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.

For many, the INDEX-XMATCH combination in Excel is the go-to method for retrieving a value from a dataset. However, you can ...

Doing so takes your right back to A1:E1. Figure D Enter the range name into Excel’s Name box. NameTest is now a valid range name. If you like, click Name Manager in the Define Names group.

The names will automatically separate into the selected column and the one next to it. If there are no empty columns, Excel will warn you that it will replace the text in the column to the right.