Microsoft Excel's new FILTER() function is a great tool for reporting and dashboards. We'll show you how to use it to get more done.

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.

Microsoft Excel's dynamic array function XLOOKUP() might completely replace VLOOKUP() and HLOOKUP().