Learn how to use Excel’s INDEX and MATCH formulas to perform advanced lookups and data retrieval efficiently.

Index, Match, and Index Match In Excel, the INDEX function returns an item from a specific position (in a list, table, database).

The MATCH function in Excel searches a range of data for a specified value and then returns its relative position. You can then use the returned value with functions like INDEX to retrieve and ...

There's one trick, though, that separates the quants from the interns. That trick is Index/Match, a function that can find any value in any spreadsheet.

Once you have mastered VLOOKUP in Excel it's time to move on to INDEX/MATCH. This formula combination gives the same results but without the problems of VLOOKUP.