Excel DGET Function Solves 2 of Your VLOOKUP Problems

Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:22:35 +0000

Excel DGET Function is one of Excel's "forgotten" database functions that can do a Left lookup (unlike VLOOKUP) and ALSO easily look for multiple criteria.

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One limitation of DGET is that you can't apply it to multiple cells. Basically you can't pull down the formula to lookup different values. If that's something you need, then you'll need to use INDEX MATCH, VLOOKUP, Excel FILTER function or FILTER feature or XLOOKUP. Check out the links under Related Videos below to find these videos.

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00:00 Excel DGET Function
01:44 Excel DGET Explained
06:03 DGET With Approximate Match
06:28 DGET With OR & AND Conditions
08:18 DGET With Multiple Criteria

DGET can lookup values to the left and act like an automatic filter.

Excel DGET disadvantages:
1. DGET formula can't be pulled down - you'll need to include the header for each lookup value
2. DGET returns an error (#Num error - 7:25) if there are duplicate lookup values in the range (as opposed to VLOOKUP or Index & Match which return the first match).

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------ Related Videos -------
Excel Index Match basics: https://youtu.be/F264FpBDX28
Excel VLOOKUP explained: https://youtu.be/hwL6KKJP-_I
Excel XLOOKUP: https://youtu.be/4c0CLUER6nw
Excel FILTER function: https://youtu.be/Eehk6PC0oGs
Check out the complete Excel Lookup Formula Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playli....st?list=PLmHVyfmcRKy

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