I am attempting to create a macro in excel vba that performs the following functions. We have a list of transactions, and the same customer can have multiple transactions.
However, the Customer's ID, which is required, is not always listed. For Example, Say Column 'A' has the customer names and 'B' has the IDs. If Column 'B' is blank for a particular instance I want to find the next instance of Column 'B' under the same Customer Name that has value, and put that value into all of the Column 'B's (I could also do this line by line).
I have considered using a vlookup, but the columns are unordered and I cannot find how to add a "Vlookup where XXX".
Thanks.
I cannot embed an image yet, so here is a link to how the sheet may be formatted.
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I am looking have the same numbers for each of the names in VBA.
Thanks for the help.
Use an embedded If statement. I can't give you the exact statement because you've not posted any code or what you've tried. To illustrate your situation, you would use a statement similar to:
=IF(ISBLANK(B3),C3,B3)
Then embed this into your VLOOKUP like this:
=VLOOKUP(IF(ISBLANK(B3),C3,B3),Sheet2!A1:G132,3,FALSE)
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I'm trying to use VLOOKUP to match activities with product codes, but run into an issue since VLOOKUP always returns the first match. I did a mockup below to describe my issue. To the left, I have a table with activity names and product codes.
To the right, in column G, I want to, based on matching activity names in column F with activity names in column A, assign the activities product codes from column B.
When I use VLOOKUP, it only matches with the first activity name and give all the activities with the same name the same product codes. I need them to get different product codes even if they have the same name. I want my function to "take the next one" on the list, when the first one is taken.
Should I try to use another function to solve this? Is it impossible with VLOOKUP? My 'real' document has like 2000 rows, and the solutions I found on Youtube was not good to scale.
Thanks in advance. I'm new to here so if I should clarify my question in any way, feel free to tell me.
If the raw is around 2,000 rows, you can use a nested index match with helper columns.
Add a rank in column C with the formula =COUNTIF(A2:$A$2,A2)
Then apply the same ranking in your output part as well (Ensure Activity Name is sorted so that the formula works), Output rank formula =IF(J2=J1,I1+1,1)
Formula that lists out the Product Code {=INDEX($B$2:$B$3190,MATCH(I2,IF($A$2:$A$3190=J2,$C$2:$C$3190),0))}
This is an array formula, you get the curly brackets by hitting control+shift+Enter instead of just Enter upon keying in the formula
If you are using excel 365, you can use UNIQUE formula.
=UNIQUE(A2:B18)
UPDATE: found an answer to my problem through this website: https://exceljet.net/formula/categorize-text-with-keywords
I'm trying to categorize certain products based on the beginning of each product name. My first table is the look-up table below:
My second table currently looks like this:
And I want the end result of that second table to look like this:
What excel formula can I use to achieve the red column? I've tried scouring the internet, for the formula that best suits my need, but I can't figure it out. I've seen people throw out the =Lookup(Search()) function, but my formula needs to start with the key word, but just contain the keyword somewhere in the cell.
I've read many different forums, but I haven't been able to find one that answers a scenario similar enough to mine. Any suggestions are appreciated.
If the first word of the Product Name is always matched to the product start, you can vlookup by just the 1st word. Assuming your product start is in column A, Categerization in Column B, Product Name in Column C, you can key in the formula in Column D:
'''
=vlookup(left(C2,search(" ",c2)-1),A:B,2,0)
'''
Just set your vlookup 4th parameter to TRUE:
Note: formula as written can be drag/filled down from B2. Also your Category Table needs to be in A-Z sorted order.
HTH
Hy Every Body, I have two excel sheets name as "Blotter" and "Opportunity", I want to use "Vlookup" Function in Opportunity so that I can find out which opportunity is available in the blotter sheet. Please take a look at the Blotter sheet as under
In the Column B the Opportunities are available.
Now please look at the opportunity sheet.
In the opportunity sheet I am using this function.
=IF(D2 = "","",VLOOKUP(D2,blotter,10,0))
It working fine with first five rows but later it start duplicate the same value multiple time, because behind these cell on the blotter sheet the column B has Piad/place status instead of opportunity. So it duplicate the next opportunity. I have tried many tricks like match, index, but in vain.
I know it can be fixed. I have google it and also try to find it via youtube but unable to fix it.
I don't think it can be done without an intermediate column. The position of the next value in the lookup key depends on where the position of the last successful lookup was, so in a way the lookup chain is path dependent and I don't think you can build path dependency with any ease inside an Excel formula.
In the below example you get something akin to what I think you want by calculating how many spaces there are to the next valid lookup key in Column C, and then doing an Offset in column D. In column C I use an indirect which generates path dependency based on the sum of the cells above itself. You would need to apply similar principles to your example, should only need a single equivalent of my column C.
Formulas as follows:
Column C: =MATCH("OPP",INDIRECT("A"&SUM($C$1:C1)+2&":A50"),0)
Column D: =OFFSET($B$1,SUM($C$1:C2),0)
I am trying to create code that will help me achieve the correct format. All I want is to pull employee (EE) entire row and paste into a new sheet, and then second part (ER) value to match the same employee.
