful. I need to review the overall project and consider which type of data - growth or change, would be most helpful.

Thank you! I was really going nuts over this!
 
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