Excel DGET Function Solves 2 of Your VLOOKUP Problems

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It's time to explore an underutilized yet powerful formula: the DGET function. Perfect for solving complex LOOKUP problems that VLOOKUP can't handle, DGET allows for searching based on multiple conditions and looking up values to the left of the LOOKUP range.
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✨ Key Highlights:
▪️ Solving Multiple Condition Lookups: Learn how DGET overcomes VLOOKUP limitations by enabling searches based on multiple criteria.
▪️ Left Lookups: Discover how to use DGET for retrieving values to the left of the LOOKUP range, a task challenging for traditional LOOKUP functions.
▪️ Practical Examples: Follow real-world scenarios to understand how to implement DGET in various situations, like finding division and department names based on specific criteria.
▪️ Dynamic and Flexible Filtering: See how DGET can dynamically filter data and adapt to approximate matches for versatile data analysis.
▪️ Understanding Limitations: Get to know the potential drawbacks of DGET, such as handling duplicates and limitations in applying the formula to multiple cells.
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.
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.
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
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).
----- Related Videos ------
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  • @LeilaGharani
    @LeilaGharani5 ай бұрын

    Grab the file I used in the video from here 👉 pages.xelplus.com/dget-file

  • @kjvstats9003
    @kjvstats90034 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Leila. Most enjoyable. Sometimes the old formulas need an introduction to a modern audience. Love to see what you can do with the "N" Formula :-)

  • @simoiyahector-morales3781
    @simoiyahector-morales37814 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Leila for this amazing function, will definitely use it

  • @merbouni
    @merbouni4 жыл бұрын

    Very useful video, your solutions give a professional touch to each worksheet

  • @sachinrv1
    @sachinrv14 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for covering DGET. Ostensibly it works like LOOKUP function but far more easy to follow. Thanks again:)

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    My pleasure Sachin :)

  • @wayneedmondson1065
    @wayneedmondson10653 жыл бұрын

    Hi Leila. Thanks for the great DGET formula examples! Good to know how this function works :)) Thumbs up!!

  • @krn14242
    @krn142424 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Leila. An oldie but a goodie.

  • @thomasmeyer-lebihan1839
    @thomasmeyer-lebihan18392 жыл бұрын

    As always a very useful and cristal clear video, many thanks ! Another option for multiple criteria is to use Xlookup with concatenate criteria and lookup on concatenate columns. It works well but request more memory to calculate the results (particularly when calculating on a big dataset)

  • @joshlanders
    @joshlanders4 жыл бұрын

    Wow, thanks for inspiring and solving an issue I had just last week. Can't wait to get to work and implement this!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hope it will be useful.

  • @vikaskpadale
    @vikaskpadale4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much @Leila, You are the best :-) Always looking forward to learning something new in excel

  • @luda_c
    @luda_c4 жыл бұрын

    Great video as always. Thank you very much for your time and knowledge.

  • @goodgollywally
    @goodgollywally4 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoy your excel tutorials. I am two years retired from a job where I used excel extensively, but I still enjoy writing formulas for personal spreadsheets. Thank you for sharing you excel skills.

  • @wolfmanbfg7334
    @wolfmanbfg73344 жыл бұрын

    All your videos worth watching and thumbs up. Thank you.

  • @Emanemoston
    @Emanemoston4 жыл бұрын

    Clean and simple for us beginners, thank you.

  • @tomnicolle195
    @tomnicolle1954 жыл бұрын

    Leila, thank you so much for being such an amazing teacher of Excel. If I knew just 1% of what you know as well as you know it I would know a thousand times more about Excel than I do. Thank you again and again.

  • @jovianchan4079
    @jovianchan40794 жыл бұрын

    I love you please never stop making videos

  • @mdrafiqulislamkhan5122
    @mdrafiqulislamkhan51222 жыл бұрын

    It's great. I was looking for such videos. Now I can solve so many problems. Thanks Leila.

  • @abdullahmahdi3982
    @abdullahmahdi39824 жыл бұрын

    Very well explained, as always! Thanks Leah . . .

  • @chamindabasnayake4844
    @chamindabasnayake48444 жыл бұрын

    This is great, You present it very nicely. Thank you!

