When you dive into the world of Excel, you quickly realize the power of its functions. Among these, the INDEX & MATCH formulas stand out as incredibly versatile tools for data lookup and retrieval.

You probably use VLOOKUP() function to find exact matches in Microsoft Excel, but you can also find the closest value when you don’t know the exact value. One of Microsoft Excel’s most commonly used ...

Most Excel lookup functions return the first match, but XLOOKUP can reverse the search direction to return the latest record.