When you dive into the world of Excel, you quickly realize the power of its functions. Among these, the INDEX & MATCH formulas stand out as incredibly versatile tools for data lookup and retrieval.

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 ...

One of the most powerful features of Excel is the array—a formula designed to act simultaneously on sets of two or more values in order to calculate other values. Yet, because arrays appear to be ...

Have you ever struggled with Excel formulas, trying to calculate running totals only to be left with errors and frustration? Many of us have faced the challenge of managing datasets where each row’s ...

Row precision vs. Aggregation errors: MAP is the best way to use "greedy" functions like AND or OR in a single, dynamic ...

Q. Is it possible to sort a column in Excel using formulas rather than the Data tab’s Sort tool, so the sort process is performed automatically as I update my data? A. Excel has announced a new ...

Microsoft Excel spreadsheets frequently use similar formulas along columns. For example, you might need to keep a running total or tabulate a list of product inventories. Repetitively typing each ...