While Excel boasts over 450+ functions, sometimes they just donâ t cut it. These built-in functions fall short when you want to automate specific tasks or perform unique calculations in your ...

Excel's AGGREGATE function lets you perform calculations whilst ignoring hidden rows, errors, or other functions that appear in the data.

If you need to use the Excel IF function and multiple conditions, consider using the IFS function instead. This allows you to test multiple conditions in order, picking the first that returns true.

You use these functions when you want to find values based on the value in a corresponding cell. Thanks to the newish dynamic array function XLOOKUP (), you now have more power and less confusion.

This month’s column shows how to use the remarkably versatile AGGREGATE function in Excel.

Some benefits to using GROUPBY over a PivotTable are that it is formula-based, it updates dynamically, and it is easy to use in reports (it does not require setup). In cell G1, enter the GROUPBY ...