The VLOOKUP function is one of the most useful when pulling information from an Excel database. Here's how it works and how you can start using it in your work.

To use VLOOKUP to find data in another Excel workbook requires multiple workbooks' relevant data. Once you have them, follow these steps.

Learn how to use the VLOOKUP formula to compare a maximum of two columns to have common values returned or to locate missing data.

The trick to using Excel's VLOOKUP effectively is knowing what commands and values to use in what order.

If you work with a large dataset or usually query the same data in an Excel table, then you should use the VLOOKUP function to make your life easier – here's how.

Excel tables help manage dynamic data ranges, adjusting automatically as data changes. The function helper in Excel provides a step-by-step guide to entering VLOOKUP arguments.

If you need to reconcile batches of records in Microsoft Excel, this simple VLOOKUP() solution offers a quick and easy way to find records in one batch that are missing from another.

You can use the VLOOKUP function in Microsoft Excel to efficiently find corresponding data for a specific value.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could use this autocompleting feature to search for data? Well, you can. I’ll show you how to combine this behavior in Excel in a combo box with a VLOOKUP () function.

As a long-term Excel enthusiast, I have always enjoyed using VLOOKUP, one of Excel's best-known lookup functions. However, Microsoft's introduction of XLOOKUP in 2019 changed everything.