Xlookup Exercises

The Magic of XL
First Name Last Name Hire Date

Alicia Allen 10/26/2013
Armani Avery 4/25/2019
Dani Avila 4/12/2018
Elen Bates 7/19/2011
Paris Beck 10/4/2018
Anish Benjamin 6/9/2018
Maheen Berry 11/19/2012
Sania Blevins 12/29/2019
Trevor Bowler 3/27/2015
Jaya Briggs 12/1/2016
Essa Brookes 2/3/2020
Xavier Buckley 5/26/2016
Hope Burris 11/24/2019
Mirza Bush 11/9/2017
Helen Caldwell 6/13/2016
Lucien Campos 11/25/2015
Leonidas Carroll 7/19/2016
Rajan Chang 8/14/2018
Aasiyah Childs 10/7/2020
Renae Churchill 5/7/2013
Aryan Clark 7/6/2011
Eleri Combs 6/26/2014
Caine Cooper 11/15/2019
Mya Cope 4/12/2018
Kaylum Cortez 6/13/2020
Mia-Rose Cottrell 12/22/2016
Jacques Crosby 11/2/2016
Astrid Currie 6/2/2013
Miller Davila 4/18/2014
Sharna Davison 3/13/2012
Lemar Dean 12/10/2011
Sidra Delgado 3/16/2016
Aeryn Devlin 3/20/2017
Faizah Donaldson 9/13/2020
Fionnuala Doyle 10/11/2013
Alaya East 5/30/2012
Tyra Espinoza 2/4/2013
Jemima Esquivel 3/26/2015
Bevan Estrada 10/3/2018
Isla-Rae Firth 3/24/2015
Shayne Fischer 3/11/2013
Emily Forrest 3/2/2019
Joss Foster 2/28/2012
Shiv Francis 2/21/2014
Hettie Franklin 3/6/2012
Adnan Gaines 1/27/2019
Radhika Gaines 5/18/2020
Lillie Garner 12/10/2013
Darrel Giles 8/1/2018
Marwah Graham 3/26/2019
Lina Gray 12/8/2015
Vicky Guy 5/30/2015
Ikrah Hansen 10/26/2015
Malika Harrington 11/9/2015
Edith Harrison 10/1/2012
Keith Hassan 4/9/2015
Cheyanne Healy 11/27/2017
Kristopher Henderson 7/14/2016
Jaheim Hill 3/28/2016
Roberto Hill 8/14/2016
Lila Hogg 3/9/2019
Lindsay Holt 12/5/2018
Ed Hooper 2/17/2017
Ansh Humphries 12/18/2011
Ira Irwin 11/21/2014
Tiernan Johns 1/21/2015
Kendal Keeling 12/14/2011
Beck Keller 6/2/2013
Daanyal Kumar 3/26/2014
Amrita Larson 8/26/2011
Faizah Lister 9/24/2011
Danni Liu 1/16/2020
Lynden Macgregor 11/11/2013
Sian Mack 5/31/2011
Mercy Mackenzie 10/13/2014
Allegra Madden 5/25/2017
Samiyah Mason 9/7/2015
Cassius Massey 1/23/2019
Cosmo Mata 3/5/2016
Shaurya Mcdaniel 7/31/2016
Rico Mcgill 6/21/2015
Muneeb Mcgrath 8/24/2020
Eva-Rose Mckay 1/27/2013
Kayla Mcknight 8/21/2016
Merryn Mendoza 4/12/2019
Isra Merrill 12/15/2015
Sion Monroe 3/22/2013
Micah Moran 11/21/2012
Zahara Morley 2/21/2015
Conall Newton 1/29/2018
Korey Nicholson 3/10/2014
Blaine Nolan 3/2/2011
Jeremiah Ochoa 3/31/2011
Iga Oconnor 6/23/2019
Makayla Orozco 6/30/2016
Elowen Osborne 4/1/2018
Vincenzo O'Sullivan 8/17/2018
Poppie Owens 5/17/2011
Kofi Pacheco 5/17/2013
Tahmina Payne 10/8/2013
Jarrad Peralta 12/26/2017
Sanaa Pham 7/2/2020
Valentino Porter 7/9/2014
Georgia Ramirez 10/16/2017
Mathias Ramos 10/16/2018
Kole Randolph 5/31/2015
Otis Regan 7/14/2018
Allan Riggs 6/9/2014
Jace Rivas 8/17/2020
Lilly-May Rollins 5/18/2017
Bianka Roman 4/12/2017
Lucian Ross 10/14/2020
Marni Rowe 1/2/2016
