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    INDEX(MATCH)) / LOOKUPS Processing Calculator Speed

    I heard that using named ranges or table column names in a lookup (or in my case, I always use index match) instead of referencing an entire column or row makes Excel work faster.

    I have a few spreadsheets that rely almost entirely on extremely large amounts of index-match formulas, and they all run extremely slow. Is it true that if I change my lookup ranges to tables and use the table column names or named ranges instead of using the entire column as a lookup, Excel will be able to run faster?

    Example:
    Sheet1 is my final presentation, so it uses index-match formulas
    Sheet2 contains all my raw data. Column A is Product. Column B is Price.

    In Sheet1, to show the relevant products and prices, I write in cell B2:
    =INDEX(Sheet2!B:B,MATCH(A2,Sheet2!A:A,0))
    I do this in roughly 200 different cells in Sheet1 to show the necessary data.

    Would Excel be able to run faster if I changed Sheet2's data to a table or named range and wrote someting like:
    =INDEX(Sheet2_Cost,MATCH(A2,Sheet2_Product,0))

    It looks through significantly less cells, so I guess it would be able to run faster, right?

    thanks!

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    Re: INDEX(MATCH)) / LOOKUPS Processing Calculator Speed

    There are calculation timers available for download at this site (They are in the form of VBA code that you install according to instructions)

    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...rksheetsRanges
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