  • @merbouni
    @merbouni4 жыл бұрын

    Don't think I stop watching your videos, DGET, this function is so magical 😍

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oh, there you are. I thought you had forgotten me :)

  • @vivekkoli4479
    @vivekkoli44794 жыл бұрын

    Quite informative as always, thanks! 😃👌

  • @aguerojg
    @aguerojg4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much Leila for showing this forgotten function, it is very useful and compatible with old versions of Excel :)

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    My pleasure. Glad it's useful.

  • @peluso_palit
    @peluso_palit4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the tutorial. Very informative.

  • @mariostudio7
    @mariostudio74 жыл бұрын

    Very good tutorial as always! :)

  • @DineshKumarmasimukku
    @DineshKumarmasimukku4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Leila! I like your excel videos ....alot.. I have learnt many things because of you... thanks alot

  • @karenjones3051
    @karenjones30512 жыл бұрын

    Just what I was looking for, thanks

  • @gintomino4136
    @gintomino41364 жыл бұрын

    We've been waiting for this. But still a fan of Index-Match. 😁

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    Both have their place :)

  • @stevengodoga2648

    @stevengodoga2648

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same here

  • @ScottStratton

    @ScottStratton

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ditto, but this was way cool

  • @arindambhattacharya7848

    @arindambhattacharya7848

    3 жыл бұрын

    True. Didn't even find a case to use this with justice nor does this seems to offer any

  • @Rice0987

    @Rice0987

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm using & for complex criteria.

  • @wangzig9800
    @wangzig98002 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful as always. thanks

  • @analyzee
    @analyzee4 жыл бұрын

    you had long time to publish this video I appreciate that. Thanks that was wonderful mum.. Respect

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you like it.

  • @joshuamanampiu6489
    @joshuamanampiu64894 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Following your videos and I am learning so much.

  • @Max_Griswald
    @Max_Griswald4 жыл бұрын

    شكراً! !This looks like it could be a bit easier for me to use than index/match in some situations! Thanks again

  • @hydeza132
    @hydeza1324 жыл бұрын

    This is the first time i know about this function, thankss 😊

  • @jeanaimefaustintapsoba8208
    @jeanaimefaustintapsoba82084 жыл бұрын

    Thanks again. You are wonderful. Great job.

  • @hamayoonshah1990
    @hamayoonshah19904 жыл бұрын

    You are an amazing teacher

  • @abubakaruzairu5752
    @abubakaruzairu57523 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for given your contribution

  • @justyna6134
    @justyna61344 жыл бұрын

    @Leila I see you bring an old, weel-worn excel to life = good job, merci :)

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gotta respect the Goldies :)

  • @DanielFlores-os9fr
    @DanielFlores-os9fr3 жыл бұрын

    Great video, thanks!

  • @sahiwalcontacts240
    @sahiwalcontacts2403 жыл бұрын

    best teacher..............and teaching style

  • @amilcarc.dasilva5665
    @amilcarc.dasilva56654 жыл бұрын

    Great. I have decided not to miss your new video tutorial....because it's of great help in my daily routine/work. Many thanks Ms. Leila G.

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    Very good decision :) Glad the tutorials are helpful.

  • @Dejistic
    @Dejistic4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video... Easy to understand.

  • @analyzeweekly
    @analyzeweekly3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome, i always google when it comes to Excel formulas :D

  • @MrPolozuneMath
    @MrPolozuneMath3 жыл бұрын

    Good stuff. Really like your channel!

  • @carsdiagnosisengine-transm1296
    @carsdiagnosisengine-transm12964 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. For all your support You are the best woman in the world.

  • @utkarshdubey4147
    @utkarshdubey41474 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for such amazing video 😊

  • @ann-pl2st
    @ann-pl2st4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video Leila.

  • @DougHExcel
    @DougHExcel4 жыл бұрын

    going old school! Thanks for the DGET example :-)

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    Totally! Bringing out the classics :)

  • @vishalbhati912
    @vishalbhati9124 жыл бұрын

    I don't know about this formula. Thank u so much for increasing my knowledge

  • @rajeevranjan2478
    @rajeevranjan24783 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, nice concept

  • @santoshpv321
    @santoshpv3214 жыл бұрын

    Learning a lot from your tutorials. Easy to understand...Way to go...