In other words, if employee pay pension contributions for 100 (Pen EE (Tal)) and employer pay for 200 (Pen ERS (Tal)) on behalf of the same employee. Then, the worksheet should look like Column A= Pers No, Column B=Employee Name, Column C= ID Number, Column D=PenPay, Column E=Pens EE(Tal) and Column F=Pens ER(Tal) and G= Total (Pen EE +Pen ER values), as exactly in example tab.
I hope this makes sense. I have tried several methods but no luck so far. Thank you all for your help.
From your problem description, I think I can decipher that you are using Excel.
I see three basic approaches to solving your problem:
The simplest approach is not to use VBA at all and instead use the workbook functions INDEX and MATCH. The latter returns the row or column where an exact match is found in the search range, which has to be one dimensional. (The exact match actually requires the search option 0.) The function INDEX returns the value at the given row and column in a range. Combining both, you get a more flexible verision of VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP, which you can use to find the values in the second table for a given employee. (MATCH returns an N/A error if no match is found.)
The second approach is to use the Excel object model in VBA. You can search a range for a value using the Find method of the range. This returns the cell where the match is found and Nothing in case there is no match. If the search result is not Nothing, you can use the EntireRow property to get the entire row and the Cells property to select cells in the row.
Finally, you can use the support of SQL for Excel via ADODB. For a description how to do this, you can look at this Microsoft page and this old question on SO. Provided you know how to write SQL queries, this should enable you to solve your problem via SQL.
I'm looking for a little bit of help learning about how to use vlookup and iferror formulas together.
I am working as a licensing specialist within the insurance industry. My job requires that I frequently access more than a dozen spreadsheets that are emailed to us on a weekly basis from our clients. I am working to develop tools that allow us to consolidate that information on-demand to be able to run reports. I'm having no trouble using the VLookup function to pull data from various spreadsheets using an unique identifier. I do need some help, however, with a trickier formula.
I have put together a spreadsheet that allows me to put in the ID of the representative and it returns various bits of information, such as their name, license numbers, job codes, etc. Now I need to come up with a formula that takes the value returned in the job code field and searches another spreadsheet to return what training they are required to complete based on their job code. This spreadsheet is about 2000 rows, and is formatted with the training names spanning across the top row, job codes listed in column "A" and the word "yes" in each column that matches a training that the job code is required to take.
It looks like this: https://i.imgur.com/71COmfF.png
I need the formula in my reports spreadsheet to lookup the job code using VLookup and then return the column header if the cell has text.
The data will be loaded into this spreadsheet: https://i.imgur.com/2CyFURt.png
Here is the Vlookup formula I am using to get the job code:
=VLOOKUP(B3,'.\[Weekly_HR_Report_040615.xlsx]HR'!$A:$Q,10,FALSE)
How can I pair that same kind of formula with something like an IfError formula to return the column header if there is a "Yes" in the cell of the row that matches their job code?
I know that I can work through it as an array using VBA, but I would prefer to just place a formula in each cell so that I can pass this spreadsheet to another college when I move to a different role in the future and they won't struggle too much with adding to it.
Thanks for any help that you might be able to provide! I really appreciate it!
I would use INDEX and MATCH to cross reference and retrieve the titles where applicable:
=IF(INDEX('JobCode_Training.xlsx'!$A$1:$H$6,MATCH($H$5,'JobCode_Training.xlsx'!$A:$A,0),2)="Yes",INDEX('JobCode_Training.xlsx'!$A$1:$H$6,1,2),"")
=IF(INDEX('JobCode_Training.xlsx'!$A$1:$H$6,MATCH($H$5,'JobCode_Training.xlsx'!$A:$A,0),3)="Yes",INDEX('JobCode_Training.xlsx'!$A$1:$H$6,1,3),"")
=IF(INDEX('JobCode_Training.xlsx'!$A$1:$H$6,MATCH($H$5,'JobCode_Training.xlsx'!$A:$A,0),4)="Yes",INDEX('JobCode_Training.xlsx'!$A$1:$H$6,1,4),"")
etc.
I wasn't sure what your reference table is saved as, so you'll need to replace 'JobCode_Training.xlsx'! with whatever the correct path is.
Since you have multiple trainings that can apply to each jobcode, you'll either need to have multiple cells for the results, or you can concatenate them into one.
The following article from excelvlookuphelp.com answers your question I believe...
The Problem
You might be expecting that not all of your search values are going to return something from the search table. Instead of the formula returning #N/A you’d like the result to look different when your vlookup value isn’t found (either blank or an indicator to show that the value hasn’t been found or a zero if you’re wanting to do maths with the results).
The Solution
You can use the iferror function.
It works like this
= iferror (YourVlookupFormula, WhatToSayInsteadOf#N/A)
Here’s an example
=iferror(vlookup(D3,A:C,3,false), “No Value Found”)
Or if you would rather it was just blank then instead of having No Value Found, just have the two sets of inverted commas, like this
=iferror(vlookup(D3,A:C,3,false), “”)
source: excelvlookuphelp