When you dive into the world of Excel, you quickly realize the power of its functions. Among these, the INDEX & MATCH formulas stand out as incredibly versatile tools for data lookup and retrieval.

Lookup_ value: The value you want to match in the lookup_array. It is required. Lookup_array: The range of cells being searched. It is required. Match_type: Specifies how lookup_value matches with ...

Mastering Excel goes far beyond SUM and VLOOKUP. By learning functions like COUNT, AVERAGE, SUMIF, SUBTOTAL, XLOOKUP, and INDEX/MATCH, you can find opportunities to improve your Excel sheet. Some ...

Originally, Excel was not designed to be a real database. Its early database functions were limited in quantity and in quality. And because every record in an Excel database is visible on the screen ...

For many, the INDEX-XMATCH combination in Excel is the go-to method for retrieving a value from a dataset. However, you can also use this dynamic duo to perform two-way lookups, returning a value at ...

We've been writing a lot about Microsoft Excel formulas. The program is the gold standard of programs. It's elegant, ubiquitous, and outstandingly powerful. American business lives and dies by the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Once you have mastered VLOOKUP in Excel it's time to move on to INDEX/MATCH. This formula combination gives the same results but without the problems of VLOOKUP.

Excel has over 475 formulas in its Functions Library, from simple mathematics to very complex statistical, logical, and engineering tasks such as IF statements (one of our perennial favorite stories); ...

A little from column A, a little from column B: XLOOKUP is the new, easier way to retrieve information across Excel spreadsheets. If you’re working on your accounts and you need to convert all your ...