In a worksheet, however, a simple sort by a field other than the region name field would quickly orphan data, that is, there’s no way to attach a record to its region. In a report, repeating the region name from record to record might be distracting to the reader.
This worksheet is an example of data from another source that, as is, doesn’t lend itself perfectly to a spreadsheet. For instance, a column in a report may only list the key category once for a group of records whereas, in Excel, you would typically want the category repeated on each row. But other blank cells can be troublesome, especially if you want to sort and filter the data.
Some cells may be blank on purpose and should remain that way. If you download data into Excel from other programs, one of the first things you should do is to check for blank cells and fill them in as needed.
