Excel’s database functions excel at managing multiple criteria, including AND and OR conditions. These functions allow you to combine criteria seamlessly, providing precision that traditional IF ...

Why you might use the IF() function. In database fashion, a lot of data is defined by type. That way, you only need one field for the actual value. You can do this with Excel, too, as shown in ...

The VLOOKUP function is one of the most useful when pulling information from an Excel database. Here's how it works and how you can start using it in your work.

In Excel, the INDEX function returns an item from a specific position (in a list, table, database). The MATCH function returns the position of a value (in a list, table, database).