by Ilker | Jan 7, 2021 | Excel Formulas
The XLOOKUP function is a Lookup & Reference function that can find values in a table or a range by row. Similar to the better-known VLOOKUP function, you can use this function to do things like looking up the name or price of a product by its code number. In this...
by Ilker | Nov 18, 2019 | Excel Tips & Tricks
In this guide we’re going to go over 10 things you should know about the frequently-used-yet-not-so-easy-to-use VLOOKUP Excel function. Although this guide mainly focuses on the VLOOKUP function, these tips also apply to the HLOOKUP function, which essentially...
by Ilker | Jul 16, 2019 | Excel Formulas, Excel Tips & Tricks
Lookup functions are widely used in Excel models. However, one of the most popular lookup functions, VLOOKUP, can only search the left-most column in the search area. This function will fall short if you need to search in the middle of a table and return values from...
by Ilker | Feb 6, 2019 | Excel Tips & Tricks
Lookup functions are extremely useful when working with large data sets. Although they almost always work instantaneously with small data, larger data sets is when things can get rough in terms of performance, as large operations can require more computational...
by Ilker | Nov 7, 2018 | Excel Formulas
VLOOKUP function is a lookup and reference function that can search a specific information in a table. In this guide, we’re going to show you how to use the VLOOKUP function and also add some tips and error handling methods. The VLOOKUP searches a value in the first...
by Ilker | Jul 12, 2018 | Excel Tips & Tricks
This article explains how to convert Excel columns to rows, also knows us unpivoting, using VLOOKUP formula. Unpivoting is the opposite of pivoting data (see Pivot Tables) by distributing values from a single column to multiple columns while keeping unique values in...
by Ilker | Jun 12, 2018 | Excel Tips & Tricks
How to lookup across two tables by a condition is a combination of the VLOOKUP and the IF functions. The IF function handles which table and VLOOKUP handles what to search for. Syntax =VLOOKUP(lookup value, IF(condition, first table if condition is TRUE, second table...
by Ilker | Jun 7, 2018 | Excel Tips & Tricks
The tax brackets can be confusing to work with. Different ‘levels’ of your income needs to be multiplied with a different percentage to find the total. This can be done with the conventional Excel formulas like IF and a bunch of others, but that’s the long and hard to...
by Ilker | May 29, 2018 | Excel Tips & Tricks
This article shows you how to get the nth match with VLOOKUP formula. Unfortunately, Excel doesn’t have a built-in function to find any value beyond the first match. Syntax Unique lookup value: =lookup value & COUNTIF(expanding range of lookup values, lookup...
