If you work with a large dataset or usually query the same data in an Excel table, then you should use the VLOOKUP function to make your life easier – here's how.

Like other Excel functions, it’s easy to expand VLOOKUP into a full table to return multiple values at once, depending on your project.

To use VLOOKUP to find data in another Excel workbook requires multiple workbooks' relevant data. Once you have them, follow these steps.

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

VLOOKUP helps you sift through multiple sheets' data. Microsoft Excel's VLOOKUP function fetches data from different cells.