If you're still manually sifting through massive spreadsheets or relying on clunky, old-school sorting tools, you're doing it the hard way. Excel has the powerful FILTER function, a built-in solution ...

Q. How do I use the FILTER function in Excel, and how is this an improvement over the filter feature? A. The FILTER function was introduced five years ago as part of the Excel Dynamic Arrays rollout.

FILTER works well with other Excel functions like SORT and UNIQUE to create powerful data management combinations. You can nest FILTER inside SUM or AVERAGE formulas to calculate values from filtered ...