Properly Use Excel IFS Function

The IF function is one of the most popular functions in Excel. But writing nested Excel IF formulas in situations when more than 1 condition has to be checked can become cumbersome. If you have Excel 2019 or Microsoft 365 you can use the Excel IFS function instead.

In this tutorial I'll show you how easy it is to use this logical function when testing for multiple criteria. Your formulas will be much easier to read.

Since the IFS function only checks for the TRUE condition, how can you include an else condition in IFS? There is a simple way around this. Check it out at minute 02:42.

I'll also show you how you can use conditional formatting in Excel (on emojis) to visualize results better.

As a special bonus tip I'll cover how you could replace the Nested IF formulas with the VLOOKUP function.

⯆ Workbook is available here: https://www.xelplus.com/excel-ifs-function/ (scroll to the bottom of the post)

Link to Excel IF formula: https://youtu.be/KkTaQ5OjAGc
Link to VLOOKUP video: https://youtu.be/hwL6KKJP-_I
Link to XLOOKUP video: https://youtu.be/xnLvEhXWSas

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Time Stamps
00:00 Excel IFS instead of Nested IF formulas
00:37 Testing for 3 conditions with IFS
02:42 How to include "else" statement in IFS
04:40 Excel IFS with conditionally formatted emojis
09:06 Use Excel VLOOKUP instead of Nested IF

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