I'm trying to combine two vlookup statements. Here is what I have:
=VLOOKUP(C2,'Purchase Order Browse'!$Q$4:$R$65,2)
What I want it to do if it doesn't find anything above is to then do a vlookup on this data set
=VLOOKUP(C2,'Work Order Browse'!M4:N123,2)
How do I combine the two to work together?
If a VLOOKUP does not find a match, it should return #N/A, so you could add it into an IF statement.
=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(C2,'Purchase Order Browse'!$Q$4:$R$65,2)), VLOOKUP(C2,'Work Order Browse'!M4:N123,2), VLOOKUP(C2,'Purchase Order Browse'!$Q$4:$R$65,2))
Update for Excel 2007+
As pointed out by barry houdini, Excel 2007 and later supports an IFERROR function that takes two params IFERROR(value, value_if_error):
IFERROR function returns a value you specify if a formula evaluates to an error; otherwise, returns the result of the formula.
=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(C2,'Purchase Order Browse'!$Q$4:$R$65,2), VLOOKUP(C2,'Work Order Browse'!M4:N123,2))
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am trying to use the filter function in excel.
The filter function provides the result correctly, but unfortunately if there is more than one result, then there is a spill over to the adjacent cells
Is there any way we contain the result of the filter function in one cell?
Consider the function below, the filter functions result is 4 separate values, I am trying to have all the values in one cell, is that possible?
eg: value 1, value 2, value 3, value 4
This is the formula that i am using
=FILTER($I$2:$I$595,M10=$E$2:$E$595)
you can use =TEXTJOIN(",",TRUE,FILTER(range,condition1))
this will definitely help you.
Answer was simple,
All you have to do is use the filter function along with the concat function
Concat(filter ())
I've got some problem with this function. I've Tried to find position some cell on the list consisted of two columns. My formula MATCH(A1;D1:E10;0) gives me an #N/D error, but when I change formula for each separate column like e.g. MATCH(A1;D1:D10;0) it works. Is three possibility to do this simultanously for both colums. Maybe some array formula?
Match will not work with 2 dimensional ranges.
You can use AGGREGATE to return the correct ROW:
=AGGREGATE(15,6,ROW(D1:E10)/(D1:E10 = A1),1)
On C123 =COUNTIFS(Data!A:A,A123,Data!E:E,Data!G:G,B123,Data!Q:Q,"mobilepod")
its giving me Error, I know I'm missing criteria2 but isn't that an optional?
I have also tried
=COUNTIFS(Data!A:A,A123,Data!E:E,"",Data!G:G,B123,Data!Q:Q,"mobilepod")
No Errors no result
Data Sheet
To use an OR logic in one of the criteria for your COUNTIFS function, put the multiple ctrieria values in as an array of constants and wrap the whole thing in a SUM function.
=SUM(COUNTIFS(data!A:A, A123, data!E:E, {"DIST","DIST 2"}, data!G:G, B123, data!Q:Q, "mobilepod"))
What I want to do is, I want to filter a range by an Autofilter. The criteria is the Vlookup returns value #N/A or not. I need to handle this language independent. The English return value of Vlookup is #N/A and the German return value of Vlookup is #NV, therefore I want to use the function WorksheetFunction.IsNA(arg).
Is it possible to use this function as criteria for an Autofilter in excel?
The criteria is the Vlookup returns value #N/A
If it is only about #N/A then the suggestion given by KyleNZ will work. But if you want to trap all the error that Vlookup can return then use this
Excel 2003
=IF(ISERROR(arg),"",arg)
Excel 2007 onwards
=IFERROR(arg,"")
I can't see an obvious way to do this in Excel 2003.
What you might try is adding an extra column, IsInvalid, with formula =ISNA(<ref>) where <ref> points to the cell with the lookup return value. You can then filter this to TRUE or FALSE (or the German equivalents).
In Excel we have the VLOOKUP function that looks for a value in a column in a table and then returns a value from a given column in that table if it finds something. If it doesn't, it produces an error.
Is there a function that just returns true or false depending on if the value was found in a column or not?
You could wrap your VLOOKUP() in an IFERROR()
Edit: before Excel 2007, use =IF(ISERROR()...)
You still have to wrap it in an ISERROR, but you could use MATCH() instead of VLOOKUP():
Returns the relative position of an
item in an array that matches a
specified value in a specified order.
Use MATCH instead of one of the LOOKUP
functions when you need the position
of an item in a range instead of the
item itself.
Here's a complete example, assuming you're looking for the word "key" in a range of cells:
=IF(ISERROR(MATCH("key",A5:A16,FALSE)),"missing","found")
The FALSE is necessary to force an exact match, otherwise it will look for the closest value.
Just use a COUNTIF ! Much faster to write and calculate than the other suggestions.
EDIT:
Say you cell A1 should be 1 if the value of B1 is found in column C and otherwise it should be 2. How would you do that?
I would say if the value of B1 is found in column C, then A1 will be positive, otherwise it will be 0. Thats easily done with formula: =COUNTIF($C$1:$C$15,B1), which means: count the cells in range C1:C15 which are equal to B1.
You can combine COUNTIF with VLOOKUP and IF, and that's MUCH faster than using 2 lookups + ISNA. IF(COUNTIF(..)>0,LOOKUP(..),"Not found")
A bit of Googling will bring you tons of examples.
We've always used an
if(iserror(vlookup,"n/a",vlookup))
Excel 2007 introduced IfError which allows you to do the vlookup and add output in case of error, but that doesn't help you with 2003...
You can use:
=IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP(lookup value,table array,column no,FALSE)),"FALSE","TRUE")
ISNA is the best function to use. I just did. I wanted all cells whose value was NOT in an array to conditionally format to a certain color.
=ISNA(VLOOKUP($A2,Sheet1!$A:$D,2,FALSE))