Q. Is it possible to sort a column in Excel using formulas rather than the Data tab’s Sort tool, so the sort process is performed automatically as I update my data? A. Excel has announced a new ...

Excel’s BYCOL() and BYROW() functions evaluate data across columns and rows, returning an array result set allowing you to bypass a lot of work. Most Microsoft Excel functions are autonomous—one ...

Learn why the Excel AGGREGATE function fails with arrays and how to fix value errors using helper columns or dynamic LAMBDA and BYROW formulas.

Dynamic arrays have brought significant flexibility to Excel, allowing formulas to automatically expand or contract across cells. However, this functionality introduces a common issue: formatting ...

PIVOTBY is great for analysis, but PivotTables still have the edge when formatting needs to adapt to data changes.

Excel doesn’t have a built-in AVERAGEIF() function, but you can still average values, conditionally. Excel has SumIf and CountIf, but no AverageIf. However, with a little array magic, you can get ...

Microsoft is making some improvements to how formulas work in Excel, with a new feature called Dynamic Arrays that allows formulas to output values to more than one cell at a time. Microsoft has ...

An curved arrow pointing right. {} These brackets mean something magical is happening inside your Excel formula. An "Array" function allows you to perform mathematical operations on many cells instead ...