Excel’s XLOOKUP Function Explained
Excel's XLOOKUP function searches a range or an array, and returns an item corresponding to the first match it finds. If a match doesn't...
Excel’s VLOOKUP Function Explained
Excel's VLOOKUP function looks in the first column of an array and moves across the row to return the value of a cell.
VLOOKUP is...
How I Set Up SEARCH and FIND Formulas on Steroids
I've used Excel long enough to recognize when I've stumbled across an unusual formula. And it happened again a few minutes ago.
In the past,...
Introducing Excel’s STOCKHISTORY Function
The STOCKHISTORY function recently showed up in my non-beta version of Excel 365.
Its appearance was a surprise because it wasn't announced as a What's...
XLOOKUP vs VLOOKUP vs INDEX-MATCH vs SUMIFS
SUMIFS? Really?
Why is SUMIFS included among those lookup methods? I'll explain in a few minutes.
But first, let's look at the lookup methods shown in...
Show Top and Bottom Results in a Chart-Table
The workbook that supports the following figure does a lot of work!
First, it uses Power Query to download the weekly unemployment claims and the...
How to Use SUMPRODUCT in an Excel Table to Filter Any Number of Items
Excel 2007 introduced the powerful Table feature, as illustrated below. Tables allow you to sort and filter your data easily.
However, the filter capability has...
How to Use SUMPRODUCT to Create Two-Dimensional Lookups in Excel Formulas
A friend recently asked, "In this table, how can I return the date where the lowest value occurs?"
More generally, however, he was asking how to...
How to Fight Spreadsheet Hell with Three Excel Lookup Functions
(I wrote this long ago, and there's much to be added. It's high on my Update list. Charley)
Many Excel users build their reports like...
How to Debug INDEX in Excel
"I'm not a very experienced Excel user. Why does = INDEX(...) sometimes work and sometimes not.... :-)?" -- Suzan G.
Probably the best way to...
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How Fast Is Too Fast?
(Originally published in Inc Magazine.)
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How to Smooth Data by Using the TREND Function
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