Auto-Populating Excel Data Table (like queries for a database)

bananapancakes

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The basic setup is that I have an Excel file with multiple sheets, each of these sheets has a data table. These data tables (lets singular-ize them and call it Table_Data for the example) list a Date (numeric), Description (text), Category (text), Value (numeric), and a other pieces of information. What I want to do is create an auto-populating summary table (lets call it Table_Summary) in another sheet with the following conditional logic applied:

if Table_Data[Category] = Category_X **Note that this category will be pre-chosen text for Table_Summary**

then auto-populate Table_Summary with Table_Data[Date, Description, and Value] **Note I do not want the entire row of Table_Data, just these three selected pieces of info in their own separate columns**

Do you have any guidance on which functions to use for this?
 

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If you have Excel 2013, you could do that through PowerPivot. If not, you could use an SQL query through MS Query.
 
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