Do you mean

=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("psnap",N2)),"Sales,IF(ISNUMBE R(SEARCH("WARN",J2)),"Warn
ing",""))

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=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("WARN",J2)),"Warning","") is what i have.


but i also want it to search column n, and if the column n contains psnap,
i
want it to put sales instead of warning. thanks a ton for any help