To extract and sort non-adjacent arrays in your data, nest the CHOOSECOLS or CHOOSEROWS functions inside your SORT or SORTBY ...

Instead, Excel can automate this process so that whenever you add or remove data from a cell, the column automatically readjusts without you having to perform any more actions.

Learn how to extract specific data from Excel cells using formulas, tools, and techniques to clean and organize messy datasets.

Excel provides built-in tools to help you to find discrepancies like Filters, Conditional Formatting, advanced functions (If and IS, VLookUp, etc.), and Add-ins.

In this example, we have been given seven customers to work with. Our starting data set. Note the File menu at the left end of the Excel Ribbon. Shimon Brathwaite/IDG ...

Structured references in Excel tables automatically expand and contract with data, maintaining accurate reports.

2. Click the Data tab. 3. In the Get & Transform Data group, click From Table/Range. If you haven’t formatted the data as a Table, Power Query will prompt you to do so.