Learn how to use Excel’s dynamic array formulas to automate data pairing, save time, and unlock new insights in your analysis. Excel arrays ...

Microsoft is making some improvements to how formulas work in Excel, with a new feature called Dynamic Arrays that allows formulas to output values to more than one cell at a time.

Dynamic arrays allow Excel formulas to adjust automatically when new data is added. This means that as you input new information, the formulas update without any manual effort.

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.

As an enhancement to Excel’s calculation engine, the Dynamic Arrays functionality enables a single formula to produce results that expand into other cells, as demonstrated in the SORT example below.

However, if an Excel formula returns a set of values, the result will spill over to neighboring cells. Spilling and dynamic array formulas are not supported in Excel 2019 or earlier.

The dynamic array function, UNIQUE () has been around for a while, so it’s possible that you already know how to use it. If that’s the case, feel free to skip this section.

While this formula type generates a dynamic array, it is incompatible with Excel tables. You can simply reference the value within the same row and copy the formula downwards.

In this Excel tutorial, we’ll use a dynamic expression with RANDARRAY () at the heart of it to generate a random list of names. By including an input value, you can control the number of random ...