Level up your skills with powerful lookup formulas.

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With Steve Yoss

CPE Today

For professionals wrestling with massive datasets, finding specific information in Excel can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. Whether it’s a customer ID, transaction number, or check number, pinpointing related details like totals, names, or dates can be daunting without the right tools. Enter Excel's powerful lookup formulas.

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Among the trio of essential lookup functions—VLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH, and the modern XLOOKUP—the latter emerges as the star. While VLOOKUP and INDEX-MATCH have long been staples for data retrieval, XLOOKUP combines their strengths with enhanced features, offering users a faster, more versatile solution.