Anil Rowley 7/28/2015
Kaitlyn Salinas 1/2/2020
Sianna Santiago 12/9/2017
Chanelle Schwartz 10/22/2019
Daanyaal Sharpe 7/9/2014
Esme Simmonds 2/6/2012
Megan Sims 12/21/2016
Saarah Singleton 8/21/2018
Wilson Skinner 6/15/2015
Alvin Soto 8/2/2019
Laith Steadman 4/23/2015
Jodie Stevens 2/27/2018
Raj Stokes 8/2/2011
Agnes Swift 6/23/2013
Tayah Talbot 1/3/2015
Alysia Talley 5/8/2017
Dua Terrell 4/3/2016
Samuel Thomas 2/26/2019
Esmay Trejo 8/25/2018
Efa Valdez 6/28/2014
Tobias Velazquez 3/5/2019
Aahil Villarreal 5/2/2012
Elin Vincent 3/14/2018
Faye Vinson 4/25/2012
Clementine Wainwright 3/21/2014
Cai Walsh 10/16/2020
Jakob Walters 3/15/2014
Eliott Wang 2/22/2019
Star Watkins 4/12/2019
Bruce Wells 11/22/2014
Lila Whitaker 3/13/2014
Shamas Whittington 2/14/2012
Storm Witt 2/21/2014
Shanay Wolfe 3/28/2017
Nur Woodley 8/19/2020
Stefano Zamora 9/22/2011
Ubaid Zuniga 11/13/2011
e Magic of XLOOKUP
Department Office Compensation
Sales New York $200,622
AdministrativeNairobi $72,977
Manufacturing Toronto $200,816
AdministrativeTel Aviv $164,066
Corporate Toronto $59,224
Manufacturing Hong Kong $97,587
AdministrativeFrankfurt $55,022
Engineering Mexico City $122,029
Marketing London $182,968
AdministrativeToronto $179,105
Manufacturing New York $56,828
AdministrativeHong Kong $93,318
Manufacturing Nairobi $201,745
Corporate New York $244,497
AdministrativeMexico City $173,931
AdministrativeNew York $149,075
Marketing Shanghai $229,623
Engineering London $96,222
Marketing Frankfurt $154,152
AdministrativeLondon $174,455
Marketing New York $61,816
AdministrativeShanghai $154,185
Sales Tel Aviv $167,041
Sales Hong Kong $132,684
Manufacturing Tel Aviv $63,070
Sales Shanghai $211,708
Manufacturing London $162,685
Engineering Nairobi $235,361
Engineering New York $74,380
Sales Mexico City $63,562
Engineering Frankfurt $242,969
Engineering Sydney $190,111
Manufacturing Shanghai $244,567
Manufacturing Mexico City $131,138
Engineering Tel Aviv $225,322
Sales London $169,661
Manufacturing Frankfurt $45,919
Marketing Tel Aviv $197,215
Sales Nairobi $201,265
Marketing Toronto $190,359
Corporate Sydney $144,812
Corporate Nairobi $52,907
Engineering Hong Kong $128,182
Corporate London $220,546
Manufacturing Sydney $185,672
Corporate Hong Kong $174,715
Marketing Mexico City $230,680
Marketing Hong Kong $247,696
Marketing Sydney $57,508
Sales Toronto $170,427
Sales Sydney $106,748
Engineering Toronto $205,743
Sales Frankfurt $52,563
Engineering Shanghai $246,632
AdministrativeSydney $43,845
Corporate Shanghai $57,593
Corporate Tel Aviv $49,510
Corporate Mexico City $157,160
Marketing Nairobi $194,521
Corporate Frankfurt $215,745
Select an Employee: Berry
Compensation
The old way (VLOOKUP) $55,022
What's wrong with the old way??

