John,

This returns "" when the corresponding comment is blank, otherwise it returns the comment string:

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

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"John" wrote in message ...
Okay this is getting confusing Bernie, from a brief sample your code seems to work, but when
Consol.Comments = <blank instead of return <blank as per your formula it returns Zero


"John" wrote in message ...
I just can't get it to work Bernie, it returns Zero now where I expect a value, not sure if I'm
explaining it correctly


"Bernie Deitrick" <deitbe @ consumer dot org wrote in message
...
If I understand correctly, try:

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

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"John" wrote in message ...
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
...
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 ...
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