Advanced Excel: Mastering Lookups – with XLOOKUP and INDEX & MATCH. 1 pm Toronto, 2 pm Halifax, 10 am Vancouver, 11 am Calgary

Course No: DATW-06B

Format: HANDS-ON ONLINE WORKSHOP. This is a Live Workshop with an Instructor. Participants will work hands-on on practice data, and interact with an instructor online.

Duration: 2 Hours in 1 module of 2 hours. Participants will work on examples hands-on with the instructor

PRICE & BOOKING: Individual Registrations @ $90 per person. Discounts available for Organization or group booking. (mention group booking in the registration form alongside)

What will be covered

• A very brief discussion on Vlookup – capabilities and limitations
• Going beyond Vlookup with INDEX and MATCH
  • How to lookup data where the lookup column is not the first
  • How to do a two-variable lookup using Index and Match
• Going beyond Vlookup with the newer XLOOKUP function
  • Working with Xlookup – understanding syntax and optional arguments
  • Nesting Xlookups to go beyond its apparent limitations for two-variable lookups
  • How to merge data from one table to another
  • Exploring the dynamic array nature of Xlookup
• Special Lookup situations
  • How to do multiple parameter lookups when duplicates exist – use INDEX and MATCH or XLOOKUP
  • How to do Tier-based calculations with INDEX and MATCH
  • How to do Tier-based calculations with any sort order using XLOOKUP

What’s Included

• Live instruction, interaction and course instruction during the workshop
• One or more files filled with practice data and examples
• One or more PDF files with course notes
• Links to view the recording for one month after the workshop

Important Instructions:
• Office 365 will be used in the workshop demonstration. Participants are welcome to use older versions, but significant differences may exist and where possible the instructor will mention suitable workarounds. Microsoft Office Starter Edition will not be adequate.