How do you search in 2 columns in Excel? Why Search Two Columns? When working with dates and currencies, each date has different values for each currency. The currency code repeats daily. To get accurate results, we must build a unique identifier by combining the Date and Currency columns. VLOOKUP Isn't Ideal VLOOKUP only searches in the first column 😡. This is how the function has been developed. Now, if you need to search in 2 columns, you must transform the table and concatenate the two columns to create a new column. After that, you create your VLOOKUP function by using the column as the first column of your reference table. XLOOKUP Is Better If you work with Excel 365, Excel Online, and Excel 2021, it's better to use the XLOOKUP function. This function has been developed to remove the limitations of VLOOKUP. This includes performing a search in two […]