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Peo Sjoblom
 
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Default SUMPRODUCT formula returning #VALUE! error

If you want to return a text value you cannot use sumproduct, I erroneously
assumed that E2:E423 was numbers. sumproduct can only return a numeric
result so it can count a text column or a number column or it can sum a
number column. If you want to return one text value from E2:E423 where
A2:A423 is A46 and B2:B423 is F46 then you can use

=INDEX(WBS!$E$2:$E$423,MATCH(1,(WBS!$A$2:$A$423=$A 46)*(WBS!$B$2:$B$423=$F46),0))

entered with ctrl + shift & enter


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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

http://nwexcelsolutions.com





"Valerie" wrote in message
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Thanks, Peo. I'm now getting 0 instead of the error code, and that's
still
not correct. I also tried the other suggestion from via135, but still
received the error code. Any other ideas?

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(WBS!$A$2:$A$423=$A46),--(WBS!$B$2:$B$423=$F46),WBS!$E$2:$E$423)


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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

http://nwexcelsolutions.com



"Valerie" wrote in message
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Hello, All!

I'm having trouble getting this formula to work:

{SUMPRODUCT(--(WBS!$A$2:$A$423=$A46)*(--(WBS!$B$2:$B$423=$F46)*WBS!$E$2:$E$423))}

1st section is comparing a text field
2nd section is comparing a number field
3rd section is asking for a result of a text field

I tried separating the sections to determine which is producing the
error
and I don't receive an error message, although the numbers they
produced
didn't appear to be the correct location of the WBS sheet. I need it
to
compare two columns to determine the correct cell to pull since there
are
duplicates in both columns but with the criteria from both columns, the
line
is unique.
I did import these from an SAP download, but have replaced formatting
with
correct formatting by pulling value of the text into a new column with
VALUE() formula then pasting value.
What am I missing?