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's great. Thanks for the feedback.

  • @stephensuneetha4728
    @stephensuneetha47283 жыл бұрын

    Excellent explanation.

  • @jcl3259
    @jcl32592 жыл бұрын

    Thx Leila. Very clear. I see the #num as both a con as you say and a also as a pro, as getting the first occurrence of duplicates not knowing there are others can lead to errors in interpretation and decisions.

  • @AmitSharma-ft7jb
    @AmitSharma-ft7jb2 жыл бұрын

    I love all ur videos

  • @MrJamesguy1
    @MrJamesguy12 жыл бұрын

    Nice addition for the index and match combo funtion is that match() works for multiple matche per row too. You could youse the multiple matches like (A1="x")*(B1="x") etc. Excel could take up some long processing time with large tables though. Mine took around 30 to 40 minutes for a table with 7000 rows and 3 matches acros.

  • @gabrieljohannson6777
    @gabrieljohannson67772 жыл бұрын

    Genius! Hands down genius.

  • @pradoshchatterjee4794
    @pradoshchatterjee47942 жыл бұрын

    I salute your teaching skill...

  • @paravandashafeeq5028
    @paravandashafeeq50282 жыл бұрын

    Great and very useful information...thanks for knowledge sharing....

  • @santoshjha3405
    @santoshjha34054 жыл бұрын

    Very useful tool...Thanks

  • @pavelpyshkov7668
    @pavelpyshkov76684 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Thanks a lot! it was usefull!

  • @followthetruth3283
    @followthetruth32834 жыл бұрын

    Woo amazing... thank you so much Mam....

  • @Jenicek25
    @Jenicek254 жыл бұрын

    This is great function! Thanks for showing it to us Leila! I will no longer need to count columns for Vlookup in my files with 200 columns! I use Index-Match often to avoid it, and Dget seems to be even more elegant solution for many situations.

  • @TheTuTuTurtle

    @TheTuTuTurtle

    3 жыл бұрын

    problem is you can only lookup 1 row with DGET, so you will still have to use index match

  • @AtanasNenov

    @AtanasNenov

    2 жыл бұрын

    You don't need to count columns for vlookup. It shows the current column count in the tooltip at the lower right part of your selection.

  • @haranobuhardo5421
    @haranobuhardo54214 жыл бұрын

    Great explanantion! Nice laptop by the way (for a Office user geek xD)

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    Haha. Gamer laptops are great for video editing too :)

  • @prakashbrahmbhatt6903
    @prakashbrahmbhatt69034 жыл бұрын

    Really Nice look..and nice teaching .

  • @Waragog
    @Waragog3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Leila!

  • @imran1354
    @imran13544 жыл бұрын

    Good knowledge for me!

  • @Bazigar70
    @Bazigar704 жыл бұрын

    Yours technique way is simple and easy. User friendly.

  • @SwingingRopeProductions
    @SwingingRopeProductions3 жыл бұрын

    Leila, I appreciate your informative videos, but I am having limited success using DGET() to fetch a single value within a table based on two values in the same table from another sheet. Essentially, only the first one works because the heading is on row 1 and the criteria is on row 2, but when I try to "knit" together a range that assembles the heading on row 1 with the values on row 3, it fails to fetch the value from the other sheet. Any thoughts on that one? Thanks!

  • @samson58
    @samson582 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant. I never knew that.

  • @exceltutor6570
    @exceltutor65704 жыл бұрын

    Because of you today i able to learn new funcation which i dont know before thanks

  • @sachinkannaujiya9690
    @sachinkannaujiya96903 жыл бұрын

    Awesome function

  • @johnborg5419
    @johnborg54194 жыл бұрын

    Great Video Leila. Very Interesting. :) :)

  • @SkillswithJawahir
    @SkillswithJawahir2 жыл бұрын

    Marvelous work madam...

