I'm trying to work out a way of telling if any of the fields have an #Num! error in any of the rows of a linked Excel table.
The only way I can think of is by dynamically building a query which shows records from the table where any of the fields are equal to #Num!and seeing if the count of records in that query is more than 0.
I have only limited control over what is being put in at the front end so I'm trying to put some extra validation into my part before I use the results.
The errors are due to input in a few of the cells in that column being text of numbers and access has looked at the column and decided it's numeric but then doesn't then like those cells.
Anyone think of any less intensive tests?
I've used the solution here but for me it's not a very nice workaround. It leaves the linked excel in access having at least one row & column which I've then subsequently got around. You can't seem to pick up the #Num! in a query, if you do IsError([FieldName] it gives an error rather than True.
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I hear so many good things about the FILTER function in Excel, but I can't seem to get on with it. More often than not I end up with a #VALUE error. I'll usually get to the bottom of it, but this one has stumped me.
This is the formula:
=FILTER(Sheet1[#All],IFERROR((Sheet1[[#All],[Account]]=$D$1)*(Table2[[#All],[Duplicate 21711000]]=0),0))
I've put the IFERROR in because I thought perhaps a bunch of #N/A in the results could be causing an issue.
I've evaluated the Formula, and on the array on the Include side, everything seems to be working perfectly. The Boolean logic has worked, the 1s and 0s are in the right place to theoretically filter my list down to the few records I want to see. But when I click evaluate the final time, and it applies those 1s and 0s to the rows in the array, it results in the #VALUE error, and that's obviously all I can see in the cell.
Any ideas where I'm going wrong?
By the way, the point of this is to help a client who regularly pulls off a report from her accounting system, and then manually filters, copies and pastes the lines for new transactions onto separate tabs on her spreadsheet, over about 30 accounts. My plan is to use Power Query to bring the report into a tab in her spreadsheet, then use the Filter function to bring across the appropriate rows from the Power Query Table into each tab. That's the first criteria here.
I've created another table next to the PowerQuery table which uses a Count If to work out if that line has already been imported. So the second part of the criteria filters the list if the CountIf has registered a duplicate.
I can't just use PowerQuery everywhere, because she needs to then be able to add more columns and manipulate the data once it's been imported. So the final part of the job is to create a macro to copy > paste values, obviously copying the filter function into the row below first, ready for next month.
So Power Query imports all the data, Filter function extracts the specific data into each tab, and Macro locks in that data ready to be edited if need be.
If anyone can think of a better way of achieving the same result, I'm all ears.
So thank you #JvdV, the simple answer was indeed that the two tables were of different sizes, and FILTER requires for them to be the same size.
This caused a follow up issue though that in order to count if I had any duplicates in the sheet, I couldn't go with plan A and use a separate table, because it wouldn't dynamically change it's height when the Power Query table was refreshed.
I looked into maybe incorporating the table into the Power Query in the first place with a custom column. But this would mean that the PowerQuery would end up with 39 additional columns, which would all be brought across by each FILTER function.
So instead I did this. I know this is very niche, so probably won't help anyone, but I'm very proud of myself and want to post it somewhere:
=FILTER(Sheet1[#All],IFERROR((Sheet1[[#All],[Account]]=$D$1)*IF((COUNTIF('21711000 (125006) Int rec'!$C:$C,Sheet1[[#All],[Document Number]]))=0,1,0),0))
(I probably don't need the IFERROR anymore, but it works, so I'm not going to touch it, and it might be safe just in case there ever are any errors).
So this uses the fact that Excel spills now rather than needing specific array functions. Before I made COUNTIF into a separate column, but now I'm putting it in here, and it naturally spills in the background, essentially creating that column within the formula. Then the IF changes any 0 to a TRUE (1), and any other number (my duplicates) to a FALSE (0), and everything works.
It actually creates a circular reference, because the Filter is in column C, but I think that's okay for my purposes, because I don't want it to include the results from the filter anyway. I suspected that might happen, but it seems to be working so far.
I hope that can help someone.
I'm using Excel 2016 and I'm finding for unique data from an array using INDEX, MATCH, and COUNT formula as follows;
{=INDEX(list,MATCH(0,COUNTIF(uniquelist,list),0))}
list = table[column_name] and uniquelist = $columnRow($B2:B2). I tried putting hard values and the results are the same.
My logic is simple; count the list with initial empty cell. That returns {0,0,..} array which gives MATCH(0,{0,0,..},0). That gives first index of matched value. So, I got INDEX(list,1) and it should return the first item, not 0.
I have tried searching on the Internet, and some people use new formula UNIQUE which is available only for Office365. I am getting 0 only and when I try to evaluate my formula, it shows the correct result until the last step.
My formula
Am I using the wrong formula? I don't want to simply copy&paste with "Remove Duplicates" feature built-in Excel.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/remove-or-allow-a-circular-reference-8540bd0f-6e97-4483-bcf7-1b49cd50d123#:~:text=If%20this%20confuses%20you%2C%20imagine,the%20formula%20in%20the%20cell.
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I HATE it when the application prevents the client's work with just a warning just because it may has impact on performance. Of course, my bad for not reading carefully every time a warning dialog box appears.
I have been working on a solution to this problem for a few hours now and I am basically no where except knowing that I don't know how to do it...So here goes.
I want to take the original data that I have in Excel that have 'code#s' for each 'category#'. With those 'code#s', I can look up the 'category#' name.
This has been so challenging because there are a varying number of categories for every 'title#'.
I have tried printing the 'category#' name next to 'title#', but it is seemingly impossible because Excel goes through every row in the original data and gives a True, False or #N/A instead of selecting and printing only the true statements without copying down a thousand rows. I want it to go through all the possibilities and only select the categories based on the criteria that they have the same 'title#' and their lookup code matches somewhere in the lookup table.
Thanks if you can offer any sort of help.
Here are some of the formulas I have tried:
IF(AND($M$5=TOP_TREND_CONTRIBUTORS!$W$2:$W$253,MATCH(TOP_TREND_CONTRIBUTORS!$A$2:$A$253,'Category Lookup'!$D$3:$D$30,0)<>"#N/A"),TOP_TREND_CONTRIBUTORS!$A$2:$A$253,FALSE)
....where M5, W:W is the 'title#', A:A is the code for the lookup-in that part I am trying to say that they are valid if the code registers in the lookup table and the 'title#s' are equal. The last part I am trying to get it to print the 'code#s' that are valid. But that only works when I drag the formula down all the rows.
Maybe I'm missing something, but I just tried to get from your original data and lookup table to the final result. I used VLOOKUP to put categories next to titles and then used pivot table to present the data in the way you wanted (after changing some settings of pivot table and fields). Is that what you need? (some words are in Polish, it doesn't matter).
First time posting, though I have lurked around for quite some time.
I am trying to match specific information from a power query created table to another table. The data I am trying to pull can potentially repeat, so it needed to be a formula that would remove that. The current formula I am using is:
{=(OFFSET(Sales!$A$1:$A$100000,SMALL(IF(CONCATENATE($B$48,$O$3)=Sales!$A:$A,ROW(Sales!$A$1:$A$100000)-ROW(INDEX(Sales!$A$1:$A$100000,1,1))),ROW()-48),COLUMN()+2))}
and it was originally working for my test data. Once I pulled the data from the database using power query, however, I continue to get #value errors. The formula looks up a concatenated value on the power query worksheet compared to one created on the current worksheet.
Any advice would be appreciated.
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