Excel's VLOOKUP function lets you find data in columns in reference to the first column. Learn how to create it manually or build it easily.

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.

Learn how to use the VLOOKUP formula to compare a maximum of two columns to have common values returned or to locate missing data.

The trick to using Excel's VLOOKUP effectively is knowing what commands and values to use in what order.

In Excel a "Vlookup," short for vertical lookup, is a formula used to return a value from a table of data. For example, you might want to add a column to a customer information spreadsheet that ...

I still remember the first day I figured out how to run a vlookup command in Excel; I was sitting at my coffee table wondering what the point of this ...

CSV files create columns of data from a variety of sources, such as address books and GPS location lists, and VLOOKUP enables your business to analyze these sources.