  • @Farzam.Atashkadi
    @Farzam.Atashkadi3 жыл бұрын

    You teach so good Thank you so much from Tehran

  • @karlacaceres4714
    @karlacaceres47144 жыл бұрын

    You are a great professor Leila I love your channel!.Thank you for the excellent tip.^_^

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! 😃

  • @killermanju1655
    @killermanju16552 жыл бұрын

    Ur really great... Iam 13 yrs working has wfm... I never came across such a easy and important formula

  • @Pityons
    @Pityons2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much, Leila! I congratulate you for your high quality in the transmission of knowledge. By the way, I've tried DGET with Tables, and found to my amazement and sadness that it doesn't work.

  • @hamphrey.olendo65
    @hamphrey.olendo654 жыл бұрын

    you are the best, big up

  • @brahmmamb24
    @brahmmamb244 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic..thq

  • @musical4979
    @musical49794 жыл бұрын

    Really great 😍😍😍

  • @sachinrv1
    @sachinrv14 жыл бұрын

    That's a wonderful function, but I feel, LOOKUP is still a better alternative. You always ROCK Leila :)

  • @spiritualgeek
    @spiritualgeek3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome. No more working with array formulas. Thanks

  • @tomyaugustine1411
    @tomyaugustine14114 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Leila :)

  • @mariostudio7
    @mariostudio74 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if we can create a "Four-way logarithmic graph" in excel (the 2 vertical and horizontal axis plus 2 extra diagonal axis). I might be asking too much

  • @ivanxdxd

    @ivanxdxd

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nah

  • @siryoneyal
    @siryoneyal4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the great function. just to make something right. I have tried using the function with a table instead of range selection and it is not working. the reason that I figured out is that typing the table name makes it selected without the headers. in order to use it as a full table, you need to refer it as =DGET(Table1[#All],1,J4:J5)

  • @yanpaingoo7498
    @yanpaingoo74984 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing

  • @onedaytradingcrypto2758
    @onedaytradingcrypto27582 жыл бұрын

    nice information this thank you very much ,,,,,,

  • @MA-sh3ge
    @MA-sh3ge4 жыл бұрын

    Great video. So other than xlookup, what do we use for drill down for multiple conditions?

  • @anilkodakkadan
    @anilkodakkadan3 жыл бұрын

    Very useful...

  • @javedahmed8343
    @javedahmed83432 жыл бұрын

    Good explanation

  • @yahiamohamed8826
    @yahiamohamed88263 жыл бұрын

    Very useful formula

  • @AJ-et3vf
    @AJ-et3vf Жыл бұрын

    Awesome video. Thank you

  • @katerina6495
    @katerina64954 жыл бұрын

    I like Dget function, it is very handy. Vielen Dank Liebe Leila, Viele Liebe Grüsse 🤗

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    It does have its benefits. Glad you like Katerina :)

  • @AllStars2525
    @AllStars25254 жыл бұрын

    Nice lesson!

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! 😃

  • @khdotsh1
    @khdotsh13 жыл бұрын

    Love from Pakistan.. doing great.

  • @alvarorodriguezlasso
    @alvarorodriguezlasso4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @saberchou2525
    @saberchou25254 жыл бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @shivamdixit6446
    @shivamdixit64464 жыл бұрын

    Hi, I just want to know if we have the same name and they are working in different departments than this function could help us to get the exact value.

  • @Dineshsai9
    @Dineshsai94 жыл бұрын

    Thanks dear

  • @oliverread1107
    @oliverread11074 жыл бұрын

    I was in a rush and last time i did this i did a 6 way repeating if statement. Thanks for sharing its much simpler this way than that and INDEX matching :D

  • @LeilaGharani

    @LeilaGharani

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad it's helpful. DGET definitely has its advantages in certain situations.

  • @tubosunoyedapo7869
    @tubosunoyedapo78694 жыл бұрын

    Your teaching of excel is really lovely and impacting. Please I want you to produce a video that will teach how to prepare school time table that will be high flexible. With the following features: 1. A teacher possibly taking more than 1 subject. 2. A class possibly having 2 subjects at the same periods. 3. Each subject having its own no of periods per week. 4. Possibility of science subjects in science laboratory, with consideration that two/three classes may be sharing the same laboratory. And other possible features. I will appreciate it if you can work on it. Thanks.

  • @abhishekskumar9244
    @abhishekskumar92444 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much 😍😍😘😘