Learn when FILTER beats XLOOKUP, when it does not, and how to handle multiple matches, nth items, and multi-condition lookups with clear steps.

Rather than scrolling through long tables of data in a worksheet, let this wizard find the value you're looking for automatically. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor ...

lookup_value is the value we want Excel to search for. lookup_array is where we want Excel to search for the lookup value. return_array is where the data exists that we want Excel to return.

The asterisk (*) is the wildcard character that represents any sequence of characters, including when there are no characters at all. It’s the most flexible of the bunch, since it can replace any ...

When managing data in Excel, finding specific information within large datasets is a common task. The Excel XLOOKUP function is a popular tool for this, allowing you to search for exact matches or use ...

Q. What does the Smart Lookup feature in Excel do? A. You can quickly look up text from your Excel spreadsheets from several online sources. For example, if there was a word or account name that you ...

Following on from our time saving Excel shortcuts, we continue offering updated advice for the time-sensitive spreadsheet enthusiast. Back in 2013 John Gagnon wrote a very popular post about VLOOKUP ...

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 ...

Some businesses work with many different computer files and need a way to export file lists for clients or internal use. As an example, photographers may handle a massive number of image files, and ...