This is my simple way to use the VLOOKUP function in Excel to find data fast. I walk through how I use VLOOKUP to look up inventory amounts from a table. This helps me quickly check how many items we ...

In Excel a "Vlookup," short for vertical lookup, is a formula used to return a value from a table of data. For example, you might want to add a column to a customer information spreadsheet that tells ...

VLOOKUP and Search are two functions that Excel uses to search for text. VLOOKUP finds data in a column and returns the contents of an adjacent cell. Search finds data in a cell and returns the string ...

Data lookups have always been a fundamental aspect of Microsoft Excel, allowing users to retrieve and match information across datasets. However, traditional methods like VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP often ...

Learn how to use XLOOKUP in Excel to return multiple columns easily, faster, and more efficiently than traditional VLOOKUP.

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 ...

Microsoft Excel is one of the most useful programs ever developed in the history of computing. One function that anyone looking to master the spreadsheet program needs to know is VLOOKUP. It's easily ...

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.

Ever feel like you’re spending more time wrestling with Excel than actually analyzing your data? For accounting and finance professionals, the pressure to deliver accurate, insightful reports—often ...