vlookup – HowtoExcel.net https://howtoexcel.net Analytics. Automation. Process Improvement. Tue, 21 Oct 2025 01:48:23 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://howtoexcel.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/h2eicon.png vlookup – HowtoExcel.net https://howtoexcel.net 32 32 How to Use Wildcards in Excel https://howtoexcel.net/2025/10/how-to-use-wildcards-in-excel.html Tue, 21 Oct 2025 01:48:23 +0000 https://howtoexcel.net/?p=10931 Wildcards in Excel are special characters that can stand in for other characters in a text string. They are incredibly useful for finding, filtering, or matching data when you only have a partial match. Think of them as “jokers” you can use in your formulas. Excel has three wildcard characters, and they only work with […]

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]]> How to Use VLOOKUP with Pivot Tables https://howtoexcel.net/2024/07/how-to-use-vlookup-with-pivot-tables.html Tue, 30 Jul 2024 02:01:20 +0000 http://axb.srl.mybluehost.me/?p=9331 Do you want to be able to use a VLOOKUP with a pivot table? While there isn’t a way to natively do so, there is a way you can make it look as though your pivot table has a lookup function within there, and make it so that it expands along with your data. Suppose […]

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]]> 15 Excel Functions Accountants Should Know https://howtoexcel.net/2023/03/15-excel-functions-accountants-should-know.html Tue, 28 Mar 2023 04:19:52 +0000 http://axb.srl.mybluehost.me/?p=7784 If you’re an accountant, you know that working with large amounts of data can be a daunting task. But with Excel, that work can get a whole lot easier and more efficient. Understanding Excel’s advanced features and functions can improve productivity, reduce errors, make your work more accurate, and most importantly — save you time. […]

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]]> How to Do a Lookup with Multiple Criteria in Excel https://howtoexcel.net/2022/11/how-to-do-a-lookup-with-multiple-criteria-in-excel.html Wed, 02 Nov 2022 23:50:41 +0000 http://axb.srl.mybluehost.me/?p=7434 Most Excel users likely know how to do a simple VLOOKUP and pull in data where a single field is matched. But what about when you need to match multiple fields? That can be a bit more challenging to pull off and below I’ll show you a couple of ways you can achieve this. In […]

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]]> 7 Reasons Why VLOOKUP Cannot Find the Right Value https://howtoexcel.net/2022/06/7-reasons-why-vlookup-cannot-find-the-right-value.html https://howtoexcel.net/2022/06/7-reasons-why-vlookup-cannot-find-the-right-value.html#respond Wed, 15 Jun 2022 04:42:04 +0000 http://axb.srl.mybluehost.me/?p=7050 A VLOOKUP function is simple: you enter criteria and select a range that it should extract values from. However, there are multiple reasons why your VLOOKUP cannot find the correct value. Below are seven common reasons your formula may not be working as you expect it to. In this example, I’m going to use the […]

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]]> https://howtoexcel.net/2022/06/7-reasons-why-vlookup-cannot-find-the-right-value.html/feed 0 How to Use VLOOKUP With Multiple Sheets https://howtoexcel.net/2021/10/how-to-use-vlookup-with-multiple-sheets.html https://howtoexcel.net/2021/10/how-to-use-vlookup-with-multiple-sheets.html#respond Wed, 20 Oct 2021 04:12:40 +0000 http://axb.srl.mybluehost.me/?p=6323 VLOOKUP is a popular function in Excel because of how powerful and easy it is to use. You can even use it to look up values on different sheets. And in this post, I’ll show you how you can do so dynamically so that you don’t always need to be adjusting your formula. Why you […]

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]]> https://howtoexcel.net/2021/10/how-to-use-vlookup-with-multiple-sheets.html/feed 0 How to Use VLOOKUP to Extract Values From Multiple Columns https://howtoexcel.net/2020/08/how-to-do-a-vlookup-and-extract-multiple-columns.html https://howtoexcel.net/2020/08/how-to-do-a-vlookup-and-extract-multiple-columns.html#respond Fri, 28 Aug 2020 05:57:00 +0000 http://axb.srl.mybluehost.me/?p=4030 VLOOKUP is a powerful function for extracting data from another sheet. And while most users will use it simply for pulling just one field, it can do a lot more than just that. Below, I’ll show you how you can extract multiple columns from just a single vlookup formula, potentially saving you from having to […]

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]]> https://howtoexcel.net/2020/08/how-to-do-a-vlookup-and-extract-multiple-columns.html/feed 0 3 Reasons You Should Still Use VLOOKUP https://howtoexcel.net/2020/08/3-reasons-you-should-still-use-vlookup.html https://howtoexcel.net/2020/08/3-reasons-you-should-still-use-vlookup.html#respond Sat, 15 Aug 2020 23:33:08 +0000 http://axb.srl.mybluehost.me/?p=4005 Many people will tell you that you should use INDEX/MATCH instead of VLOOKUP or that you should use a new function like XLOOKUP instead. But you shouldn’t be so quick to ditch arguably the most popular function on Excel as it’s still very useful. Below are just three reasons why VLOOKUP is still incredibly valuable: […]

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]]> https://howtoexcel.net/2020/08/3-reasons-you-should-still-use-vlookup.html/feed 0 How to Use the New XLOOKUP Function https://howtoexcel.net/2019/10/how-to-use-the-new-xlookup-function.html https://howtoexcel.net/2019/10/how-to-use-the-new-xlookup-function.html#comments Tue, 15 Oct 2019 19:44:53 +0000 http://axb.srl.mybluehost.me/?p=2731 Forget using VLOOKUP or even INDEX and MATCH, Excel users can now use XLOOKUP! Knowing how to use VLOOKUP has become almost a basic skill for Excel users. If you’re an intermediate or advanced user, you probably use INDEX & MATCH because of the limitations that are inherent with just using VLOOKUP. Since VLOOKUP can […]

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]]> https://howtoexcel.net/2019/10/how-to-use-the-new-xlookup-function.html/feed 1 Formatting and Removing Errors and Zero Values https://howtoexcel.net/2018/07/formatting-and-removing-errors-and-zero.html https://howtoexcel.net/2018/07/formatting-and-removing-errors-and-zero.html#comments Sat, 21 Jul 2018 18:34:00 +0000 Often times in a data set you’ll have to handle with errors that can wreck your data, especially if you need to do any analysis on it. There are several ways that you can handle errors so that they don’t show up in your data. IFERROR The first method is by using the IFERROR function, […]

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