To use VLOOKUP to find data in another Excel workbook requires multiple workbooks' relevant data. Once you have them, follow these steps.

The trick to using Excel's VLOOKUP effectively is knowing what commands and values to use in what order.

VLOOKUP, one of the most useful Microsoft Excel functions, is also available on Google Sheets. Here's how to use VLOOKUP to sift through Sheets data.

You can use VLOOKUP with Google Sheets similar to how the search function is used to find information in Excel.