- SUMIFS: sum with several conditions,
=SUMIFS(C:C,A:A,"East",B:B,">1000"); - COUNTIFS: counting with conditions;
- VLOOKUP: vertical lookup,
=VLOOKUP(F2,A:D,4,0); - XLOOKUP: reverse lookups and built-in error handling — the modern replacement;
- IFERROR: hide errors,
=IFERROR(A1/B1,"-"); - TEXT: format output,
=TEXT(A1,"yyyy-mm-dd"); - LEFT/RIGHT/MID: extract substrings;
- CONCAT / TEXTJOIN: join cells, TEXTJOIN adds a delimiter;
- SUMPRODUCT: weighted and conditional maths;
- INDEX+MATCH: lookup in any direction.
Tips
Convert ranges to tables (Ctrl+T) so formulas fill down automatically; whole-column references reduce maintenance.