VLOOKUP breaks if you add a column to the left of last name
VLOOKUP breaks if you add a column to the right of last name
VLOOKUP is BRITTLE
w/XLOOKUP $55,022
Solution prior to XLOOKUP:
Offset Match $55,022
Bottom Line: XLOOKUP is WAY easier
55022
st name
last name
Nested XLOOKUP
Mya Cope 4/12/2018
Lina Gray 12/8/2015
Vicky Guy 5/30/2015
Lila Hogg 3/9/2019
Ed Hooper 2/17/2017
Danni Liu 1/16/2020
Sian Mack 5/31/2011
Cosmo Mata 3/5/2016
Sanaa Pham 7/2/2020
Marni Rowe 1/2/2016
Alvin Soto 8/2/2019
Raj Stokes 8/2/2011
sted XLOOKUP
Department Office Compensation Select First Name:
Select First Name: Alicia
Select Data: Hire Date
Result
#NAME?<-Using 2 way XLOOKUP
10/26/2013<-Using Offset Match
y XLOOKUP
t Match
Multiple values (i.e. multiple re
Armani #NAME? #NAME?

Mya Cope 4/12/2018
Lina Gray 12/8/2015
Vicky Guy 5/30/2015
Lila Hogg 3/9/2019
Ed Hooper 2/17/2017
Danni Liu 1/16/2020
Sian Mack 5/31/2011
Cosmo Mata 3/5/2016
Sanaa Pham 7/2/2020
Marni Rowe 1/2/2016
Alvin Soto 8/2/2019
Raj Stokes 8/2/2011
.e. multiple return array columns)
#NAME? #NAME? #NAME?

columns)
<-- The return array can be more than just 1 column (or row), in which
r row), in which case the results will be returns across multiple columns (or ro
columns (or rows)
Scenario analysis using XLOOK
2020
Revenue 1,000
Cost of goods sold (COGS) 400
Gross profit 600
SG&A and Other 150
Pretax profit 450
Tax expense 123
Net income 327
Revenue growth rate

COGS as % of revenue 60.0%
SG&A as % of revenue 15.0%
Tax rate 27.3%
Revenue growth rate

Best case
Management case
Weak case
COGS as % of revenue
Best case
Management case
Weak case
SG&A as % of revenue
Best case
Management case
Weak case
Tax rate
Best case
Management case
Weak case
using XLOOKUP
2021 2022 2023 2024
1,200 #NAME? 1,601 #NAME?
720 #NAME? #NAME? #NAME?
123 123 123 123
#NAME? #NAME? #NAME? #NAME?

25% 22% 19% 16%

20% 17% 14% 11%
15% 12% 9% 6%
55% 53% 51% 49%
60% 58% 56% 54%
65% 63% 61% 59%
10% 9% 8% 7%
15% 14% 13% 12%
20% 19% 18% 17%
30% 31% 32% 33%

25% 26% 27% 28%
20% 21% 22% 23%
Select Case: Management case
Limits of XLOOKUP: Where I
2020
Revenue 1,000
Cost of goods sold (COGS) 400
Gross profit 600
SG&A and Other 150
Pretax profit 450
Tax expense 123
Net income 327
Revenue growth rate

COGS as % of revenue 60.0%
SG&A as % of revenue 15.0%
Tax rate 27.3%
Revenue growth rate

Best case
Management case
Weak case
COGS as % of revenue
Best case
Management case
Weak case
SG&A as % of revenue
Best case
Management case
Weak case
Tax rate
Best case
Management case
Weak case
KUP: Where Index Match Match Wins
2021 2022 2023 2024
1,200 #NAME? 1,601 #NAME?
123 123 123 123

25% 22% 19% 16%

20% 17% 14% 11%
15% 12% 9% 6%
55% 53% 51% 49%
60% 58% 56% 54%
65% 63% 61% 59%
10% 9% 8% 7%
15% 14% 13% 12%
20% 19% 18% 17%
30% 31% 32% 33%

25% 26% 27% 28%
20% 21% 22% 23%
h Wins
Select Case: Management case
Challenge?
Can you create a single formula that can be copied
across the entire range and still work?

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The Magic of XL

First Name Last Name Hire Date

What's wrong with the old way??

Bottom Line: XLOOKUP is WAY easier

First Name Last Name Hire Date

Department Office Compensation

Revenue growth rate

Revenue growth rate

#NAME? #NAME? #NAME? #NAME?

25% 22% 19% 16%

30% 31% 32% 33%

Revenue growth rate

Revenue growth rate

#NAME? #NAME? #NAME? #NAME?

25% 22% 19% 16%

30% 31% 32% 33%

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