Q. How do I use the FILTER function in Excel, and how is this an improvement over the filter feature? A. The FILTER function was introduced five years ago as part of the Excel Dynamic Arrays rollout.

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 ...

In addition to the new SORT function, you may also find the new FILTER and UNIQUE array functions useful. For example, the worksheet on the next page contains a detailed listing of invoices in columns ...

Turns out half my old formulas were just dynamic arrays in disguise, written the long way.

Have you ever found yourself buried under a mountain of Excel spreadsheets, painstakingly updating formulas every time new data comes in? It’s a common struggle, one that can turn even the most ...

There are lots of ways to return the top or bottom n records from a data set in Microsoft Excel, but the new dynamic array functions make doing so easier than ever. Returning the top or bottom n ...

Microsoft adds Dynamic Arrays to Excel to make formulas more capable Microsoft is making some improvements to how formulas work in Excel, with a new feature called Dynamic Arrays that allows formulas ...

Excel has evolved far beyond VLOOKUP, with modern functions like XLOOKUP, FILTER, and dynamic array tools making data retrieval faster, cleaner, and more flexible. These functions let you search in ...