Microsoft Excel's new FILTER() function is a great tool for reporting and dashboards. We'll show you how to use it to get more done.

Pivot tables generate great reports in Microsoft Excel, but adding a filter or two can make them even more flexible. Here's how.

If your company is working with a large list in an Excel spreadsheet, take advantage of the program's built-in filter customization tools to limit the number of rows included in your filter results.

Excel formats your data into a table. You will notice filter buttons (small arrows at the top to filter your data) and table styling for better readability.

If the Excel Date Filter is not grouping by month, enable grouping dates in the AutoFilter menu, set dates in the proper format, etc.

One typical application for Excel is to find information in a list of data. The simplest way to do this is filtering the data so that Excel does the work of finding the pertinent information for you ...