Using SQL statements in Excel enables you to connect to an external data source, parse field or table contents and import data – all without having to input the data manually.

Data validation drop-down lists in Excel adopt the same order as the source. In this example, to order the nations alphabetically, you would need to sort the source data by column B.

To extract and sort non-adjacent arrays in your data, nest the CHOOSECOLS or CHOOSEROWS functions inside your SORT or SORTBY ...

If you are getting the Data source reference is not valid while trying to create a pivot table in Microsoft Excel, see this post for the fix.

Sometimes you need to scan some files for a piece of data like a string, phrase or some number, and one of those files just happens to be an Excel spreadsheet. You could open up the file, launch the ...

Data comes from all kinds of sources and Microsoft Power Query can you when you need to combine foreign data. It’s a bit easier than trying to do so in Microsoft Excel sometimes.

Excel provides built-in tools to help you to find discrepancies like Filters, Conditional Formatting, advanced functions (If and IS, VLookUp, etc.), and Add-ins.

Excel’s BYCOL() and BYROW() functions evaluate data across columns and rows, returning an array result set allowing you to bypass a lot of work.

This tutorial will explain how to find a value in an Excel column using the Find function in VBA. Excel will highlight all of the cells that correspond to your search. How to search data using the ...

How to Populate a Website From an Excel Database. Microsoft Excel worksheets are convenient places to store limited amounts of data. Excel is a spreadsheet application, but an Excel file can also ...