Bernie, I'm getting inconsistent returns, where I expect a certain value it
returns correct. I've amended your formula slightly to account for Zero's
and thus return <blank, not sure why I am not getting the correct result

=IF(INDEX(Consol.Comments,SUMPRODUCT(--(Consol.SalesDate=D$1)*(Consol.Area=12345)*ROW(Con sol.Comments)))=0,"",INDEX(Consol.Comments,SUMPROD UCT(--(Consol.SalesDate=D$1)*(Consol.Area=12345)*ROW(Con sol.Comments))))


"Bernie Deitrick" <deitbe @ consumer dot org wrote in message
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John,

Something along the lines of

=INDEX(Consol.Comments,SUMPRODUCT(--(Consol.SalesDate=D$1)*(Consol.Area="EUR")*ROW(Con sol.Comments))

will work, if comments is a range that starts in row 1 - otherwise, you
need to subtract an offset...

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"John" wrote in message
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I want to return a value in a database listing if 2 conditions apply. This
value is Text. I have the following formula which works great when I am
search for a numeric field but doesn't work when the value is Text

=SUMPRODUCT(--(Consol.SalesDate=D$1)*(Consol.Area="EUR"),((Conso l.Comments)))

The Consol.Comments range is the value I am trying to return. If I use
the above formula it returns 0, not the correct answer