Hi!

If there will be only a single instance of 060831 and Joe?

Assuming the report dates are really formatted TEXT entries (leading 0's):

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A2:A5="060831"),--(B2:B5="Joe"),C2:C5)

If there might be multiple instances of 060831 and Joe which one do you
want?

Entered as an array using the key combination of CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just
ENTER):

=INDEX(C2:C5,MATCH(1,(A2:A5="060831")*(B2:B5="Joe" ),0))

Will match the FIRST instance.

Biff

"robtlewis957" wrote in message
...
I need to lookup data within a list and select a value in the appropriate
row
based on the values of two inputs(report date and user name, for example),
not just one. The list data is such that I cannot make any modifications
to
it (like concatenating the two fields together.
ReportDate User Value
060824 Mary $5
060824 Joe $4
060831 Mary $6
060831 Joe $3
I need to be able to retrieve the value $3 by inputting 060831 and Joe.
Note the list has many rows and about a dozen columns.