Microsoft Excel’s XLOOKUP() is powerful, but combined with wildcards, it’s also flexible. Lookup functions are great for finding values that match another value. Thanks to XLOOKUP() this task is ...

If you've already made the switch from VLOOKUP to XLOOKUP in Excel, you've taken the first step toward better formulas. But most people still only use it as a drop-in replacement—they're missing one ...

Navigating the labyrinth of Excel formulas can often feel like deciphering a foreign language, especially when you’re trying to pull specific data from massive spreadsheets. If you’ve ever found ...

Excel’s XLOOKUP function is a powerful tool for data retrieval, allowing users to search for a value in a range and return a corresponding value from another range. However, a common mistake when ...

Learn how to use both Excel’s XLOOKUP() and VLOOKUP() functions to find results between conditional benchmarks in Microsoft Excel. It’s common to track progress by means of benchmarks. Commissions on ...

Spreadsheet formulas used to feel fragile. One wrong column number could throw off an entire report. But when I finally replaced VLOOKUP with XLOOKUP, Excel started feeling predictable, flexible, and ...

Microsoft has announced that the XLOOKUP function in Excel, meant to supersede both HLOOKUP and VLOOKUP, is now generally available to Office 365 customers after months of testing with Insiders. As ...

Originally, Excel was not designed to be a real database. Its early database functions were limited in quantity and in quality. And because every record in an Excel database is visible on the screen ...